Event Spotlight: Phocuswright 2025

Send us Fan Mail We’re wrapping up our 2025 events spotlights with our biggest event episode ever, a 5+ hour special recorded live at Phocuswright San Diego. This landmark episode features 25 exclusive interviews with industry leaders shaping the future of travel, technology, distribution, and the in-destination experience. This year’s Phocuswright was a standout event for Travel Trends, and we’re grateful to the entire Phocuswright team — especially Pete Comeau and Eugene Ko — for their partnership and support in making this recording possible so we can share these valuable insights with our global audience. If you’d like to jump straight to the voices that matter most to you, scroll down — we’ve included timestamps for every amazing guest that Dan had the chance to sit down with. Highlights & Timestamps 6m - Lorraine Sileo, Travel Insights, Research & Analysis, Phocuswright 31m46s - Jessie Fisher, Founder & CEO, GuestOS 42m59s - Marius Nigond, CEO iWander.io 51m39s - Ben Sann, CEO, TourOptima 1hr6m - Stephen Joyce, Global Strategy Lead - Travel & Tours, Protect Group 1hr23m - Lourdes Losada Frances, Director & Site Lead Americas, Skyscanner 1hr47m - Jo Lai, SVP AI Solutions & Customer Experience, Hopper 2hr - Dylan Conroy - Host of The Ad Podcast 2hr11m - Lauren Atlass - VP, Partnerships - Americas, HBX Group 2hr26m - Tim Qin, CEO, Roame 2hr31m - Charlotte Lamp Davies, Founder & CEO, A Bright Approach & Markus Stumpe, Founder & CEO, Alyza 2hr42m - Grant Palmer - Head of Enterprise Travel, Azira 2hr59m - Heather C. Dahl, Co-founder & CEO, Indicio 3hr17m - Elad Schaffer, Co-founder & CEO, Faye 3hr32m - Benjamin Manzi, COO, Maya AI 3hr47m - Rohit Khanna, Chief AI & Innovation Officer, ITbyus 3hr57m - Jen Barnwell, President, Curator Hotel & Resort Collection 4hr8m - Paul Lipson, CEO & Founder, Triprecos 4hr25m - Francesco Deledda, CEO, Yanolja Go Global 4hr36m - Layton Han, Co-founder & CEO, Bonafide 4hr54m - Mike Petrakis, Founder & CEO, Batch 5hr - Evan Tzeng, Founder, Hospitalities.AI 5hr12min - Noam Toister, CEO & Founder, Travelier 5hr22m - Jesus Ordoñez, General Director for the Board of Tourism of Baja California Sur 5hr32m - Jelani Millard, Head of Growth - North America, Maya AI We hope you benefit from these valuable insights as you start 2026! The #1 B2B Travel Podcast Globally. Over 100 Episodes. Listeners in 125 countries. New Episodes Every Weds. https://www.traveltrendspodcast.com/