Travel Trends with Dan Christian
#1 B2B Travel Podcast. If you are looking to stay ahead in the travel industry, this new podcast hits all the highlights! The Travel Trends Podcast is where industry leaders converge to share & shape the future. Whether you're an emerging entrepreneur, a seasoned industry executive, or a dedicated travel professional, you’ll be able to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Uncover valuable insights, innovative strategies, and meaningful connections that will elevate your travel business or career to new heights.
Episodes
194 episodes
Why Experiences Are the New Currency of Gifting with Spur Experiences
People don’t just want to go somewhere anymore, they want to feel something. That emotional shift is powering the experience economy and changing how we celebrate love, milestones, and meaningful moments. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we si...
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1:12:40
Travelzoo Best Bets: Where to Go in 2026 with Chile Travel
A country this slender shouldn’t hold so much, yet Chile layers entire worlds end to end: a cosmopolitan capital set against the Andes, a desert where the night sky feels close enough to touch, vast Patagonian parks that safeguard wild silence,...
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Event Preview: ITB Berlin 2026 with Deborah Rothe
Big rooms. Bigger ideas. And a roadmap for what’s next in global tourism. In this event preview episode, we’re joined once again by Deborah Rothe, Director of ITB Berlin, to unpack what’s coming when more than 100,000 travel pr...
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32:51
Why 2026 Is the Year of Transformative Travel with Jake Haupert and Joe Pine
The moment a guide stops narrating a place and starts guiding a person, everything changes. That idea anchors this season finale with Joe Pine, the visionary behind The Experience Economy and his latest book The Tr...
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Season 6
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Episode 22
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1:11:37
Travelzoo Best Bets: Where to Go in 2026 with Niagara-on-the-Lake
History lovers, wine enthusiasts, and weekend escape artists will feel right at home in Niagara on the Lake. In episode eight of our 10-part Travelzoo Best Bets Series, Dan and Travelzoo Senior Editor and co-host Gabe Saglie trave...
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50:08
Making the Modern Travel Agency: Humans, Hospitality & AI with Jake Peters, Fora
The biggest surprise in travel tech right now isn’t a model, it’s a movement. From a 20 page memo to a Series C and $1.5B in annual sales, Fora’s rise has been powered by a community of 11,000 advisors, a product organization that ships fast, a...
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2:15:43
The Next Generation of Flight with Oliver Christian
A 14-hour flight with nothing but coloring books sparked a lifelong fascination. In a special episode closing out our Aviation Series, Dan sits down with his son Oliver Christian, the kid who once built LAX in the garage and could identify airc...
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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1:12:52
Travelzoo Best Bets: Where to Go in 2026 with ProColombia
What if one trip could deliver six different adventures without crossing a border? In episode seven of our 10-part Travelzoo Best Bets Series, Dan and Travelzoo Senior Editor and co-host Gabe Saglie head to Colombia - selected ...
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50:49
A New Era for High-end Travel: National Geographic Signature with G Adventures
Luxury is changing fast and we wanted to know what it looks like when comfort, curiosity, and real local impact meet. Luxury is entering a new era, one defined less by thread counts and more by access, education, and meaningful impact. In this ...
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1:17:03
Why Flexibility Is the New Fare: Inside Airline Innovation with Hopper
Flight canceled, heart rate rising, clock ticking. Now imagine a single tap that rebooks you on any airline in minutes or delivers a full refund without lines, calls, or frustration. In this episode, we sit down with Patrick Steadman, VP of Dis...
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1:01:43
Travelzoo Best Bets: Where to Go in 2026 with Choose Chicago
Chicago isn’t just back, it’s surging. In episode six of our 10-part Travelzoo Best Bets Series, Dan and Travelzoo Senior Editor and co-host Gabe Saglie sit down with Lisa Nucci of Choose Chicago to map out the exper...
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56:46
How Heys Luggage Became a Global Travel Icon with Emran Sheikh, CEO, Heys
A family basement isn't where you’d expect a global luggage brand to begin, but that’s exactly where the Heys story took flight. In this episode, we sit down with CEO Emran Sheikh to unpack four decades of innovation, bold design choices...
