Travel Tech Insider
de Gilad Berenstein and Cara Whitehill
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Travel Tech Insider is a podcast for those building the future of travel.
Hosted by operators and investors, it’s where the smartest minds in the space go to hear bold takes, nuanced ideas, and practical insights from the people doing the work. If you’re tired of press release PR and trade-show buzzwords, this is your seat at the table.
Co-hosted by industry veterans and investors Gilad Berenstein and Cara Whitehill, they are joined by guest experts from all corners of the travel & hospitality tech industry.
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- Are We Entering the Post-VC Era in Travel Tech? · 1 h 2 min · Saison 4 Épisode 10Travel venture capital has fundamentally changed. Funding that hit a decade low in 2023 has rebounded, but it's no longer the growth-at-all-costs era of the 2010s. Today's VC…
- Mobility: Where the &%$# Are We? · 60 min · Saison 4 Épisode 9Few sectors show the gap between technological promise and market reality like mobility. A decade ago, full self-driving felt imminent, rideshare was going to end car ownership…
- Hotels in Flux: Owners' Perspective · 1 h 12 min · Saison 4 Épisode 8The hospitality industry has no shortage of voices — brands, operators, technology vendors, consultants — all with strong opinions about where hotels are headed. But one voice…
- Wellness Beyond the Spa · 1 h 0 min · Saison 4 Épisode 7Wellness has been one of the fastest-growing categories in travel for the better part of a decade. What started as a forgotten gym, a yoga mat, and a "heart-friendly" room…
- Loyalty Revolution: Credit Cards, Memberships and More · 1 h 3 min · Saison 4 Épisode 6Loyalty programs have always been travel’s most powerful retention tool — but the game is changing faster than most brands can keep up with. The credit card co-brand has long…
- VC Roundup: Corporate Venture Edition · 1 h 1 min · Saison 4 Épisode 4If you want to understand where travel tech is going, follow the money. And right now, the money is doing some very interesting things. Venture capital investment in travel has…
- Future of the Funnel · 51 min · Saison 4 Épisode 5For more than two decades, travel’s marketing funnel has been anchored by a familiar set of certainties: Google at the top, OTAs in the middle, and brand.com at the bottom. The…
- Is Sustainability Sustainable? · 48 min · Saison 4 Épisode 3Sustainability in travel hasn’t disappeared, it’s just gone quiet. After a decade of bold net-zero commitments, ESG branding, and high-profile climate pledges, the conversation…
- Future Destinations: The Evolving Role of the DMO · 57 min · Saison 4 Épisode 2Destination management organizations occupy a strange place in the travel ecosystem. They exist to promote places — countries, cities, regions — to travelers around the world…
- Travel and the Economy: Navigating Chaos · 51 min · Saison 4 Épisode 1Travel is one of the largest industries in the world, yet its economic significance is chronically underappreciated — by consumers, by policymakers, and even by the markets that…
- Private Equity Roundup & Rollups in Travel · 53 min · Saison 3 Épisode 9Private equity is playing an increasingly visible — and influential — role across travel and hospitality. From platform rollups and carve-outs to growth equity investments in…
- Season Three Season Finale · 49 min · Saison 3 Épisode 9As we close out Season 3 of Travel Tech Insider, we’re stepping back to reflect on the conversations, debates, and signals that defined the past year—and to look ahead at what…
- Corporate Travel (Still) in Flux · 55 min · Saison 3 Épisode 8When we last visited the corporate travel side of the industry with OG Steve Singh about a year and a half ago, most of us were still kicking tires on ChatGPT and “agents” still…
- Cruising into the Future: How Technology Is Transforming the High Seas · 1 h 2 minThe cruise industry has quietly become one of the most fascinating — and technologically advanced — corners of the travel sector. Once viewed as a niche for retirees and…
- Adventures in FinTech: Stablecoins, Blockchain and Crypto · 58 min · Saison 3 Épisode 6Fintech has quietly become one of the most transformative forces in the travel industry — shaping how we pay, how we earn and redeem loyalty, and increasingly, how companies…
- The AI Effect (Part 3): Agentic AI & Future of Personalization · 1 h 4 min · Saison 3 Épisode 5Show Notes Agentic AI is the latest buzzword in travel tech — but beyond the hype, it raises big questions about how travelers will discover, plan, and book their journeys. Will…
- Agentic AI (Part 2): The Emerging AI Tech Stack · 58 minGenerative AI is not only impacting how travel is bought and sold as we heard in Part 1 of our AI Effect series, it’s also impacting how companies are building and delivering the…
- The AI Effect (Part 1): The Future of Travel Distribution · 49 minGenerative AI has upended just about every part of the travel lifecycle for both buyers and sellers of travel services. From the consumer perspective, the resources available to…
- Social Commerce: Dead or Alive? · 51 min · Saison 3 Épisode 2With all the debate over agentic AI and its impact on the traditional search ecosystem, we seem to have forgotten all about that other massive acquisition channel — social…
- Vacation Rentals in Flux · 1 h 1 min · Saison 3 Épisode 1The vacation rental industry has transformed from a scrappy alternative to hotels into a global powerhouse—but is the model starting to strain under its own weight? In this…
