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Travel Hero Podcast — 149 episodes

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Beyond Business | Around the World Without Flying: Thor Pedersen’s Impossible Journey

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Deep Dive | Summer 2026 - The State of Global Travel

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Deep Dive | The New Face of Luxury Travel with Stuart Greif and Janet Semenova

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Beyond Business | Rebuilding After COVID: The Future of Meaningful Travel with Bruce Poon Tip

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Beyond Business | Travel Without Limits: Turning Accessibility into Opportunity with Camilo Navarro

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Deep Dive | Women Shaping the Future of Destinations with Gitte Mikkelsen

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Beyond Business | The Search for Hidden Gems in Travel with Wendy Olson Killion

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Beyond Business | Tourism Thrives on Healthy Ecosystems with Dr. Frauke Fischer

9

Deep Dive | Measuring What Matters: How KPIs Are Shaping the Future of Tourism

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Beyond Business | Why Big Power Rivalry Is Driving Global Insecurities with Joschka Fischer

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Beyond Business | Every trip we do is an act of diplomacy with Aziz Abu Sarah

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Morning Briefing | Teaser Day 2: Lea Jordan & Charlotte Lamp Davies

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Morning Briefing | Teaser Day 1: David Ruetz & Deborah Rothe

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Deep Dive | Zwischen KI und Kultur: Perspektiven für den deutschen Incoming-Tourismus

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Deep Dive | Discover Angola: Culture, Nature, and First-Mover Opportunities

16

300 Seconds with Kathrin Anselm from Airbnb - Balanced Tourism in Focus

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300 Seconds with Joachim Marschal from Uber for Business - Corporate Travel taken care of

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300 Seconds with Anna Pollock: We Are Not an Industry. We Are a Living System.

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300 seconds with Sarah Kopit from Skift

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300 Seconds with Luis Ricardo Baraybar Gutiérrez De La Fuente about 3 Factors Making Peru a Top Tourism Market

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Deep Dive | Healthy Longevity: From Niche to Norm with Nina Ruge

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Deep Dive | Celebrating 60 Years of ITB Berlin: Past Milestones & Future Visions with Stephen Kaufer and Lorraine Sileo

23

Deep Dive | Tourism That Works: Value, Not Volume – Insights from High Yield Tourism

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Deep Dive | Loro Parque - The future of zoos, global species conservation, and how tourism can support biodiversity.

25

ITB Trendcast - Asia-Pacific is on the rise again

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Deep Dive | From Promise to Reality: Google on AI in Travel

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Deep Dive | Inclusive Travel Is Smart Business – Not Politics with Thomas Bömkes of Diversity Tourism

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Deep Dive | Tracking Europe’s Travel Surge – ForwardKeys on What to Expect This Summer

29

Deep Dive | What’s Next for Chinese Outbound Travel: Insights from Huawei.

30

ITB Berlin 2025 Morning Briefing Day 3

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ITB Berlin 2025 Morning Briefing Day 2

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ITB Berlin 2025 Morning Briefing Day 1

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300 Seconds with YouTube Culture & Trends Expert - Roya Zeitoune

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300 Seconds with Noam Toister from Travelier’

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Deep Dive | Shaping Tours & Activities: Key Trends for 2025

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Deep Dive | Unveiling Global Tourism Trends with Ipsos

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Deep Dive | Sustainable Journeys: Adventure Travel’s Role in Shaping Tourism's Future

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Deep Dive | India – An Evolving Outbound Market

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Trend Cast | Tech Travel: AI Transforming the Future of Tourism

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Deep Dive | Navigating LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Hospitality

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Deep Dive - Time To Take The Path to Climate Decarbonisation

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Deep Dive – Latest Global Travel Market Insights with Phocuswright

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Trendcast: China Travel Market Insights

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The future of tourism: From ITB to global goals

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Trendcast with H.E. Azzan bin Qassim Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of Tourism, Oman

46

ITB Berlin Morning Briefing | Interview with David Ruetz, Senior Vice President Messe Berlin

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ITB Berlin Morning Briefing | Interview with Deborah Rothe, Director ITB Berlin

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300 seconds with Li Baochun | Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the World Tourism Cities Federations (WTCF)

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ITB Berlin Morning Briefing | Interview with Dr. Mario Tobias, CEO Messe Berlin

