Everything AI in Travel

• Education Series: The Blogger AI

  In this episode of the “9 Free AI Tools to Attract High-Value Visitors” series, we move from strategy into content creation and I walk you through the Travel Blogger AI—a free tool that turns your destination expertise into long-form, inspirational blog articles designed to attract your ideal travelers.You’ll see step-by-step how the tool:Fits into the 4-phase framework: Strategize → Intelligence → Content → OutreachTakes your target market (in the example: German travelers 25–50), your core destination (Cuenca, Ecuador) and your positioning… and turns it into a 7-day storytelling itinerary from Cuenca to QuitoBuilds an article outline, day-by-day descriptions, responsible & sustainable travel tips, and a “travel kindly” sectionHelps you refine the draft like a human colleague would—correcting details, adding your tone of voice, and matching your on-the-ground expertiseEven supports you with cover image concepts and Creative Commons photo suggestions to illustrate each day of the itineraryBy the end, you’ll know exactly how to use Travel Blogger AI to create deep, evergreen blog posts that:Position you as an expert in your destinationGive you long-form content you can later repurpose into social posts, newsletters and campaignsAlign perfectly with the high-value visitors you defined in your earlier strategy and market intelligence work. Access the 9 free AI tools here (including Travel Blogger AI): santiagoR.com/freeAITools Want help applying this in your DMO, hotel, tour company or local business?I also offer 1:1 coaching and staff training on how to use these tools in your specific context. Learn more via the link in the description.If this episode helps you, hit like, subscribe, and share it with someone in tourism who wants to attract better visitors, not just more visitors.

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• Agentic Commerce - AI reshaping the marketplace

  AI generated summary of McKinsey's latest report into agentic commerce for those who don't want to read the full 27 pages

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• Educational Series: Statistical Forecasting With AI for Tourism — Episode 4 of the Nine Tools to Attract High-Value Visitors

  Welcome back to Episode 4 of our Nine Tools to Attract High-Value Visitors & Future-Proof Your Career With AI series.If you’ve made it this far, you’re already ahead of most people in the travel industry.Today, we dive into one of the most practical and operationally valuable AI tools in Santiago’s suite: the Statistical Forecasting AI.Whether you’re a DMO, hotel, tour operator, attraction, airline, or startup — if you have any historical data (visitation, occupancy, revenue, arrivals, spending, bookings), this tool lets you instantly predict what the next 6, 12, or 24 months may look like… without needing any statistical expertise.How to access Santiago’s 9 free travel-specific AI toolsWhy statistical forecasting matters for logistics, marketing, inventory planning & resource allocationHow to feed your dataset into the AI (CSV, Excel, Google Sheets, or pasted text)How the AI verifies and interprets your data automaticallyHow it selects the right forecasting model (e.g., Holt-Winters exponential smoothing)How to choose your forecasting horizon (6 months, 12 months, 27 months… anything)How seasonality, trends, and patterns are detected behind the scenesHow to download your full forecast as a CSV for reporting, dashboards, and strategy planningHow to combine quantitative statistical forecasting with qualitative contextual forecasting (from Episode 3) for far more realistic predictionsTraditional forecasting requires:an analyststatistical softwareseveral days or weeksand often thousands of dollarsThis tool:runs in secondsexplains every step in plain Englishrecommends the best model for your dataproduces clear charts + downloadable CSVsworks even with small or inconsistent datasetsis specifically tuned for tourism seasonality, growth patterns, and demand curvesWe forecast the monthly arrival of German visitors to Ecuador through to December 2027 — using real data and letting the AI detect trend, seasonality, and noise.You’ll see exactly how the model:interprets your datasetvalidates its understandingselects the appropriate methodproduces a complete 27-month projectionexplains limitations and contextual adjustmentsAccess all 9 tools here: santiagor.com/free-ai-toolsSantiago also offers 1:1 coaching and team training where you’ll learn how to:run forecasting tools correctlyapply contextual adjustmentsbuild your own GPTstranslate insights into actionable strategy

