Podcast: Kit Parks Interviews Wendy, CEO, About the Merger of Active and Austin Adventures

Podcast: Kit Parks Interviews Wendy, CEO, About the Merger of Active and Austin Adventures

Podcast: Kit Parks Interviews Wendy, CEO, About the Merger of Active and Austin Adventures

Kit Parks from Active Travel Adventures and Wendy van Lieshout, now CEO of Active Adventures and Austin Adventures, discuss the recent merger, but also about travel in the world today with this new era of covid and what we expect in the future. They talk about vaccine passports, the EU Passenger Locator form, covid testing before flights and more in this interesting show.

Listen to the podcast below, and visit the Active Travel Adventures website for more adventure stories!

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