Welcome to Trade Secrets After Dark, a new series from Trade Secrets co-hosts Emma Weissmann and Jamie Biesiada. While the Trade Secrets Tech Summit is still ongoing, enjoy the occasional “After Dark” episode, featuring casual chats — and drinks — with guests from around the travel industry. This week, ASTA’s vice president of advocacy, Jessica Klement, joins the show. Find out her beverage of choice, hear a cautionary travel tale and learn all about ASTA’s advocacy efforts (plus, get the ins and outs of lobbying; it isn’t about coyly passing out money to congressional staffers in a Washington, D.C. alleyway — that’s illegal!).

This episode was sponsored by National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions.

Further resources

ASTA on the web

Email Jessica Klement

Mentioned on this episode:
“Maybe You Should Talk To Someone” by Lori Gottlieb
From Travel Weekly: Nebraska decides not to charge sales tax that would have hurt travel advisors
From Travel Weekly: ASTA lauds two measures in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
From Travel Weekly: Congress members request repeal of refund rule affecting travel advisors

Get in touch!

Email us: tradesecrets@travelweekly.com 

 

Theme song:

"Sweeter Vermouth" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Welcome to Trade Secrets After Dark, a new series from Trade Secrets co-hosts Emma Weissmann and Jamie Biesiada. While the Trade Secrets Tech Summit is still ongoing, enjoy the occasional &ldquo;After Dark&rdquo; episode, featuring casual chats &mdash; and drinks &mdash; with guests from around the travel industry. This week, ASTA&rsquo;s vice president of advocacy, Jessica Klement, joins the show. Find out her beverage of choice, hear a cautionary travel tale and learn all about ASTA&rsquo;s advocacy efforts (plus, get the ins and outs of lobbying; it isn&rsquo;t about coyly passing out money to congressional staffers in a Washington, D.C. alleyway &mdash; that&rsquo;s illegal!).
This episode was sponsored by <a href="https://www.expeditions.com/">National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions</a>.
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Further resources
ASTA <a href="asta.org">on the web</a>
Email <a href="mailto:jklement@asta.org">Jessica Klement</a>
Mentioned on this episode:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Maybe-You-Should-Talk-Someone/dp/1328662055">&ldquo;Maybe You Should Talk To Someone&rdquo;</a> by Lori Gottlieb</li>
<li aria-level="1">From Travel Weekly: Nebraska decides <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Nebraska-sales-tax-on-travel-advisors-voted-down">not to charge sales tax</a> that would have hurt travel advisors</li>
<li aria-level="1">From Travel Weekly: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/ASTA-lauds-two-measures-Trump-Big-Beautiful-Bill">ASTA lauds two measures</a> in Trump&rsquo;s Big Beautiful Bill</li>
<li aria-level="1">From Travel Weekly: Congress members <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/Lawmakers-petition-DOT-repeal-merchant-refund-rule">request repeal of refund rule</a> affecting travel advisors</li>
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Get in touch!
Email us: <a href="mailto:tradesecrets@travelweekly.com">tradesecrets@travelweekly.com </a>
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Theme song:
"Sweeter Vermouth" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Welcome to Trade Secrets, a podcast from the editors of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, where travel advisors ask -- and answer -- questions. On each podcast, our editors will ask a veteran travel advisor to join them and field listeners’ questions. Topics will range from business advice to industry trends, history and more — as long as it’s travel-related, we want to address it! Find Trade Secrets wherever you get your podcasts, or at travelweekly.com/podcasts.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

Jamie Biesiada is a senior editor with Travel Weekly. She is an award-winning journalist, including being named the American Society of Travel Advisors’ 2019 Travel Journalist of the Year. Her roots are in community journalism, where she was the editor of several local newspapers and a regional entertainment magazine.

Emma Weissmann is a Senior Editor of TravelAge West, a print and online magazine for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the host of the Humans of Travel podcast, where she interviews notable individuals in the travel industry about their lives — the highs and lows that make them human.


Theme song:
Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod
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Welcome to Trade Secrets, a podcast from the editors of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, where travel advisors ask -- and answer -- questions. On each podcast, our editors will ask a veteran travel advisor to join them and field listeners&rsquo; questions. Topics will range from business advice to industry trends, history and more &mdash; as long as it&rsquo;s travel-related, we want to address it! Find Trade Secrets wherever you get your podcasts, or at <a href="http://travelweekly.com/podcasts">travelweekly.com/podcasts</a>.
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ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:
Jamie Biesiada is a senior editor with Travel Weekly. She is an award-winning journalist, including being named the American Society of Travel Advisors&rsquo; 2019 Travel Journalist of the Year. Her roots are in community journalism, where she was the editor of several local newspapers and a regional entertainment magazine.
Emma Weissmann is a Senior Editor of TravelAge West, a print and online magazine for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the host of the Humans of Travel podcast, where she interviews notable individuals in the travel industry about their lives &mdash; the highs and lows that make them human.
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 Theme song: Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod Link: <a href="https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hop">https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hop</a> License: <a href="https://filmmusic.io/standard-license">https://filmmusic.io/standard-license</a>
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