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The plan was to talk about distribution for the in-destination experiences sector. What's new, what hasn't changed. But the conversation started with discussions of trade shows and again, what's new and what hasn't changed. There were definitely some different points of view, surprise, surprise and our featured guest  Peter Muttitt held his own with co-hosts Lori Timony, Christian Watts and Bruce Rosard.

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Joined by Stephen Oddo from Walks (subsidiary of Hornblower Group), we discuss the latest updates with the Hornblower Chapter 11, the shake-up at the top of Rezdy & the Fareharbor connection, and rumors from Tripadvisor / Viator. This is a show not to be missed.

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Meredith Rangel of Bookable Tourism joins us to discuss innovation in the Travel Industry. Is the industry lagging behind. Are some sectors ahead of others? Is the market too fragmented to create the right conditions for innovation?

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In this Tips and Tricks episode, Conor and Caroline dive into some of their favorite Disney news from the SAG-AFTRA and WGA dual strike of 2023. After months of keeping quiet they can now share their thoughts on all of the announcements from Destination D23, the openings of new attractions, and more. Is this the year that Caroline and Conor book a cruise aboard the brand-new Disney Treasure? Could Journey of Water's opening in Epcot spell a promising future for the rest of the park? And what are their thoughts on these "blue sky" park announcements at every D23 event? Grab those headphones and curl up to hear what they think, think, think!

22 January 2024: From Ed Sheeran to the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, are Dubai's must-attend dates drawing tourists as well as residents?

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Who knows more than Gen AI for Experiences than our co-host Christian Watts?  We say "nobody"!

This show covers Christian's Year One overview and his prediction of what the top 6 topics for Gen AI will be for experiences as we enter "Year 2" of Gen AI.

Here's a source for writing prompts that we mentioned on the show:
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Bruce's annual review of top trends for in-destination experiences with critiques from co-hosts Christian Watts and Lori Timony.

Bruce's list includes the most important things for the in-destination experiences industry to be paying attention to.

Here's an article Bruce wrote on these top trends going into 2024. 

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On today’s episode, we share what would make it into our DREAM theme park - from rides, to shows, restaurants, to snacks, this is what we would love the most in one park!

AI tour guides vs human tour guides.

Obviously, AI tour guides have more information and facts. 
Clearly, AI tour guides can create better stories, as long as you don't need them to be true.
I'd still bet on the human though.

But there's a hybrid approach, where the AI (in this case a character - Miss Moneypenny) enhances a currently operating experience.

Is this the way forward?

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Happy halloween to all you munchie monsters out there! This year the scariest thing about our episode is the quality of yours truly (but at least our guests sound great!). We're back with the second half of our Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 32 coverage with the results of our wheel of death spin from part 1! Join Carlos, Dylan, Sophie and special guests Maddy and Kenneth as we give you our unfiltered thoughts on the food from this year's event...and yes, that includes a review of a bubble gum mustard covered hotdog...

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Welcome creepy cuisine lovers to Mouthful of Horror Month! Last year,  we designed our very own Halloween Horror Nights style haunted house attraction and this year we're turning our fearful focus to remixing food menus of past HHN events and even introducing some new franchises to the mix that our imaginary guests will be sinking their teeth into. So get your plastic cutlery ready as Sophie takes us to the snowy hills of Crimson Peak, Dylan makes us sad with a rabbit dish, Carlos presents an homage to Pittsburgh, and Joy makes a s'more Scream! There's all this and more in Cocktail Hour: HHN Food Booth Remix! 

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In this episode we talk with social media influencers, Aubrey and Allison! Both Aubrey and Allison started social media pages to share their experiences at various restaurants, events, and attractions in and around Connecticut and things have continued to grow from there. They've built a community where people can learn about new or different things to do in the area, and really help local businesses! We talk food, some of the favorite places they've been to, the nuances of social media, and of course, Steady Habits.

Click the links to follow Aubrey's CT Attractions  and Allison's Food of CT accounts! 

Christian, Bruce and special guest Tony Carne discuss a wide variety of topics including multi-city experience companies, wellness, passion travel, using AI for trip planning (yes again) and using AI as a tour guide. Startups and recent investments featured include Staples putting travel agents in their stores (what?), Boddy, Modern Adventures, Tailbox, Travelshift.

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This week the crew teams up with Rush of Fear's Maddy to take on the new Halloween Horror Nights 32 food booth menus! Just like our other festival episodes, we're running you through everything HHN has to offer from birthday cake corn dogs and cordycep ravioli to walking tacos and (unfortunately) insurmountable technical issues; but it's nothing they can't handle! 

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Listen in as Lewis Krell (formerly of U Trip a Trip Planner start up now in the graveyard), Jeff Kischuk (of Tripian an up and coming start up), Bruce Rosard, Christian Watts and Lori Timony discuss the future of Trip Planners.  Will we ever see one succeed?

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There are very few investors who focus exclusively on the Experience Economy.
Michael Zeisser, Principal, FMZ Ventures, is one of the most prolific and he joined us for a fascinating conversation on his perspective.

Michael's background includes the McKinsey ecommerce practice, working as a senior executive at Liberty Media, at the time the controlling shareholders of IAC including Expedia and TripAdvisor, then went to work at for Jack Ma at Alibaba where he lead international investments.

He now runs a solo venture fund and is an investor and/or board member at companies including GetYourGuide, Fever, Bla Bla Car, Atlas Obscura, Easol and Reddit.

Michael discusses his theory about the Experiences Economy being the next economic sector after the information age and how travel is an important element at the top of the pyramid of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

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A major deal was just announced, with two of the leading reservation technology companies in the world merging. Rezdy, based in Sydney Australia and Checkfront, based in Victoria Island Canada power 1000's of operators around the world. Rezdy also provides connectivity to 1000's more operators with the Rezdy Channel Manager.

Co-hosts Lori Timony, Christian Watts and Bruce Rosard are joined by Stephen Joyce, VP Content, Arival and original OG of Restech for the In-Destinations Experiences industry as co-founder and former CEO of Rezgo.

There will be a lot more to come on the pros and cons of this deal for the industry, distributors and operators. 

Experience This! will for sure continue to watch this story.

What does this mean for our industry?

What does this mean for operators 

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In this short bonus episode,  students share creepy stories and poems, talk about their favorite ice cream flavors, and interview a fellow classmate about the Czech Republic. Enjoy!

In the ninth and final episode of our State Debates series, we share Texas vs. New York, Alaska vs. Tennessee, and Colorado vs. Indiana. Enjoy!

In the eighth episode of the State Debates series, we share Hawaii vs. North Carolina, Wyoming vs. Wisconsin, and Georgia vs. California vs. Pennsylvania. Enjoy!