For a year we’ve been anticipating a travel boom. Now comes American Express Travel to put some data to the anecdotal evidence that travel bookings have returned: Sixty-two percent of respondents to its Global Travel Trends Report survey said that they planned to take two to four trips this year.

In this episode, Audrey Hendley, the president of American Express Travel, talks to host Rebecca Tobin about the big picture as well as some of the smaller trends identified in the survey. Links to the poll, including its methodology, and Jamie Biesiada’s story for Travel Weekly, are below. 

Keep listening after Hendley's interview concludes for a bonus interview with our sponsor, Historic Highlights of Germany. The Travel Group's senior vice president of marketing, Mary Pat Sullivan speaks with Historic Highlights of Germany's CEO, Sascha Mayerer.

Additional reading:

The travel boom has arrived, American Express Travel poll says 

American Express Travel's 2022 Global Travel Trends Report 

Travel Weekly's 2021 Power List: American Express Travel 

Episode sponsor:

This podcast episode is sponsored by Historic Highlights of Germany 

For a year we&rsquo;ve been anticipating a travel boom. Now comes American Express Travel to put some data to the anecdotal evidence that travel bookings have returned: Sixty-two percent of respondents to its Global Travel Trends Report survey said that they planned to take two to four trips this year.
In this episode, Audrey Hendley, the president of American Express Travel, talks to host Rebecca Tobin about the big picture as well as some of the smaller trends identified in the survey. Links to the poll, including its methodology, and Jamie Biesiada&rsquo;s story for Travel Weekly, are below.&nbsp;
Keep listening after Hendley's interview concludes for a bonus interview with our sponsor, <a href="https://historicgermany.travel/">Historic Highlights of Germany</a>. The Travel Group's senior vice president of marketing, Mary Pat Sullivan speaks with Historic Highlights of Germany's CEO, Sascha Mayerer.
Additional reading:
<a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Travel-boom-American-Express-poll">The travel boom has arrived, American Express Travel poll says&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/travel/discover/get-inspired/global-travel-trends">American Express Travel's 2022 Global Travel Trends Report&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Power-List-2021/American-Express-Travel">Travel Weekly's 2021 Power List: American Express Travel&nbsp;</a>
Episode sponsor:
<a href="https://historicgermany.travel/">This podcast episode is sponsored by Historic Highlights of Germany&nbsp;</a>

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they’ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they&rsquo;ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Hosted by Rebecca Tobin, managing editor of Travel Weekly

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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week. 

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.  

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. 

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.