Experience This! Travel Industry Insights and Opinions
by Bruce Rosard, Lori Timony, Christian Watts
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Who owns the connected trip?
Jun 4, 2026
48m 30s
S4 E7 Travel Advisors, Experiences & the Future of Human Curation
May 27, 2026
46m 36s
The Optimist Edge with Mauricio Prieto
Apr 28, 2026
57m 02s
AI is rewriting the Tour Operator Playbook
Apr 15, 2026
45m 28s
S4 E5 She Shapes History: The Hidden Stories of The Women Who Built New York
Apr 1, 2026
51m 28s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/4/26 | Who owns the connected trip?✨ | Connected Triptravel bookings+3 | AntoineMarius | TikTokGoogle+2 | — | Connected Triptravel technology+3 | — | 48m 30s | |
| 5/27/26 | S4 E7 Travel Advisors, Experiences & the Future of Human Curation✨ | travel advisorsexperience-led travel+3 | Cathy BennisAli Raymer | Audley TravelPeace and Pearl Travel+1 | — | travel advisorsexperience-led travel+3 | — | 46m 36s | |
| 4/28/26 | The Optimist Edge with Mauricio Prieto✨ | AI in travelbusiness impact+3 | Mauricio Prieto | eDreamsTravel Tech Essentialist | — | AItravel+5 | — | 57m 02s | |
| 4/15/26 | AI is rewriting the Tour Operator Playbook✨ | AI in traveltour operations+3 | Jack Harris | Tally Ho ExperiencesExperience This!+2 | — | AItour operator+5 | — | 45m 28s | |
| 4/1/26 | S4 E5 She Shapes History: The Hidden Stories of The Women Who Built New York✨ | women's historytravel experiences+3 | Beth SantosNikki Padilla Rivera | Experience This!YouTube+1 | — | women's historyNew York+3 | — | 51m 28s | |
| 3/5/26 | S4 E3 Will Tour Operators stop buying software? Vibe Coding introduced!✨ | software developmentAI tools+3 | Oli Green | Carpe Diem | — | vibe codingtour operators+3 | — | 49m 34s | |
| 2/9/26 | S4 E2. The Party Economy meets the Experience Industry and Batch is leading the way✨ | celebrationsbooking behavior+3 | CEO of Batch | BatchExperience This!+4 | — | celebrationtravel+4 | — | 51m 16s | |
| 1/22/26 | S4E1 Driving an 85% repeat rate and bringing a 40 year old Tour Business into the digital age✨ | Sustainable TravelLuxury Travel+4 | Mary Collins | Far HorizonsBlue Fern Travel+1 | — | Sustainable TravelLuxury Travel+5 | — | 56m 14s | |
| 1/6/26 | S3 E 15 Keyguides Connect - redefining the hunt for the perfect Tour Guide✨ | Tour GuidesTravel Booking+3 | Nick Gray | Keyguides Connect | — | Tour GuidesKeyguides Connect+3 | — | 1h 02m 37s | |
| 11/25/25 | S3 E 14 Peek raises $70M and acquires ACME Ticketing and Connect & GO✨ | fundingacquisition+3 | Josiah Filler | PeekACME Ticketing+1 | — | PeekJosiah Filler+5 | — | 53m 22s | |
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| 11/23/25 | S3 E13 James Lemon from Stripe talks Instant Checkout inside Chat GPT✨ | Instant CheckoutChat GPT+4 | James Lemon | Instant CheckoutChat GPT+3 | — | Instant CheckoutChat GPT+4 | — | 51m 28s | |
| 11/2/25 |  S3 E 12 Rediscovering Groupon with Carrie Keplinger and Masha Sharma✨ | GrouponAI technology+3 | Carrie KeplingerMasha Sharma | GrouponExperience This! | — | GrouponAI+4 | — | 47m 36s | |
| 11/2/25 | AI Search with Scrunch.ai | Show videos are posted on YouTube, subscribe and Like! Comments and discussions on the Experience This! LinkedIn Page (Follow us and Discuss!) Podcasts available wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, etc. - Subscribe and rate the shows. | 46m 12s | ||||||
| 8/12/25 | Season 3. Episode 9 - Murray Decker | In this episode we learn about multi-day tour tech from Murray Decker, founder and CEO, Tour Amigo. Tour Amigo is a leading SaaS platform for the multi-day sector. There are surprisingly few SaaS platforms for multi-day tech, and Murray discusses the challenges and the differences he sees with the Destination Experiences sector. Arival has just launched a new research study on multi-day, the first full study on tech and distribution since our 2021 landmark research project. Arival... | 49m 11s | ||||||
| 3/30/25 | Season 3. Episode 6 - Chris Andrew, Scrunch AI | The show with Chris and co-hosts Lori Timony and Christian Watts was one of the most practical shows we've had about AI in a while. Scrunch is going deep with AI search, and Chris provides some great tips and ideas in this show, I highly recommend you take a listen to this quick clip and hear Chris's main points: "The first thing we've outsourced at scale to AI is BROWSING" "The customer journey is changing radically" "We're living in a new era of discovery" "Customers move to simplici... | 46m 12s | ||||||
| 3/6/25 | Season 3. Episode 5 - Jessie Fischer - GuestOS | Get introduced to Jessie Fischer, Founder & CEO, GuestOS. Jessie got an early start in the hospitality business, starting when she was 12 years old, working at her family's motel near Yosemite National Park GuestOS is an AI-driven concierge platform tailored for the hospitality industry, aiming to enhance guest experiences through personalized, 24/7 multilingual support. Founded in 2023 by Jessie, the company leverages AI to automate and enrich guest interactions. Personalized Guest In... | 44m 34s | ||||||
