The Pursuit of Feeling

What does it mean for travel to actually move us?In this episode of The Pursuit of Feeling, host Tom Marchant sits down with Philippe Zuber, CEO of Kerzner International, for a conversation about what really matters in travel today. They dig into how the best travel experiences are built – not through spectacle or excess, but through emotion, intention, and genuine human connection.Philippe talks about the moments that shaped how he thinks about hospitality: growing up between cultures, building a career across continents, and learning what it means to truly see a place as an expat rather than a tourist. He makes the case that family travel, wellness, and joy aren't add-ons anymore. Today, they're foundational. And he explains how service, done right, becomes its own kind of story.This is a conversation about creating experiences that stay with you. About leadership that prioritizes feeling over formula. About the moments that linger long after you've gone home.Explore more episodes of the Pursuit of Feeling at our website, on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode, Tom spoke to journalist and author Ash Bhardwaj; whose award-winning book, Why we Travel, takes an impassioned look at the psychology behind the journeys we take – going far beyond the "where" to examine the much more complicated question of "why".It’s a heartfelt conversation that covers identity, wonder, healing, and the many, variegated forms of “fun” – from experiences that we only enjoy in retrospect to those that throw us in a total flow state. You’ll also find Ash’s quickfire travel recommendations; probably not including the time he was detained by the KGB in Belarus.

For this week's episode, we were honored to sit down with Fern Mallis – the celebrated creator of New York Fashion Week who, through her own Fashion Icons conversation series, has bent the ear of the titans of fashion. So, turning the tables, we talked about the feelings that motivate her travels. Along the way, she shared her insights and experiences from a lifetime spent at the top of the industry, offering tips and recommendations on everything from her native New York to India – a country she's visited an astonishing 50 times.

As one half of Grammy-award winning house music duo Dirty Vegas, Paul Harris defined a moment in global dance culture; creating music that didn’t just make people move, but made them feel. In our latest episode, Paul opens up about the role that travel plays in his creative process, keeping the beat of spaces and places that have influenced his sound over the years – from Ibiza and Brazil to New York and London. It’s a journey through music, place, and the feelings that linger long after the last track fades.

In the latest episode of The Pursuit of Feeling, we sat down with renowned New York-based pop artist Ashley Longshore to dig deeper into her affinity with Iceland – a country that she ecstatically calls her “soul twin” – to mark a new Icelandic trip we've just co-curated together. Come for the landscapes; stay for the digressions on elves, trolls, birch liquor, and hotdogs. It’s a wild and inspiring ride.