How I Got Here - Inside stories behind innovation and startups in travel

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How I Got Here - Inside stories behind innovation and startups in travel

How I Got Here - Inside stories behind innovation and startups in travel

Ersteller: Kevin May / David Litwak

The weekly How I Got Here podcast talks to those behind the success stories in travel and transportation, hosted by PhocusWire's Kevin May and David Litwak at Mozio.

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70. Jeremy Gall of FlipKey

70. Jeremy Gall of FlipKey

There are not many startups that manage to sign a partnership agreement with a big brand before they even launch.
And there are perhaps even few...

2021-06-25 02:00:00 2398
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69. Dean Donovan of DiamondStream Partners

69. Dean Donovan of DiamondStream Partners

Dean Donovan has one foot in the past and, without doubt, one foot in the future.
After a five-year career at the Bain consultancy, Donovan and...

2021-06-18 00:00:00 2835
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68. Brett Tollman of The Travel Corporation

68. Brett Tollman of The Travel Corporation

Stepping into the hot seat of a family-run business that has been operating since the 1920s must be a fairly daunting task.
That's what Brett To...

2021-06-10 02:00:00 2287
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67. Richard Valtr of Mews

67. Richard Valtr of Mews

The unconventional stories of a company's founding are often the most interesting - rather than the fairly formulaic idea-when-traveling-Y-Combinator-...

2021-06-03 02:00:00 3028
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66. David Armstrong and Sebastian Kaatz of HolidayPirates

66. David Armstrong and Sebastian Kaatz of HolidayPirates

HolidayPirates was born in 2012 - essentially as a travel hack for people to find cheap air tickets.
This came about after co-founder Sebastian...

2021-05-27 01:00:00 3035
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65. Alex Cruz of British Airways

65. Alex Cruz of British Airways

Alex Cruz admits that his career has been centered around people "betting on me" as a leader of businesses.
During the course of over 30 years,...

2021-05-20 02:00:00 3272
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64. John Guscic of Webjet

64. John Guscic of Webjet

John Guscic is one of the increasingly rare breeds in the travel industry these days.
He's an unusually straight-talking company executive who h...

2021-05-13 00:00:00 3130
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63. Noah Brodsky of Travel + Leisure

63. Noah Brodsky of Travel + Leisure

The formation of Travel + Leisure Co. in January this year marked an important milestone in the career trajectory of its president Noah Brodsky.
...

2021-05-05 23:00:00 2767
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62. Joah Spearman of Localeur

62. Joah Spearman of Localeur

A common thread in Joah Searman's origin story is one of countering adversity.
Localeur was born in 2013 with a mission to help people discover...

2021-04-29 00:00:00 2808
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61. Juan de Antonio of Cabify

61. Juan de Antonio of Cabify

Ride-hailing services such as Grab, Uber and Lyft have captured a disproportionate amount of attention since their respective launches.
It's eas...

2021-04-22 00:00:00 2264
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60. Alex Zozaya of Apple Leisure Group

60. Alex Zozaya of Apple Leisure Group

Apple Leisure Group is a major seller of tickets, packages and hotels across multiple brands.
The company was formed by way of a number of merge...

2021-04-15 01:00:00 3651
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59. Rolf Schromgens of Trivago

59. Rolf Schromgens of Trivago

Rolf Schromgens was broke and scarred from the experience of a previous startup when he finally sat down with his co-founders and created Trivago.

2021-04-08 00:00:00 2866
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58. Rami Zeidan of Life House

58. Rami Zeidan of Life House

Rami Zeidan is a founder on a mission.
After working in the finance and real estate worlds for the early part of his career, including overseein...

2021-04-01 01:00:00 2878
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57. Greg O'Hara of Certares

57. Greg O'Hara of Certares

Greg O'Hara has become an influential player on the travel scene since he joined Sabre in the 1990s.
He admits to quitting roles after falling o...

2021-03-24 23:00:00 2773
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56. Steve Domin of Duffel

56. Steve Domin of Duffel

Duffel has generated a fair amount of buzz since it came on the scene in 2017.
In part, this was due to a strategy to try and keep "stealthy" du...

2021-03-17 23:00:00 2064
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55. Julian Stiefel and Julian Weselek of Tourlane

55. Julian Stiefel and Julian Weselek of Tourlane

There are not too many two childhood friends who ventured into different worlds of work and then came back to form a startup in the travel industry.

2021-03-11 01:00:00 2745
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54. Avi Brosh of Palisociety

54. Avi Brosh of Palisociety

Avi Brosh was a successful real estate executive before he became passionate about hospitality.
But that shift into the hotel sector was not dri...

2021-03-04 02:00:00 2769
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53. Atle Skalleberg of StudentUniverse

53. Atle Skalleberg of StudentUniverse

Atle Skalleberg's career so far has been a combination of being in the right place at the right time, smart decisions and perseverance.
After ar...

2021-02-25 03:00:00 2389
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52. Jamie Wong of Vayable

52. Jamie Wong of Vayable

It's not the most well-trodden path in online travel - a producer on the hit The Daily Show With John Stewart to CEO of a tours and activities busines...

2021-02-18 01:00:00 2765
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51. Josh Wyatt of Generator Hostels

51. Josh Wyatt of Generator Hostels

The concept of upmarket hostel accommodation was, some argue, fairly alien in the youth travel sector until fairly recently.
Generator Hostels w...

