Happy Holidays! A toast from our team to the Travel Trends Community.
As we wrap up an extraordinary year at our Travel Trends Podcast, our team wanted to take a moment to say one very important thing: thank you. We raised a toast to you all at our Christmas gathering last week.
Thank you to t every guest who joined us across Season 5 & 6, and our AI Summit 2025. We appreciated you sharing your insights, stories, and time with us and our listeners. Your voices are what has madeTravel Trends Podcast so special since the beginning.
To our partners and sponsors, we are deeply grateful for your continued support, collaboration, and belief in what we’re building here. This year simply would not have been possible without you, and we really appreciate having many of you back for 2026
And most importantly. to our listeners, thank you so much for listening and engaging with us around the world. We were so pleased to hear many stories this year about how our podcast has benefited your careers and companies. We will have to get Jacqueline Grossman to share her inspiring story.
Here’s a quick overview of this past year…
2025 Recap by the Numbers
60+ episodes produced, inc Custom Series with Mindtrip, TravelZoo, Railbookers, Satisfi Labs and more
150+ incredible guests, including our AI Summit speakers
2,000+ attendees at our Travel Trends AI Summit 2025 (with 1200 live)
Listeners in over 125 countries with more than 30,000 listeners worldwide
The launch of our Captains of Industry series, which continues into Season 7 and Season 8 in 2026
The momentum continues…
The lineup for events, content and partnerships for 2026 is shaping up to be the most compelling yet. Dan’s event schedule is almost full for 2026, and we’re starting the year strong with three months of custom series and spotlight episodes already locked in. We are incredibly grateful and even more excited about what’s ahead.
Thank You Travel Trends Team
A special thank you to Kat, Mell, Zach, Huan, Yu Jin, and Melissa for your effort this year and the commitment to making Travel Trends impactful but genuinely fun to work on together. That’s the best part!
Thank you again for everything this year. We’ll see you in 2026! Although we’ll still be publishing episodes over the holidays :)
— Dan, Kat, Mell, Yu Jin, Huan, Zach and Melissa (Melissa is not featured in this photo)
The Travel Trends Team ✈️✨