Travel Trends with Dan Christian

How the Best Experience Operators Are Winning More Bookings with TripWorks

Travel Trends with Dan Christian

Show Notes

Send us Fan Mail A lot of conversations about travel stay focused on the booking process, but the real opportunity begins once travelers arrive. What experiences do they choose? How do they discover them? And how is technology changing the way those bookings happen? In the second episode of our In-Destination Experiences Series, Dan sits down with Aaron Fessler, Founder and CEO of TripWorks. Drawing on his background in enterprise technology and as the founder of the popular Las Vegas attract...

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