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300 seconds with David Roland | TikTok | Travel Search and Discovery

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300 seconds with Bonita Grupp | Trigema | Navigating Workplace Diversity

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300 seconds with Cory Elford | MPI (Meeting Professionals International | All eyes on MICE Travel

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300 seconds with UnderTheDoormatGroup | Marilee Karr | Trends in accommodation

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300 seconds with Caroline Bremner | Euromonitor | It´s all about Hospitality

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300 seconds with Dr. Patrick Andrae, CEO and Co-Founder Hometogo, about Generative AI

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ITB Berlin Trendcast with Rohit Talwar from FastFuture

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300 seconds with Netsai Bollmann | KAZA TFCA | Biodiversity

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Deep Dive with Deborah Rothe, Director, ITB Berlin: When, What, Why You Must Attend

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Deep Dive: Hermione Joye from Google about APAC traveller´s booking patterns

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Trendcast: The current status of Blockchain with Prof. Dr. Alexander Knauer, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida

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Trendcast: The current status of Metaverse with Caroline Bremner, Euromonitor

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Trendcast: The current status of Blockchain with Leila Summa, PlayToChange

63

Deep Dive: Schubert Lou, COO Trip.com on the Future of AI

64

Deep Dive: Blind Date - GenZ meets Babyboomer-Generation

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Deep Dive: LGBTQ+ Tourism in Eastern Europe – how to get involved

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Trendcast: Latest Chinese market insights from ITB China

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Trendcast: Latest German market insights with Neusta Data Intelligence

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Trendcast: Latest global and US market insights with Phocuswright

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Deep Dive: Blended Travel with Euromonitor International

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Deep Dive: Destination & Booking Trends – Q1 2023 with Skyscanner

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Let's Talk: The Indian Traveler

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300 Seconds with Caroline Bremner & Stephen Dutton | Euromonitor International

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300 Seconds with David Roland | Head of Brand Partnerships DACH at TikTok

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300 Seconds with Kathrin Anselm | General Manager Airbnb DACH, CEE & Russia

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300 Seconds with Amanda Du | Head of eCommerce at Penta Hotels Worldwide

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300 Seconds with Dr Zinon Zinonos | Pafos Smart City Project Manager

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300 Seconds with Antonio Jímenez | CEO of Sevilla City Office

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300 Seconds with Mr. Li Baochun | Deputy Secretary General | WTCF

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300 Seconds with Douglas Quinby | ARIVAL & Charlotte Lamp Davies | A Bright Approach

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Let's Talk: Shortage of skilled labor in tourism - the industry perspective Sabrina Westphälinger & Kathrin Gollubits

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Let's Talk: What travelers value most | James Marshall, Expedia & Sabine Bierlein, ITB Berlin

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Let’s Talk: Shortage of skilled labor in tourism – the scientific perspective with Prof. Dr. Stefan Remhof

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Let's Talk: Bye bye B2C - warum sich die ITB Berlin auf B2B fokussiert & das Berlin Travel Festival eine neue Heimat hat

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Let's Talk: Shortage of skilled labor in tourism - The perspective of the next generation of employees with Pia & Stefan

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Deep Talk: Social Media Content Creation & Measurement | Anja Olivieri, Agorapulse & Teresa Baumgarten, ITB Berlin

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Let's Talk: Green IT | Virginie Corraze, Amadeus & Rika Jean-Francois, ITB Berlin

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Let's Talk: Tourism & TikTok - how city marketing is using the fastest growing social app to reach Gen Z audiences

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Let's Talk: Sustainability & Offsetting in Tourism | Moritz Hintze, bookitgreen & Kai Landwehr, myclimate

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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Let's Talk: Die Rolle des Reisebüros und der Tag des Reisebüros | Thomas Bösl & Sabine Bierlein

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Let's Talk: Hiking in the middle east | Ben Hoffler, SINAI TRAIL & Marinel de Jesus, Sustainable tourism activist

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300 seconds with Irma Ratiani | Doctor of philological sciences | Georgia

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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300 seconds with Luarsab Togonidze & Archil Kikodze | Folklorist & Eco-Guide| Georgia

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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Deep Dive: Community-based Tourism | Antje Rahn, ATC Namibia, Thomas Bohlander, Gebeco & Prof. Dr. Christian Baumgartner

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Let's Talk: Tourism Resilience, Self-Reliance and New Work | Eugen Triebelhorn, Travelperk & Valentin Gruber, HomeToGo

101

Deep Dive: What is a green butler? | Christopher Warren, CEO & Founder, MyGreenButler & Rika Jean-Francois, ITB Berlin

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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Deep Dive: ITB Berlin Convention 2022 | Christina Freier, Sabine Bierlein & Rika Jean-Francois from ITB Berlin

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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What's up with the ITB Berlin Bears?

