Experience This! Travel Industry Insights and Opinions

The plan was to talk about distribution for the in-destination experiences sector. What's new, what hasn't changed. But the conversation started with discussions of trade shows and again, what's new …

Meredith Rangel of Bookable Tourism joins us to discuss innovation in the Travel Industry. Is the industry lagging behind. Are some sectors ahead of others? Is the market too fragmented to create the…

Joined by Stephen Oddo from Walks (subsidiary of Hornblower Group), we discuss the latest updates with the Hornblower Chapter 11, the shake-up at the top of Rezdy & the Fareharbor connection, and rum…

Who knows more than Gen AI for Experiences than our co-host Christian Watts?  We say "nobody"!

This show covers Christian's Year One overview and his prediction of what the top 6 topics for Gen AI wil…

If you are looking for a mini masterclass in Brand Marketing, you have come to the right place.  Catherine Warrilow, Director of Brand Strategy for The Plot, joins Bruce Rosard and Lori Timony in an …

Bruce's annual review of top trends for in-destination experiences with critiques from co-hosts Christian Watts and Lori Timony.

Bruce's list includes the most important things for the in-destination …

AI tour guides vs human tour guides.

Obviously, AI tour guides have more information and facts. 
Clearly, AI tour guides can create better stories, as long as you don't need them to be true.
I'd still b…

Uncover extraordinary experiences with Claus Raasted, founder of the College of Extraordinary Experiences! Explore immersive learning, bringing people together organically, radical innovation, and th…

Christian, Bruce and Lori discuss the current and future state of experiences.  What's a pop up experience and what about sports, dining, concerts?   Are consumers still just buying the traditional p…

Christian, Bruce and special guest Tony Carne discuss a wide variety of topics including multi-city experience companies, wellness, passion travel, using AI for trip planning (yes again) and using AI…

Listen in as Lewis Krell (formerly of U Trip a Trip Planner start up now in the graveyard), Jeff Kischuk (of Tripian an up and coming start up), Bruce Rosard, Christian Watts and Lori Timony discuss …

There are very few investors who focus exclusively on the Experience Economy.
Michael Zeisser, Principal, FMZ Ventures, is one of the most prolific and he joined us for a fascinating conversation on h…

A major deal was just announced, with two of the leading reservation technology companies in the world merging. Rezdy, based in Sydney Australia and Checkfront, based in Victoria Island Canada power …

A timely discussion with a variety of opinions. Many opinions. Lots of problems, not so many solutions.

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Pricing, variable pricing, dynamic pricing - which one is right for you? What's the difference between variable and dynamic pricing?

We are joined by two experts with strong opinions discussing how th…

OTAs are the fastest growing distribution channel for the Experiences Industry. And there are a lot of mixed feelings out there in operator land.

In this session we focus on Niche OTAs. Niche OTAs fo…

Once again, Experience This! features two women who have advanced into the C Suite of travel tech. Susan DeBottis, Chief Growth Officer, Rezdy and Cady Wolf, industry veteran from Travelocity, Switch…

It was pretty big news last week when Airbnb Experiences announced they were putting a pause on adding new experiences on the platform, including for existing experience hosts.

Given that Airbnb has h…

You're an Experience Creator, you get business with direct bookings and through distribution. Now there's a third funnel that is going to grow exponentially and be relatively low cost. Content Creato…

"Old school" chat bots, new chat bots powered by generative AI, what's the difference?

Guests Daniel Pino and David Kunze have experience with both and the discussion was interesting as we peer into t…