In this companion podcast to the Everything AI in Travel weekly newsletter, we speak to the makers, shapers and buyers of AI technology in the travel inustry.
Everything AI in Travel chats to Mike Coletta from Phocuswright
Phocuswright have dropped a huge trends report on the effect of AI across travel and made it available free to everyone.I chat to author Mike Coletta about the findings in the report on areas like business operations, marketing, in-destination experience and of course, distribution!The report also raises the question around digital identity and how that interfaces with generative AI and how that changes everything in travel.Probably worth a listen then.
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Everything AI in Travel chats to Greg Oates from GuideGeek
Greg Oates is a legend in the DMO world.Many people know Greg from his work with Skift but since moving out of journalism, Greg has worked agency side specialising in working with CEO's and the C-suite at DMO's on their strategy.Recently Greg moved to Matador Network's Guide Geek as Director of AI Advocacy and is doubling down on educating decision makers on both why and how AI adoption is required, right now.
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Everything AI in Travel chats to Adrian Villabruna of Videreo
Hands up if you've ever rolled your eyes when someone mentioned influencer marketing? This one is for you.Today's guest is my co-founder at Videreo, Adrian Villabruna but this isn't some kind of love fest about our own product.Adrian was one of the very first to build anything with generative AI in Travel at AI Adventures and brings a complex web of knowledge from his time doing product classification for eCommerce giant, Amazon.Hear how Videreo leverages AI to both help creators earn a livelihood from the the work they love doing and help brands to launch into social commerce and track with SALES the return on their influencer investments.
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Everything AI in Travel chats to Ed Morris from Equator AI
Ed Morris is doing extraordinary things with big data & AI. And he is doing it for a good reason.
One of the most surprising things to come out of the AI boom is how few people are thinking about how it can solve the big pressing issues we prefer to pretend don't exist: Overtourism; Carbon; Leakage and many more.
Ed from Equator AI takes us through how his early work with USAID gave him both the technical grounding to understand what data is available and how you get it, but also how you can use it to have a practical real-world impact.
And now he is adding AI into the mix to make it available to whoever wants it at a cost that just couldn't have been previously achieved.
A must listen for anyone who cares about impact + travel or data + AI.
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Everything AI in Travel - SEO special with Kevin Indig from Hypergrowth Partners
Kevin Indig is a legend in the SEO industry.
His resume speaks for itself with stints at Spotify, G2, Atlassian as well as being a growth advisor for businesses such as Snap, Reddit, NextDoor and Dropbox to name just a few.
In this episode we talk about Kevin's recent deep dive into the travel industry, how TripAdvisor have doubled their organic traffic with AI summaries and what might be coming next for AI and SEO.
Kevin also shares the importance of video and influencers in your brand strategy (call me!!).
This is one you don't want to miss!
In this companion podcast to the Everything AI in Travel weekly newsletter, we speak to the makers, shapers and buyers of AI technology in the travel inustry.
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