Tanner C. Knorr
People are starting to think about sustainability as more of an everyday way of living. This excites me because I believe it will lead to people thinking about sustainable travel…
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Travel is one of those industries where the product is the experience. That makes it beautiful and terrifying to build in. The founders in this section have done it anyway. Hotels. Travel tech. Tour companies. Booking platforms. And everything else that gets people from where they are to where they want to be.
These interviews cover the full travel landscape. Hospitality. Adventure travel. Business travel. Travel technology. Sustainable tourism. The intersection of wanderlust and logistics, which is where all travel companies live.
The founders here are honest about the unique challenges of the industry. Seasonality. Reviews that can make or break you. The complexity of operating across borders, time zones, and regulatory environments. And the fact that one pandemic can shut down everything overnight. These are resilient people.
You’ll find insights on building travel brands, customer experience design, leveraging technology in hospitality, and the art of selling something intangible. If you’re in the travel industry, building travel tools, or just fascinated by how the world moves, these conversations take you places. Pun intended, but the insights are serious.
Chetan Mahajan
Worry less about conventional wisdom, and follow your heart. I left the traditional path to pursue my passions only at 44. I wish I hadn’t taken so long. Chetan…
Simon Armstrong
Be open to change. People, places, trends, instincts, in short – life, can all open your mind to new worlds, which in turn allow you to realise different opportunities. …
Sara Gotch
I’m always asking customers and non-customers what they’d like to see from Gnarly Pepper. The feedback is honest, and it saves a lot of time in the end when trying…
Marina Berezovska
Prioritize execution. Bringing even smallest ideas to life may get stuck if you’re trying to tackle it all at once. Instead, I deconstruct the idea into components and prioritize the…
Kristen Slizgi
Relax into uncertainty. Give into it. Surrender to it. Your entire life and career will revolve around it so better get use to it now. Letting go of what you cannot…
Latifah Al-Hazza
Focus your career on what you love to do in your spare time. Whatever it is, that is what you should pursue. Tami and Latifah began traveling together when…
Jessy Lipperts
Educate yourself constantly, read books from those you admire, always try to connect with people in a meaningful way and see how you can be of service. Jessy is…
Francesca Montillo
Listen to your heart more and your head less. Francesca Montillo is the founder and owner of Lazy Italian Culinary Adventures. As a native Italian, she now designs culinary…
Alex Miller
I’ve found that breaking an idea down into bite-sized and prioritized chunks really helps me to get things done — and fast. Even just checking off one or two tasks…
Basil Elotol – Founder and CEO of Triphop
It’s very easy for a startup to get distracted by shiny things that popup along the way. You need to be disciplined enough to stay focused and see the big…
Oli Russell-Cowan
Often, innovation lives not in creating something new but refining something that already exists. Oli Russell-Cowan created Rad Season, the world’s first platform bridging the industry gap between online travel…