| 2/26/25 | Greg Fisher, Founder and CEO of Wave Rez and Tripshock introduces his new book "Mastering OTA's." | Greg Fisher, Founder and CEO of Tripshock and Wave Rez and author of "Mastering OTA's" joins the team at Experience This! Travel to discuss the need for and rise of niche OTA's, how Google is changing the search and buy landscape and of course, his new book and how it can help you grow your business. Show videos are posted on YouTube, subscribe and Like! Comments and discussions on the Experience This! LinkedIn Page (Follow us and Discuss!) Podcasts available wherever you get your pod... | 51m 32s | ||||||
| 1/19/25 | Episode 52 - The Hosts Discuss (Argue?) About the Potential Disintermediation of OTAs | How will AI Agents impact OTAs and Google's Market share? We have a difference of opinion - shocking I'm sure. Show videos are posted on YouTube, subscribe and Like! Comments and discussions on the Experience This! LinkedIn Page (Follow us and Discuss!) Podcasts available wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, etc. - Subscribe and rate the shows. | 25m 51s | ||||||
| 1/18/25 | Season 3. - Episode 2: TikTok About To Go Dark / AI Update | The plan was to have an AI update with Tahnee Perry from A25 featuring a discussion about her toolkit (115 and counting!). But since this is the week (January 17 to be exact) that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold the U.S. ban on TikTok, we pivoted to also include Madi Rifkin, founder and CEO, Mount for her perspective. As a Gen Z entrepreneur with an "army Show videos are posted on YouTube, subscribe and Like! Comments and discussions on the Experience This! LinkedIn Page ... | 54m 55s | ||||||
| 1/15/25 | Season 3. E1 - The Hosts Make their Predictions for 2025 | Show videos are posted on YouTube, subscribe and Like! Comments and discussions on the Experience This! LinkedIn Page (Follow us and Discuss!) Podcasts available wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, etc. - Subscribe and rate the shows. | 1h 06m 44s | ||||||
| 12/31/24 | Season 2 - The Final Episode. 2024 in Review | The Experience This! team joined an Arival Pro Insiders Meetup for a discussion about Bruce's top 10 trends from 2024. Not predictions or forecasts, but what were the top trends with a look back at the top trends from prior years. For this show, we use a Zoom format with a few guests participating live and in real time. Enjoy! Show videos are posted on YouTube, subscribe and Like! Comments and discussions on the Experience This! LinkedIn Page (Follow us and Discuss!) Podcasts... | 56m 53s | ||||||
| 12/5/24 | S2, E 21 Meet Justin Buzzi | Rap, Going Viral, Mastering Content, Customer Retention, Franchising and more with Justin Buzzi, CEO and Founder of Get Up and Go Kayaking! Show videos are posted on YouTube, subscribe and Like! Comments and discussions on the Experience This! LinkedIn Page (Follow us and Discuss!) Podcasts available wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, etc. - Subscribe and rate the shows. | 52m 43s | ||||||
| 11/10/24 | S2, Ep #20 Patricia Yates, CEO of Visit Britain/ Visit England | Patricia Yates, CEO of Visit Britain/ Visit England fills us in on her recent trip to China, Visit Britain's upcoming launch of the latest "Film Tourism" campaign "Starring Great Britain" and how DMO's should consider the challenges of regenerative tourism Show videos are posted on YouTube, subscribe and Like! Comments and discussions on the Experience This! LinkedIn Page (Follow us and Discuss!) Podcasts available wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, etc. - Subscribe and r... | 45m 56s | ||||||
| 10/27/24 | S2 E.19. Erika De Santi of We Road | Erika De Santi of We Road, Co-Founder and Chief of People Experiences joins Lori and Bruce to discuss We Road's secret sauce behind the companies highly successful growth strategy. Learn about how they are building communities one trip at a time. Show videos are posted on YouTube, subscribe and Like! Comments and discussions on the Experience This! LinkedIn Page (Follow us and Discuss!) Podcasts available wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, etc. - Subscribe and rate ... | 48m 39s | ||||||
| 9/25/24 | Show #48 - Andy Moss, Mindtrip | Join Christian and Bruce as we learn about Mindtrip, one of the hottest AI startups in travel. With a recent raise of $12M bringing their total funding so far to $20M, the group of 12 founders have experience from companies including Google, Apple, LinkedIn, ShopStyle, Roadster, Ariba. They're new to the travel industry and very confident they can duplicate their past successes. We have to admit, what they're working on has great potential and we love their approach of putting the trav... | 1h 08m 01s | ||||||
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