2021-02-11 01:00:00 2581
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50. Paul Melhus of ToursByLocals

50. Paul Melhus of ToursByLocals

In one respect, ToursByLocals is a classic startup story.
It was the brainchild of CEO Paul Melhus and chief technology officer Dave Vincent, wi...

2020-11-11 08:00:00 2560
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49. Alex Mans of Flyr

49. Alex Mans of Flyr

As digitalization of the airline sector has increased exponentially over the last decade, a number of new business have emerged to compete alongside t...

2020-11-05 05:00:00 2428
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48. Tobias Ragge of HRS

48. Tobias Ragge of HRS

The modern story of HRS (Hotel Reservation Service) is one of geographic growth, expansion into new business areas and a handing over of the baton fro...

2020-10-28 13:00:00 2650
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47. Brad Bao of Lime

47. Brad Bao of Lime

It takes a lot to change a mindset that has prevailed for decades. Bikes (and scooters) are, for many people, mostly a thing of enjoyment.
But L...

2020-10-21 02:00:00 3759
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46. Fabio Cannavale of Lastminute.com Group

46. Fabio Cannavale of Lastminute.com Group

Lastminute.com Group's name didn't start out that way.
BravoFly Rumbo switched its corporate identity after an acquisition of the former Europea...

2020-10-14 06:00:00 3040
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45. Jochen Engert of FlixBus

45. Jochen Engert of FlixBus

FlixBus is a travel startup that was created not specifically out of personal experiences of its founders but from gutsy opportunism.
Daniel Kra...

2020-10-06 13:00:00 2988
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44. Azim Barodawala of Volantio

44. Azim Barodawala of Volantio

Volantio launched into the aviation market in 2014, bidding to capitalize on a burgeoning need by airlines to embrace the digital world behind the sce...

2020-09-29 03:00:00 2794
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43. Varun Khona of Headout

43. Varun Khona of Headout

Varun Khona's story about the creation of Headout is a classic startup tale.
His first startup, Trippy, lasted a mere three years before he foun...

2020-09-24 00:00:00 2535
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42. Ben Frank of Rotabull

42. Ben Frank of Rotabull

How do you launch and grow a business that is attempting to overhaul one of the aviation sector's most complicated processes?
The airline part s...

2020-09-16 13:00:00 2106
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41. Nicolas Brusson of BlaBlaCar

41. Nicolas Brusson of BlaBlaCar

BlaBlaCar is a lot more than a carpooling platform with a quirky name.
Since its creators - Frédéric Mazzella, Francis Nappez and Nicolas Brusso...

2020-09-07 23:00:00 3447
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40. Brent Handler of Inspirato

40. Brent Handler of Inspirato

Brent Handler is credited by many as one of the pioneers of the "destination club" sector in the travel industry.
The idea is that upmarket trav...

2020-09-02 09:00:00 2825
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39. Martin Rastellino of Despegar

39. Martin Rastellino of Despegar

Roberto Souviron, Alejandro Tamer, Martín Rastellino, Cristian Vilate and Mariano Fiori were five friends from business school who had an idea.
...

2020-08-27 03:00:00 2677
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38. Travis Katz of Trip.com

38. Travis Katz of Trip.com

Travis Katz launched Gogobot at the height of the "social trip planning" wave in online travel.
The ex-MySpace exec knew for the company to succ...

2020-08-19 13:00:00 3624
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37. Rajesh Magow of MakeMyTrip

37. Rajesh Magow of MakeMyTrip

MakeMyTrip was not one of those online travel brands that exploded onto the scene.
Although it has since go on to become India's biggest OTA, De...

2020-08-11 01:00:00 2941
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36. Eric Gnock Fah of Klook

36. Eric Gnock Fah of Klook

Klook has come a long way in six years. The Hong Kong-based booking site for tours and activities was one of a number of similar brands attempting to...

2020-08-05 01:00:00 2663
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35. Rob Wiesenthal of Blade

35. Rob Wiesenthal of Blade

You can probably count on one hand the number of entertainment executives who've switched their careers to enter the world of travel startups.
R...

2020-07-29 04:00:00 2923
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34. Bobby Healy of CarTrawler

34. Bobby Healy of CarTrawler

Free-spirited and never afraid to speak his mind, Bobby Healy is a well-known figure in the travel and transportation sectors.
The former-gaming...

2020-07-21 02:00:00 2989
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33. Caitlin Zaino von During of Porter & Sail

33. Caitlin Zaino von During of Porter & Sail

Porter & Sail hit the sweet spot of mobile, personalization, ancillary revenue and hospitality in the mid-2010s.
The company launched in 2014 wi...

2020-07-16 02:00:00 2580
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32. Ben Baldanza of Spirit Airlines

32. Ben Baldanza of Spirit Airlines

The so-called "Brat Pack of Aviation" - under the guidance of Bob Crandall from American Airlines in the late-1980s - have all gone on to become impor...

2020-07-09 00:00:00 2986
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31. Randy Petersen of FlyerTalk

31. Randy Petersen of FlyerTalk

It takes a lot of effort to be recognized by the mainstream media for your skills and influence within 12 months of creating something.
Or does...

2020-07-02 02:00:00 2735
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