What do Taylor Swift, March Madness, Formula 1 and a tiny weekend festival in Florida have in common? They’re all events-based travel, a category that is bringing in a tidal wave of business. And travelers' passions for concerts, sports and meaningful travel experiences is totally reversing the way people research and plan travel -- as you'll hear here!

In this episode host Rebecca Tobin talks with senior editor Nicole Edenedo, Kier Matthews of On Location Experiences, a wholesale and hospitality supplier for sports and entertainment events, and Arival CEO Douglas Quinby about the types of events people are willing to travel for, who exactly is doing the traveling, how much they’re spending -- and how stans and fans are standing the travel-sales business on its head.

This episode was recorded March 18 and has been edited for length and clarity.

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That's the ticket: Events travel hits the big time https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Tour-Operators/Events-travel-thats-the-ticket

On Location Experiences www.onlocationexp.com

Arival's research study "The Power of Events: How sports and performing arts drive tourism" (for purchase) https://arival.travel/research/the-power-of-events-how-sports-and-performing-arts-drive-tourism/





Arival research on sports and entertainment travel https://arival.travel/research/the-power-of-events-how-sports-and-performing-arts-drive-tourism/

On Location Experiences https://onlocationexp.com

What do Taylor Swift, March Madness, Formula 1 and a tiny weekend festival in Florida have in common? They’re all events-based travel, a category that is bringing in a tidal wave of business. And travelers' passions for concerts, sports and meaningful travel experiences is totally reversing the way people research and plan travel -- as you'll hear here!
In this episode host Rebecca Tobin talks with senior editor Nicole Edenedo, Kier Matthews of On Location Experiences, a wholesale and hospitality supplier for sports and entertainment events, and Arival CEO Douglas Quinby about the types of events people are willing to travel for, who exactly is doing the traveling, how much they’re spending -- and how stans and fans are standing the travel-sales business on its head.
This episode was recorded March 18 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Episode sponsor
This episode is sponsored by Travel Insured <a href="https://www.travelinsured.com">https://www.travelinsured.com</a>
Related reports
That's the ticket: Events travel hits the big time <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Tour-Operators/Events-travel-thats-the-ticket">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Tour-Operators/Events-travel-thats-the-ticket</a>
On Location Experiences <a href="https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/b6XBCER1MwUkAXO2SNHTT9?domain=onlocationexp.com">www.onlocationexp.com</a>
Arival's research study "The Power of Events: How sports and performing arts drive tourism" (for purchase) <a href="https://arival.travel/research/the-power-of-events-how-sports-and-performing-arts-drive-tourism/">https://arival.travel/research/the-power-of-events-how-sports-and-performing-arts-drive-tourism/</a>
 
 
Arival research on sports and entertainment travel <a href="https://arival.travel/research/the-power-of-events-how-sports-and-performing-arts-drive-tourism/">https://arival.travel/research/the-power-of-events-how-sports-and-performing-arts-drive-tourism/</a>
On Location Experiences <a href="https://onlocationexp.com">https://onlocationexp.com</a>

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Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

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