QUENTIN LONG: SO, IN 2005 I WAS PANICKING ABOUT LAUNCHING A NEW DOMESTIC TRAVEL MEDIA BRAND. WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
Phillipa Harrison: I was working for an Accor start-up in the youth hostel space called Base Backpackers. It was capitalising and corporatising the concept of ‘flashpackers’. That was so fun. I was the third employee onboard and we set up 11 hostels in 18 months. And backpacker bars, and a travel agency…
QL: SO JÄGERBOMBS AT THE BAR WITH PIP?
PH: Maybe [laughs].
QL: DO YOU THINK COVID HAS GIVEN DOMESTIC TRAVELLERS A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR THIS COUNTRY? I ALWAYS HOPED IT WOULD CREATE
