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
175 episodes
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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47:16
Company Spotlight: How Agentic AI Is Transforming the Traveler Journey with Dan Flores, Satisfi Labs
What happens when your customers stop “visiting” your website because their AI agents visit for them? That’s the future we explore with Dan Flores of Satisfi Labs, who went from helping grow Maverick Helicopters into a tourism powerhouse to pio...
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56:35
The Power of True Guest Loyalty in Scaling a Global Boutique Hotel Brand with Lennert De Jong, CEO, another star (former citizenM)
In the final episode of our Loyalty Series, we sit down with citizenM’s former CEO and now another star CEO Lennert De Jong to unpack how a boutique hotel brand reinvented loyalty as a product rather than a points program. The result was...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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51:13
The New Loyalty Playbook: Global Status Commercialization with Loyalty Status Co
Think points are the prize? In travel loyalty, status is the real currency - the fast lane, the lounge, the upgrades, and the ease that comes from knowing you’re looked after. In the second episode of our Loyalty Series, we sit down with Erin M...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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1:09:47
How Airlines are Redefining Loyalty for the Modern Traveler with KM Malta Airlines
We’re excited to kick off a new three-part Loyalty Series, where we explore how airlines, hotels, and loyalty status companies are rewriting the rules of traveler engagement. In this first episode, we begin with a refreshingly simple philosophy...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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1:03:22
Event Spotlight: Adventure Travel World Summit 2025
Recorded live in Puerto Natales, Chile, this special Event Spotlight takes you inside the Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS) — the annual gathering of global adventure leaders hosted by the Adventure Travel Trade Associatio...
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4:28:55
Innovation, Leadership & the Future of Travel with Erik Blachford
Want a clear-eyed look at where travel is headed next? Erik Blachford, early Expedia leader turned board member at Zillow, Hipcamp, and Fora, joins us to unpack what the future that actually works looks like — AI behind the scenes, hum...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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55:11
Cycle, Hike & Adventure - The New Multi-Day Movement with Active England Tours
Travelers think they want Stonehenge - but what they remember is a pint shared with locals, the scent of wild hedgerows, and a guide who brings the landscape to life.In the final episode of our Emerging Multi-day Tour series, we sit down...
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1:04:08
Event Spotlight: Arival 360 2025
Recorded live from Washington, D.C., Arival 360 is the premier gathering for what many call the “1% of the experiences sector.” This meticulously curated event brings together visionary creators, resellers, technologists, and leaders f...
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4:46:47
Uncharted Worlds: Perspective-Shifting Journeys with Crooked Compass
Curiosity changes everything. That’s the thread running through our conversation with Crooked Compass founder and CEO Lisa Pagotto, whose frontier-travel philosophy favors depth over dazzle and local impact over checklists. In this second episo...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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57:32
Girl Gone Global: Building a Bold New Kind of Travel Brand with A Dose of Travel
We’re kicking off our new Emerging Multi-Day Operators series - spotlighting how a new wave of founders is reinventing group travel for modern explorers. The multi-day category is poised for growth in the next 5-10 years an impressive average o...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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1:09:44
The Impact of AI on Destination Marketing featuring Discover Puerto Rico
In the third and final episode of our Mindtrip mini-series, we sit down with Discover Puerto Rico’s CMO, Storm Tussey to see how AI is reshaping trip planning - making it easier, smarter, and more personal while keeping culture ...
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1:12:15
The Impact of AI on Destination Marketing featuring Visit California
In this second episode - part of a 3-part mini-series with Mindtrip exploring how AI is transforming destination marketing - we sit down with Lynn Carpenter, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Visit California, to unpack how a ...
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1:05:12
Leading the Future of Educational Travel & More with EF World Journeys
Purposeful travel is having a moment—and we’re getting to the heart of what’s driving it. From a windswept opening in Patagonia to an inside look at EF’s new active brand, this "Captains of Industry," conversation with Heidi Durflinger, CEO ...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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1:12:34
The Impact of AI on Destination Marketing featuring Brand USA
We're so fascinated on how Destination Marketing is being transformed by AI that we partnered with Mindtrip to bring together this 3-part mini series. We have an incredible line-up of speakers joining us in advance of our AI Summit to exp...
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49:01
Inside GetYourGuide's Journey with Tao Tao
A misbooked flight, a lost day in Beijing, and a spark that reshaped how millions discover what to do when they land. In this Captains of Industry episode, we sit down with Tao Tao, Co-Founder and COO of GetYourGuide, to un...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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1:07:59
Event Preview: TIS - Tourism Innovation Summit 2025
Tickets are booked, slides are brewing, and Seville is calling. The Tourism Innovation Summit is a three-day, five-stage gathering where tech, innovation, and sustainability meet the real reasons we travel: culture, connection, and stories that...
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27:20
Turning Destinations into Immersive Storytelling Experiences with Geotourist
Imagine walking into a distillery and being greeted by the master as a hologram who already knows your questions. That’s the bold vision of Geotourist, and where our conversation with CEO and Founder Shaon Talukder begins. From its start as an ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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1:03:11
Viator: Powering 400,000+ Experiences Around the Globe
Discover how Viator became the world’s go-to platform for in-destination experiences. Viator is transforming how travelers discover and book more than 400,000 unique activities worldwide. In this episode, Laurel Greatrix, Viator’s VP of Marketi...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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1:17:13
The Future of Immersive Art & Experience with Vince Kadlubek, Meow Wolf
Step into the wonderfully weird world of Meow Wolf as founder Vince Kadlubek takes us behind the refrigerator door to reveal the journey from a dumpster-diving art collective to a multimillion-dollar immersive empire.In this episode, Vin...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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1:06:24
