In this companion podcast to the Everything AI in Travel weekly newsletter, we speak to the makers, shapers and buyers of AI technology in the travel inustry.
Everything AI in Travel chats to Ed Morris from Equator AI
Ed Morris is doing extraordinary things with big data & AI. And he is doing it for a good reason.
One of the most surprising things to come out of the AI boom is how few people are thinking about how it can solve the big pressing issues we prefer to pretend don't exist: Overtourism; Carbon; Leakage and many more.
Ed from Equator AI takes us through how his early work with USAID gave him both the technical grounding to understand what data is available and how you get it, but also how you can use it to have a practical real-world impact.
And now he is adding AI into the mix to make it available to whoever wants it at a cost that just couldn't have been previously achieved.
A must listen for anyone who cares about impact + travel or data + AI.
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Everything AI in Travel - SEO special with Kevin Indig from Hypergrowth Partners
Kevin Indig is a legend in the SEO industry.
His resume speaks for itself with stints at Spotify, G2, Atlassian as well as being a growth advisor for businesses such as Snap, Reddit, NextDoor and Dropbox to name just a few.
In this episode we talk about Kevin's recent deep dive into the travel industry, how TripAdvisor have doubled their organic traffic with AI summaries and what might be coming next for AI and SEO.
Kevin also shares the importance of video and influencers in your brand strategy (call me!!).
This is one you don't want to miss!
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Everything AI in Travel - the (almost) 100% created by AI edition
Today we've got something really different and special for you because today's podcast is almost 100 percent brought to you by AI.
Everything except for the little piece I'm recording now has been made by AI. Everything from the introduction song, the little piece that introduced me just before this, the cover art, and the entire podcast itself has all been created 100 percent by AI.
So we spend a lot of time on this podcast talking about how AI can be used and what might be possible in the future but today I wanted to give you an example of what's possible right now.
So to create this podcast I uploaded the transcripts of all the podcasts from series one into notebook LM and then just let it do its magic.
And it came up with a rewind of all the subjects that we've touched on for the first year of the podcast and created what I think is actually a pretty good summary.
Let me know what you think on LinkedIn or on the Spotify comments. Love to hear what you think. Especially love to hear how it might make you think about content creation for your own brand.
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Welcome to 2025 with Christian Watts & 10 AI predictions
Welcome to the New Year and the start of Series 2 of the Everything AI in Travel podcast. We expect it to be a big one in the AI + Travel world.
For an Everything AI in Travel first, we have a return guest for the first time in the podcast history. Christian Watts, founder of Magpie.ai and AI pundit has returned for the new year to give his predictions for what we might see in the year ahead.
He also challenged me to bring 5 of my own.
Buckle up to peer into our fast moving future!
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Everything AI in Travel - REWIND with Barb Hyman from Sapia.ai
This chat with Barb Hyman from Sapia.ai was a real eye opener for me.
For this episode we moved away from strictly looking at travel and moved into the operational area of HR and hiring, relevant to all businesses and industries.
The impressive thing about Barb Hyman is she is not looking to simply accelerate existing processes but instead rethink the process, starting with the end goal and working backwards to see how the new technology can shape a better direction to that goal.
It is seriously impressive stuff. Enjoy this listen.
In this companion podcast to the Everything AI in Travel weekly newsletter, we speak to the makers, shapers and buyers of AI technology in the travel inustry.
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