Adam Schwab from Luxury Escapes: Curating Paradise | #248 - a podcast by Nathan Bush

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In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Adam Schwab, Co founder and CEO of Luxury Escapes, the travel brand offering highly curated, easily bookable holidays with exclusive discounts and inclusions.  What began in Melbourne as a small start up in 2013, now has over 4.2 million global members and major offices in Australia, India, New Zealand, the US and the UK.  In this chat, Adam shares why content creation is so important for Luxury Escapes, his tips for developing enduring partnerships and where the travel market sits now after a rocky few years.


Links from the episode:

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Questions answered:

  • How would you describe Luxury Escapes' main differentiator today? 
  • How did you get deals with some of the big international partners when you first started out? 
  • How do you scale the product details and content when it comes to the all products that you list? 


This episode was brought to you by…  

Shopify Plus

Packleo


About your host: Nathan Bush from eSuite

 

Nathan Bush is a digital strategist, Co-founder of eCommerce talent agency, eSuite and host of the Add to Cart podcast. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia’s Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.


About your co-host: Adam Schwab from Luxury Escapes


Adam Schwab is the Co-Founder and CEO of Luxury Escapes, one of the world's fastest growing online travel sites.  Adam was originally a corporate lawyer specialising in Mergers & Acquisitions at HerbertSmithFreehills before becoming a founding director of privately-owned corporate accommodation and services group, Living Corporate Apartments, before founding what would become Luxury Escapes with school friend, Jeremy Same.  Adam is a financial journalist and business commentator specialising in corporate governance, economics and start-ups. In 2010, Adam is the author of bestseller, ‘Pigs at the Trough: Lessons from Australia’s Decade of Corporate Greed’. 


You can contact Adam at LinkedIn


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