AXSChat Podcast
AXSChat Podcast
Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh, Neil Milliken
How WelcoMe Lets Guests Share Access Needs Before Arrival
29 minutes Posted Jul 9, 2026 at 9:00 am.
Welcome Back And Why It Matters
Stoic Grit Behind The Mission
What Welcome Is Built To Do
A Cruise Ship Wake Up Call
Caring Is Not The Problem
From App To Booking Integration
The Business Case For Inclusion
Training That Beats The Forgetting Curve
People Power And Where To Find Us
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A power wheelchair user reaches the gangway on a dream cruise, looks down, and realises there is no safe way off the ship. Everyone cares. Nobody knows what to do. That single moment captures the real accessibility crisis: not a shortage of good intentions, but a shortage of systems that make accessible service repeatable, calm, and consistent. We sit down with Gavin Neate, founder of WelcoMe, and Mike Clapper of Able2Global to unpack how accessibility can move from awkward last-minute...