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300 seconds with Daphne Tsevreni | Co-Founder & CFO | Clio Muse Tours

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300 seconds with Lisa Zink | Dresdner Stollenmädchen | Dresdner Christstollen®

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300 seconds with Dr. Sabine Maria Schmidt | Curator | Chemnitz Art Collections

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Deep Dive: Is Sustainability the New Digital? | Lea Jordan, Co-Founder, techtalk.travel & Willy Legrand, Professor, IU

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300 seconds with Celina Distler | Sportlerin | Celventures

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300 seconds with Oliver Winter | CEO | a&o Hostels

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300 seconds with Simone Jacke | Director| Strandloper

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300 seconds with Matthias Schuh | Winemaker | Weingut Schuh

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300 seconds with Ayako Ezaki | Expert Coordinator | Tourism Declares Climate Emergency

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300 seconds with Katarina Thorstensson | Sustainability Strategist | Göteborg & Co

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300 seconds with Marc Sanderson | European Capital of Smart Tourism Spokesman | City of Málaga, Spain

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300 seconds with Lea Jordan | Co-Founder & Head of Marketing | techtalk.travel

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300 seconds with Dhruv Bhatia | Founder & CXO | Live From Earth Media

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300 seconds with Dr. Heike Döll-König | CEO | Tourismus NRW e.V. | Tourist Board North Rhine-Westphalia

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300 seconds with Keta & Beqa Goletiani | Co-founder “Spend 4 Seasons in Georgia” & Sports Marketing Manager Red Bull ME

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300 seconds with Veronika Hiebl | CEO | Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH

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300 seconds with Matthias von Randow | Executive Director | German Aviation Association (BDL)

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300 seconds with Ulrike Braun | Director Corporate Responsibility | DER Touristik & Matthias Beyer | CEO | mascontour

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300 seconds with Richard Gray | Senior Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Greater Fort Lauderdale

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300 seconds with Viktoria Urbanek | Travel Blogger | Chronic Wanderlust

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300 seconds with Bastian Raschke | Head of Industry FMCG & Travel | Facebook

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300 seconds with Caroline Bremner | Head of Travel Research | Euromonitor

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300 seconds with David Ruetz | Head of ITB Berlin

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Blind Date: Communities | Ian Cumming, Travel Massive meets Philip Ibrahim, The Student Hotel

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Deep Dive: Rethink Travel! | visitBerlin, atmosfair, forum anders reisen, ITB Berlin

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Deep Dive: The use of AR and VR for immersive tourism experiences I Manchester Metropolitan University

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Deep Dive: The New Luxury Tourism | Accor, Taj, Metropolo & Steigenberger

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Soul Talk: Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | 777 Partners

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Deep Dive: Responsible Tourism | Gopinath Parayil | The Blue Yonder

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Deep Dive: The New TripAdvisor | Stephen Kaufer | TripAdvisor

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Soul Talk: Andy Owen Jones I bd4travel

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Soul Talk: Greg W. Greeley I Airbnb

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Deep Dive: The World of Blacklane | Jens Wohltorf | Blacklane

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Deep Dive: China´s Power and Global Ambitions I Alibaba, Trip.com & Fosun

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Soul Talk: Monika Wiederhold | Amadeus

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Deep Dive: Future Mobility | Christoph Weigler | Uber

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Deep Dive: Inside Expedia | Mark Okerstrom | Expedia Group

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Soul Talk: Verena Keimer | Travelzoo

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Soul Talk: Andrew Nelson | National Geographic

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Soul Talk: Kash Bhattacharya | BudgetTraveller

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Deep Dive: Women in Travel Tech | Charlotte Lamp Davies | A Bright Approach

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