Travel Tech's Passport Podcast
Travel Tech's Passport Podcast
Podcast Description
Brought to you by the Travel Technology Association, the Passport Podcast explores the intersection of travel, technology, and public policy, uncovering how innovation is reshaping the way we plan, book, and experience travel. As a companion to Travel Tech’s weekly Passport Newsletter, each episode features an industry expert who goes behind the headlines of key news stories and explains how policy debates in Washington, DC, and statehouses nationwide impact travel technology.
For more insights and news, be sure to subscribe to Travel Tech’s Passport Newsletter at traveltech.org/subscribe.
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The podcast explores the intersection of travel, technology, and public policy, focusing on themes such as innovation in travel planning, regulatory impacts on the travel industry, and technology's role in shaping travel experiences, with episodes that analyze topics like airline deregulation and AI noise regulation.

Brought to you by the Travel Technology Association, the Passport Podcast explores the intersection of travel, technology, and public policy, uncovering how innovation is reshaping the way we plan, book, and experience travel. As a companion to Travel Tech’s weekly Passport Newsletter, each episode features an industry expert who goes behind the headlines of key news stories and explains how policy debates in Washington, DC, and statehouses nationwide impact travel technology.
For more insights and news, be sure to subscribe to Travel Tech’s Passport Newsletter at traveltech.org/subscribe.
Welcome to the latest episode of Travel Tech’s Passport Podcast! In this episode, Travel Tech President and CEO Laura Chadwick looks back at the top moments from this year’s Passport Podcast. This episode includes clips from Brandon Palumbo, Director of Policy & Governments at Travel Tech, who discussed airline competition and mergers; Carroll Rheem, Founder and CEO of Iolite Group, who explored the state and future of AI in travel; Jessica Martinez, Senior Director of Government Relations at the Blockchain Association, who shared her insights on stablecoin and the GENIUS Act; and Matt Zito, Managing Partner of TSi, who discussed the role of start-ups in the travel tech industry.
Check out these articles to learn more about the articles discussed in this week’s episode:
Frontier Airlines Offers to Buy Spirit Airlines, Again(The New York Times)
Traveler Technology: State of AI (Iolite Group & Phocuswright)
Crypto Industry Reaches Milestone With Passage of First Major Bill (The New York Times)
What investors get wrong about travel startups (Phocuswire)

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