The Now Boarding podcast will launch on 27 June and will feature Nuttall with either a Travel Village Group employee, a tour operator or a customer. It will be available on Apple Music and Spotify.
Travel Village Group was inspired to launch a podcast after hosting several lucrative Travel Shows in Blackpool where staff – including Nuttall and his wife Paula – share "real travel stories and personal experiences" with customers.
Speaking exclusively to TTG, Nuttall, the Travel Village Group chief executive, said: “I told my team when they suggested we produce a podcast to find out what equipment was needed and how we record it. They now want me to front it.
“My team has given me more work to do but of course I’m up for it. As a business, we’ve got to keep being innovative. We’ve got to be ahead of the game.”
When asked what listeners can expect to hear on Now Boarding, Nuttall said: “I will try and keep it politically correct. I never go into things trying to be a sensationalist but if it’s not real it’s not going to work.”
But Nuttall added: “I think it needs to be informal and informative. I will reveal the innerworkings of a 66-year-old business. People need to understand how it has grown and the pressures involved.
"It will be all about bringing the magic of travel to life, rather than just talking through the features."
Agents Jake Cullum-Hollins and Becky Walker teamed up to launch a new podcast – Tales of a Travel Agent in April. The podcast currently has nine episodes and is available to listen to on Spotify.
The pair told TTG how they get on “like a house on fire” ever since meeting on a fam trip to Jamaica in September 2024.
