For the very first midweek interview of 2019, we grabbed Dennis Basham for a stroll around Sydney. Just kidding – we emailed him from an air-conditioned room.

For the last midweek interview of the year, we grabbed Melissa Petrakis from TravelManagers Australia and made her tell us all her deepest, darkest secrets.

This week, we took Kim Rogers, ANZ operations coordinator at TMS Talent, to a dance comp and made her show us her best moves. Only kidding, we just interviewed her.

This week, the CEO of M. Development took us out to dinner and and bought us all our favourite foods. Okay, we took ourselves out to dinner and emailed him for an interview.

This week, Ozlem Tuncay, technical support executive for TravelManagers Australia, showed us her dance moves. Just kidding, we only interviewed her.

This week, Zoe Gentle, a business development manager for Club Med, invited us to hang out in Mauritius. Ok, fine – we emailed her from our office.

This week, we took AYANA Komodo Resort’s Cruise Director, Thomas Demesmaker, for a spin. That’s to say we interviewed him, not that he’s a test car or anything.

This week we got up close and personal with the general manager of Tourism New Zealand, Andrew Waddel, until he requested we sit further away.

This week, the Asian journey designer for Scenic told us all his secrets and took us on a luxury cruise. Just kidding, we only interviewed him.

This week, we visited the director of public relations and sales for Visit Yosemite Madera County and had a race with some mountain lions. Just kidding – only Therese encountered the mountain lions.

This week, we took the managing director and chief commercial officer Sabre Hospitality Solutions for a leisurely stroll. Okay fine, this interview was done via email.

This week, we dragged Oceania Cruises’ business development manager, Martine Nunes, away for a secret chat. Although that’s not to say we physically forced her.