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Hosted by Gilad Berenstein and Cara Whitehill · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 39 episodes
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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. If you would like to contribute to the conversation please reach out!
Gilad Berenstein and Cara Whitehill hosts Travel Tech Insider, a technology show with 39 episodes published.
Wellness 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 service menu has evolved into a $6.8 trillion gl
Loyalty 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 been the engine that funds loyalty ecosystems
For 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 entire industry was built around this archi
If 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 been in a complicated place since the post-
Sustainability 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 in the U.S. has cooled. Political pressure
Destination management organizations occupy a strange place in the travel ecosystem. They exist to promote places — countries, cities, regions — to travelers around the world. But they rarely control the product, they al
Travel 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 price it. In the United States alone, dome
Private equity is playing an increasingly visible — and influential — role across travel and hospitality. From platform rollups and carve-outs to growth equity investments in scaled travel tech, PE capital is reshaping w
As 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 2026 may have in store for travel, hospital
When 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 referred to humans. Fast forward to today,
The 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 sun-seekers, it’s now riding a powerful wave of in
Fintech 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 manage global transactions behind the scenes.
Show 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 the power of agentic AI reinforce the domi
Generative 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 travel services that are bought and sold.
Generative 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 inspire, research, plan, book and share yo
With 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 commerce. TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Tw
The 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 episode, we explore how the ecosystem is evolvi
In this emerging AI era, what’s different this time when it comes to tech investing? We’ve seen major disruptions before, both business model (eg, internet > mobile > social > AI) and cultural/structural/economic (eg, ZI
In our first two seasons we took a deep dive into the venture investing scenes in both the US and European markets, comparing and contrasting the startup trends, approaches to risk, and styles of investing that are takin
Wrapping up season two of the Travel Tech Insider podcast, we turn the tables on our favorite trade media voices to hear what they’re keeping an eye on for 2025. What are they most excited to cover? What under-the-radar
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