Everything AI in Travel

 Today we've got something really different and special for you because today's podcast is almost 100 percent brought to you by AI. Everything except for the little piece I'm recording now has been made by AI. Everything from the introduction song, the little piece that introduced me just before this, the cover art, and the entire podcast itself has all been created 100 percent by AI. So we spend a lot of time on this podcast talking about how AI can be used and what might be possible in the future but today I wanted to give you an example of what's possible right now. So to create this podcast I uploaded the transcripts of all the podcasts from series one into notebook LM and then just let it do its magic. And it came up with a rewind of all the subjects that we've touched on for the first year of the podcast and created what I think is actually a pretty good summary. Let me know what you think on LinkedIn or on the Spotify comments. Love to hear what you think. Especially love to hear how it might make you think about content creation for your own brand.

Welcome to the New Year and the start of Series 2 of the Everything AI in Travel podcast. We expect it to be a big one in the AI + Travel world. For an Everything AI in Travel first, we have a return guest for the first time in the podcast history. Christian Watts, founder of Magpie.ai and AI pundit has returned for the new year to give his predictions for what we might see in the year ahead. He also challenged me to bring 5 of my own. Buckle up to peer into our fast moving future!

This chat with Barb Hyman from Sapia.ai was a real eye opener for me. For this episode we moved away from strictly looking at travel and moved into the operational area of HR and hiring, relevant to all businesses and industries. The impressive thing about Barb Hyman is she is not looking to simply accelerate existing processes but instead rethink the process, starting with the end goal and working backwards to see how the new technology can shape a better direction to that goal. It is seriously impressive stuff. Enjoy this listen.

I was astounded one day when on LinkedIn to see that I was a second degree connection to Barak Obama. I couldn't see how that was possible - but it all had to do with Anna Jaffe. Anna runs one of the most innovative businesses in AI and Travel and has a long history of trying to solve really hard problems for very important organisations, including the US Government. I shouldn't really have a favourite in this podcast series - but this one is up there. I'm sure you too will find some great nuggets of insight and inspiration in this conversation with Anna Jaffe.