Travel Tech Insider

Gilad Berenstein and Cara Whitehill•traveltechinsider.buzzsprout.com

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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Investor Perspective: Why is VC in Travel so Tough?

When it comes to sexy startup ideas, the travel sector usually ranks at the head of the class. Nearly everyone travels, and thus can relate to the pain points that stem from the challenges inherent in an industry driven by legacy tech platforms, fragmented data, and unsophisticated business models. It’s an industry desperate for disruption. Even so, travel startups tend to get the side-eye from most VCs — despite spawning two of the most disruptive startups in the past decade in Uber and AirBnB....

Dec 19, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Destination Marketing: Where Are We Headed?

Destination marketing is one of the biggest forces powering the travel industry that we rarely talk about. It’s the Goliath economic influencer hiding in plain sight, using its invisible hand to directly and indirectly guide the way we think about where to travel, how to travel, and what we do once when we get there. And it’s an industry in tremendous flux: Covid, “revenge travel”, rising interest rates, stimmy checks, overtourism, the ‘work from anywhere’ trend, sustainability, war, Gen Z &...

Dec 12, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Innovation vs. Regulation

Guest Mark Farrell joins the pod to talk about balancing the need for innovation against the need for regulatory guardrails to keep us safe and ensure fair competition. Mark is uniquely qualified to weigh in on this topic given his role as Managing Director at Thayer Ventures , a leading VC firm focused on the travel, transportation and hospitality sector, and his prior experience in government as a former San Francisco Mayor and City Supervisor. His time in politics coincided with the emergence...

Nov 30, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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