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Travel Tech Podcast
with Eric Bidinger
Who Can Still Design a Plane?
Airbus's last clean sheet design was the A350. Boeing's was the 787, over 20 years ago. This week's guest thinks the skill of designing an aircraft from scratch is quietly retiring with the engineers…
Travel Tech Podcast
with Kevin Hightower
Cancel the Flights So Nobody Misses Connections
When Kevin and I first tested an AI on a real ops problem (three inbound flights landing together, protect every connection), it answered with flawless logic: cancel the flights.
Travel Tech Podcast
with Alex Ragin, Amit Ganjoo, Leo Kotil, Jim Hetzel, Íñigo Valenzuela, Christopher Olivares, Iñaki Uriz
Code Is Twenty Percent of the Thing
Every week, someone asks a travel software agency why they can't just vibe code the platform themselves.
Travel Tech Podcast
with Valentino Portnoy
The Pricing Fight Inside Every Airline
Everyone predicted AI chat would kill metasearch. Ask a chatbot for the cheapest fare to Europe, and why would you ever open a comparison site again?
Travel Tech Podcast
with Eric Leopold, Christopher Olivares, Mike Putman, Nancy Li Smith, Fred Bean, Jim Hetzel
Who Your AI Travel Agent Actually Works For
Read the small print on the big booking sites and you'll find the offer at the top may not be the one in your best interest, just the one that pays best.
Travel Tech Podcast
with Rob Lee, Co-Founder & CEO, Swift Passport & Visa Services
ChatGPT Said the Visa Would Be Accepted. It Wasn't.
Rob Lee's company shares an office wall in Chicago with the Chinese consulate, and every day he watches hundreds of people file in to pay $150 to $170 for a visa.
Travel Tech Podcast
with Iñaki Uriz, Co-founder and CEO Caravelo
The Deal AI Can Never Find
In 1990, Mark Cuban sold his first company for $6 million, went out with his friends, and while still drunk, rang American Airlines to ask whether they sold lifetime flight passes. They did.
Travel Tech Podcast
with Ajith Balakumar
Above China, Your Starlink Doesn't Exist
Somewhere above Chinese airspace, a passenger asks for a glass of water and the answer, technically, is no.
Travel Tech Podcast
with Caitlin Gomez
Corp Travel …So Why Can't I Just Book My Own Trip?
Caitlin Gomez signs up for rideshare with her personal Gmail, like everyone else. Somewhere in a corporate travel program she is also a Head of Growth on the speaking circuit, and nothing in the…
Travel Tech Podcast
with Kameron Bertine
89% of Airline Carts Never Convert
Kameron Bertine has never worked for an airline, an OTA, or a GDS, and that's exactly why his read on airline checkout is worth your time.
Travel Tech Podcast
with Adrian McKenzie, Oli Deakin
The Feedback You Don't Notice You're Getting
This week I handed the microphone to the two people who know exactly where the bodies are buried: Adrian McKenzie and Oli Deakin, my leadership team colleagues from Snowflake Software (in its second…
Travel Tech Podcast
with Birgir Jonsson
An Airline Is Just a Software Stack Nobody Finished Building
There's a moment in this conversation where my guest compares running an airline to selling hamburgers: your meat costs triple overnight, but you can't triple your menu price on the same day.