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• Everything AI in Travel chats to Aimee Armstrong from Altitude AI

  In this episode of Everything AI in Travel, I’m joined by Aimee Armstrong, co-founder of Altitude AI, an AI-native startup that’s taking on the messy, unloved world of corporate travel for SMEs – and breaking a few ceilings along the way. Aimee’s journey is wild: from motorcycle mechanic on Australian superbike race teams, rebuilding race engines and specialising in suspension, to product leadership roles at SiteMinder, Domain and Go1, and now building an AI travel assistant that lets employees book and manage business travel directly from Slack, Teams or WhatsApp – no clunky portals, no extra logins, no “I’ll do it later” inbox guilt. We dig into: How Aimee went from race garages and Phillip Island to leading product in travel tech What she learned at SiteMinder about integrations, partnerships and the hotel tech ecosystem Why SMEs are massively under-served by traditional TMCs and corporate travel platforms The rise of remote work, offsites and “unmanaged” travel – and why tools built for finance teams don’t work for everyday travellers How Altitude AI acts like a digital executive assistant: reading your calendar, spotting upcoming trips, nudging you to book, and keeping you inside policy Dealing with off-platform leakage (when people sneak off to OTAs and Booking.com) The rise of “bleisure” travel and how policies and tools need to adapt Why AI-native teams (and AI engineering talent) are the new moat in travel tech The AI trends Aimee’s watching closely – from agentic workflows to video generation and hyper-personalisation  Subscribe to the podcast & never miss an episode If you found this via Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit Subscribe/Follow so you always get the latest conversations with the makers, shapers and buyers of AI in travel.  Get the weekly Everything AI in Travel newsletter For a curated roundup of the biggest AI + travel stories each week, plus extra analysis I don’t cover on the pod:  Head to everythingaiintravel.com or find the link in my LinkedIn bio (Tony Carne).  Connect with Amy Want to talk corporate travel, AI agents or partnering with Altitude AI? Find Aimee Armstrong on LinkedIn and say you came from the podcast.

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• Educational Series: Master AI Market Analysis in 15 minutes - Everything AI in Travel

  If you work in travel and your company still isn’t taking AI seriously… your career might be at risk.This episode gives you a practical, real-world way to catch up fast.Today, we hand the mic to Dr. Santiago Rodriguez — educator, PhD, and creator of a suite of free AI tools built specifically for travel professionals, tourism boards, and small businesses.In just 15 minutes, Santiago shows you how to use his Contextual Market Assessment AI: a powerful tool that evaluates your source market and destination across 29 factors and 5 key dimensions — economic, sociopolitical, environmental, psycho-emotional, and more.It’s the kind of market intelligence that normally takes weeks of research and thousands of dollars…Now available instantly — and you can run it anytime you need.How to access Santiago’s 9 free travel-specific AI toolsHow market intelligence becomes your unfair advantageHow to assess ANY source market + destination pairing using contextHow AI weighs risk, opportunity, and scenario planningHow to spot optimistic vs conservative demand forecastsHow to adjust strategy based on real-time global conditionsWhy guiding AI with your expertise produces 10× better resultsHow to update your market strategy in under 30 minutes, not monthsThis session walks you step-by-step through:Researching the source marketResearching the destinationUnderstanding contextual interrelationsRating risk/opportunity across 29 factorsGenerating forecast percentagesCreating optimistic + conservative strategy scenariosExporting an executive summary you can use immediatelyIf you want to stay relevant, level up your AI IQ, or help your company stop guessing and start knowing — this episode is for you.Get Santiago’s free tools here:santiagor.com/free-ai-toolsSantiago also offers a coaching program where you can learn how to:Use all nine tools effectivelyApply them to your own marketsBuild your own custom GPTs for travelThis show highlights the makers, shapers, and buyers of AI in travel.It’s now one of the Top 3 Travel Technology podcasts on Apple Podcasts — and most listeners find us through search (wild, right?).Hit Subscribe if you want weekly insights on AI, travel, distribution, and the tools that are reshaping our industry.

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