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Season 20
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Episode 6
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49:11
How oneworld Is Shaping the Future of Global Aviation with Roger Blackburn
The aviation story is bigger than fares and aircraft, it’s about how global alliances quietly choreograph your entire journey. In the our kickoff episode of our Aviation series, we sit down with Roger Blackburn, VP Commercial & Loyalty at o...
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Season 6
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Episode 19
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1:15:36
Travelzoo Best Bets: Where to Go in 2026 with Visit Savannah
Savannah never makes you choose between ease and depth; it delivers both the moment you start exploring. In episode five of our 10-part Travelzoo Best Bets Series, Dan and Travelzoo Senior Editor and co-host Gabe Saglie sit down w...
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52:46
The Mind Behind Investing in the Experience Economy With Michael Zeisser, FMZ Ventures
Experiences - not things - are becoming the world’s most powerful growth market, and investor Michael Zeisser, Managing Partner, FMZ Ventures joins us to explain why. In this Captains of Industry episode, we explore how the shift from ...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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1:30:01
Travelzoo Best Bets: Where to Go in 2026 with Visit Finland
Ready to trade crowds for clarity and noise for nature? In episode four of our 10-part Travelzoo Best Bets Series, Dan and Travelzoo Senior Editor (and co-host) Gabe Saglie head to Finland with Visit Finland’s Tarja Koivisto
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46:36
Climate Leadership in Action: Inside Intrepid’s Decarbonization Journey with Dr. Susanne Etti
Start the new year with a clear-eyed plan for transformational travel. In the final episode of our Sustainability Series, we sit down with Dr. Susanne Etti, Intrepid’s Global Environmental Impact Manager, to explore how one of the world’s leadi...
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1:13:27
Where Sustainable Travel Meets Impact Investing with Jonathan Coleman, CEO, UnTours
Imagine a travel company where the business itself fuels impact, not just through donations but through ownership. That is the UnTours story. In this episode, CEO Jonathan Coleman shares how the world’s first certified B Corp tour operator beca...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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1:19:52
Travelzoo Best Bets: Where to Go in 2026 with Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona
A century-old highway is about to steal the spotlight again. In episode three of our 10-part Travelzoo Best Bets Series, Dan and Travelzoo Senior Editor (and co-host) Gabe Saglie head to Arizona’s storied stretch of Route 66
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The RenAIssance of Rail with Railbookers
The rails are buzzing for a reason: travelers want flexible journeys, city-center convenience, and window-seat scenery without the stress. At the Railbookers Global Summit, we sat down with CEO Frank Marini and three of his senior leader...
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1:19:25
Leadership Lessons in Sustainability that Matter with Shannon Guihan
The rules of “green travel” have changed. We’re moving beyond feel-good labels to a world where travelers, advisors, and investors expect real proof, data, targets, and measurable benefits for the places we visit. To open our Sustainability Ser...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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1:09:21
Travelzoo Best Bets: Where to Go in 2026 with Andrew Young
Ready to travel smarter in 2026? In episode two of our 10-part Travelzoo Best Bets Series, Dan and Travelzoo Senior Editor (and co-host) Gabe Saglie sit down with Andrew Young, Senior Producer, Content & Tourism Board L...
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56:52
Event Spotlight: Phocuswright 2025
We’re wrapping up our 2025 events spotlights with our biggest event episode ever, a 5+ hour special recorded live at Phocuswright San Diego. This landmark episode features 25 exclusive interviews with industry leaders shaping the ...
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5:44:22
TourRadar’s Social Playbook: How to Turn Followers into Bookings with Travis Pittman, CEO
The way travelers discover and book multi-day adventures is shifting fast, and TourRadar is leaning all the way in. In this episode, TourRadar co-founder and CEO Travis Pittman breaks down how a $200B category is rewriting its pla...
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30:59
Travelzoo Best Bets: Where to Go in 2026 with Jonathan Jones, Head of Publishing, Travelzoo
We’re kicking off a 10-part Travelzoo Best Bets Series to explore how smarter and more meaningful travel is taking center stage and how to book it at real value. Dan and Travelzoo’s Senior Editor and co-host Gabe Saglie are joined by ...
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