In today’s episode of The Real State, we explore the intersection between real estate and destination travel. Today’s guest is Melony Van Der Merwe, the founder of Nomad Epicure. Melony is an independent trade relations specialist within the luxury travel industry, based in the United States. She focuses on representing luxury hotels and safari lodges to travel agents and tour operators that design private and group travel for their clients, mainly in Africa.
Alex Norman is the founder and CEO of Access Built, a leading agency helping organizations reimagine environments to be more inclusive. As the author of Boundless: Real Stories and Practical Strategies for Inclusive Living, Alex blends powerful life stories with actionable design strategies. A former global advertising and innovation leader, Alex now helps organizations uncover and remove the “friction points” in the built world. His work, rooted in personal experience and collaboration with design leaders, challenges audiences to see accessibility not as compliance but as a catalyst for innovation, inclusion, and human potential.
