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A Karryon Original Podcast · Partner Kit 2026

The big questions in travel.
Your brand in the conversation.

Sharp, fifteen-to-twenty-minute conversations with the leaders shaping travel, hosted by Karryon founder Matt Leedham, and carried across every channel Karryon owns.

One exclusive partner per episode. Every channel working for you for optimal influence.

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The Check In with Matt Leedham, a Karryon podcast

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01 · The Show

The pilot proved it.
Now the full series.

In a world where AI and algorithms decide what the industry sees, real human conversation is the thing that cuts through. The Check In piloted in 2025 with industry heavyweights and the big themes. Now it becomes a regular, partner-backed series with a sharper format, full video, and an amplification engine behind every episode. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.

Episode · Overtourism

Can travel solve the overtourism crisis?

The industry's biggest reputational challenge, unpacked with one of its most purposeful operators.

▶ Listen to the episode

Brett Mitchell · GM AU/NZ, Intrepid Travel

Episode · AI

Will AI replace travel advisors, or make them stronger?

The first in a regular series on travel's most significant talking point.

▶ Listen to the episode

Tony Carne · Founder, Everything AI in Travel

The Network

Part of the Karryon Podcast Network

Sits alongside Luxury Unpacked and Into The Hearts Of Canada (also hosted by Matt Leedham), with cross-promotion across the network and the Karryon masthead.

Into The Hearts Of Canada podcast artwork

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02 · The Audience

The people who sell travel.
And the people who lead it.

Karryon exists to connect the travel industry. That mission built Australia's most engaged travel trade community, and when the Check In talks, it talks directly to the distribution channel that sells your product.

A

The Trade

Travel advisors, agency owners and front-line sellers across Australia and New Zealand. The most valuable audience in travel: the people who recommend, book and advocate every single day.

B

The Leaders

Suppliers, executives, tourism boards and industry decision-makers who follow Karryon to stay across the trends, moves and ideas shaping the industry. Your peers, your buyers, your future partners.

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03 · The Partnership

One conversation. Eight ways it travels.

Every partner episode is built as a full content campaign across the Karryon ecosystem.

01

Audio Episode

Distributed to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all major platforms.

02

Video Episode

Filmed in full and published to Karryon's YouTube channel.

03

Social Soundbite

A cut-through clip across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

04

Paid Amplification

Optional add-on: boosted with sponsored Meta spend for extended reach.

05

Karryon Editorial

Dedicated article on karryon.com.au with highlights, transcript and embedded player.

06

Matt Leedham's LinkedIn

Shared to his 17,000 industry followers globally.

07

Matt Leedham's Instagram

Amplified to his 9,000 Instagram followers.

08

Evergreen Asset

Episode, article and video stay live and discoverable for good.

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04 · Reach

A trade audience
money can't usually buy.

A concentrated, professional audience that lives inside the travel industry, reached through channels Karryon has spent more than a decade building.

3.5M

Combined monthly reach across Karryon channels

#1

Travel trade site in Australia · Similarweb

23,000

eDM travel agent & industry subscribers

37,000+

Karryon Facebook community

17,000

Matt Leedham LinkedIn followers

9,000

Matt Leedham Instagram followers

Per Episode · Estimated Influence

200+

Minimum qualified downloads per episode

2,000

Page views on your Karryon editorial

5–10K

Social reach and views per soundbite

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Evergreen: every asset keeps building

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05 · The Partner Package

One package. Everything included.

The Check In Partner Episode

Per episode · one exclusive partner

$4,000 AUD + GST

✓ 15 to 20 min episode, audio + video ✓ All major podcast platforms ✓ YouTube video release ✓ Social soundbite, all Karryon channels ✓ Karryon editorial + transcript ✓ eDM inclusion to 23,000 subscribers ✓ Embedded video + podcast player ✓ Matt Leedham LinkedIn + Instagram posts ✓ Evergreen hosting, always discoverable

Optional Add-On

+ Sponsored Meta boost of your social clip · $500 AUD + GST

Thinking bigger?

Multi-episode series, themed seasons and presenting-partner arrangements are available for brands that want to own a conversation, not just join one. Talk to us about a tailored package.

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06 · How It Works

Four steps.
Zero heavy lifting.

Partnering on an episode is deliberately simple. You bring the story; Karryon does the rest. The Check In goes out weekly, and your episode slots into the schedule to meet your deadline, so your moment lands exactly when it matters.

01

Pick your moment

Bring your launch, announcement or story, and nominate the leader from your team who will join Matt as the guest.

02

We shape the conversation

Matt and the Karryon team develop the angle and the questions. A real conversation, not a script or a blatant ad, so it earns the audience's trust.

03

Record and review

One 15 to 20 minute session, studio-quality audio and video. You review the essentials before anything goes live.

04

Lift off, everywhere

Your episode launches across the full Karryon ecosystem, then keeps working as an evergreen asset.

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07 · The Host

Matt Leedham

Founder, Karryon · Host

Connecting the travel industry since 2013
Also hosts Into The Hearts Of Canada
LinkedIn · Instagram

Hosted by the founder.
Trusted by the industry.

Matt created Karryon because he felt the trade media needed more colour and depth in its voice, and the industry deserved better. Thirteen years on, that same instinct drives the Check In: ask the questions everyone is thinking, keep it human, and respect the listener's time.

For partners, that means your story is told in a credible voice the industry already trusts, in a conversation people actually choose to listen to. That is a different kind of attention to anything an ad can buy.

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08 · Get In Touch

Ready to check in?
Let's talk.

Episodes are booked one partner at a time, and series slots are limited. If you want your brand in the room where travel talks, start here.

Matt Leedham

Founder & Host

matt@karryon.com.au

Carolyn Nightingale

Partnerships Manager

carolyn@karryon.com.au

Dani Tuffield

General Manager

dani@karryon.com.au

The big questions in travel.Your brand in the conversation.

The pilot proved it.Now the full series.

The people who sell travel.And the people who lead it.

One conversation. Eight ways it travels.

A trade audiencemoney can't usually buy.

One package. Everything included.

Four steps.Zero heavy lifting.

Hosted by the founder.Trusted by the industry.

Ready to check in?Let's talk.

The big questions in travel.
Your brand in the conversation.

The pilot proved it.
Now the full series.

The people who sell travel.
And the people who lead it.

A trade audience
money can't usually buy.

Four steps.
Zero heavy lifting.

Hosted by the founder.
Trusted by the industry.

Ready to check in?
Let's talk.