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  1. CEO Spotlight: Andres Spitzer of Civitatis 18:17
  2. CEO Spotlight: Julie Cheetham of Travalyst 18:22
  3. CEO Spotlight: Matthijs Welle of Mews 23:10
  4. Split payments and the future of checkout in travel with Samuel Flynn of Hands In 18:24
  5. From banker to luxury villa specialist with Natasha Martsekis of Bright Blue Villas 18:52
  6. AI in action in corporate travel with Nikita Miller of Perk 13:17
  7. Merger & acquisition trends in travel with Morgann Lesné of Cambon Partners 16:35
  8. What Revolut's entrepreneur in residence Stanislav Bondarenko thinks AI can do for travel 11:49
  9. Navigating AI developments as a startup with Zerolook 18:12
  10. Loveholidays' ambitions in the growing packaged travel market with Isabella Cheng 17:26
  11. CEO Spotlight: Filip Filipov of OAG 18:47
  12. The new rules of travel discovery in the age of AI with Propellic and Stiplo 24:19
  13. Travel's AI winners and losers: the debate continues 30:32
  14. CEO Spotlight: Gonzalo Estebarena of Despegar 30:42
  15. Rethinking tours and activities distribution with CityUnscripted and Context Travel 19:32
  16. CEO Spotlight: Jeremy Sampson of The Travel Foundation 31:40
  17. Hotel stack readiness for AI with SiteMinder and Scenic Hotel Group 17:20
  18. CEO Spotlight: Wendy Olson Killion of Rome2Rio 18:39
  19. CEO Spotlight: Nishank Gopalkrishnan of Dreamlines 25:22
  20. Travel platforms face cost and compliance impact of changing regulations 19:01
  21. Ancillaries, AI and agentic: Where is airline distribution heading with Mystifly and PKFARE 16:19
  22. Travel in the cloud with Tedd Evers of AWS 15:07
  23. CEO Spotlight: Teresa Mackintosh of Aven Hospitality 19:27
  24. A new age of travel selling: AI, personalization and human touch with Fora and Unravel 17:31
  25. Data and AI evolution in corporate travel 18:35
  26. CEO Spotlight: Bryan Batista of Skyscanner 19:44
  27. Expedia's Ariane Gorin on AI visibility, traveler experience and activities growth 22:45
  28. What technology brings to the luxury travel market with Loews Hotels and Skylark 20:13
  29. The travel investment landscape: funding, M&A and IPOs with Oppenheimer and F-Prime Capital 15:21
  30. CEO Spotlight: John Lyotier of TravelAI 14:17
  31. Airbnb as an everything platform 19:16
  32. Addressing current challenges and looming change in ground transportation with SilverRail and Mozio 11:09
  33. Evolution in trip planning and personalization with Nezasa and Mobi.ai 18:30
  34. How Expedia Group believes AI can improve digital travel marketing 21:32
  35. Priceline CEO Brett Keller reflects on 26 years at the OTA and industry evolution 16:55
  36. Vacation rentals in a spin: Outlining trends, changes and the future of short-term rentals 22:38
  37. Digital wallets, crypto and payment developments in travel 15:35
  38. CEO Spotlight: Muzzammil Ahussain of Almosafer 17:36
  39. Thayer Investment Partners' Chris Hemmeter on SPAC comeback and space for a new travel brand 33:04
  40. Are travel companies hesitant to sell ancillaries? 20:38
  41. Short-term rental experts from Safely and Interhome weigh in on the ancillaries opportunity 15:20
  42. Travel in turbulent times with Go City and Dohop 12:52
  43. The changing face of loyalty in travel with the CEOs of Loyalty Status Co. and MeProtocol 19:57
  44. Tours and activities trends in 2025: Younger travelers, later bookings, AI 20:36
  45. CEO Spotlight: Peter O'Donovan of CarTrawler 18:09
  46. Specialist travel brands on being agile and building trust amid volatility with CheckYeti and WingBuddy 14:31
  47. Travel investor sentiment with Velocity Ventures' Nick Cocks 12:21
  48. Fixing the plumbing of travel with Trava's founder & CEO Maxim Sevastianov 15:55
  49. A case study in AI trip planning with Stena Line Travel and Retail Group 17:07
  50. CEO Spotlight: Uli Pillau of Apaleo 18:38