Trade Secrets is back! Welcome to the first episode of season three, where hosts Jamie Biesiada and Emma Weissmann dig deep into the world of pre-formed group travel. As always, they’re joined by industry experts to answer travel advisors’ questions. This week, they tackle advisor Christy Mahon’s questions on groups with the help of Brian Jewell, the vice president and executive editor of The Group Travel Leader and host of the podcast Gather and Go with Brian Jewell, and Jim Friedlander, CEO of Arrangements Abroad.

Further resources:

Gather and Go with Brian Jewell

The Group Travel Leader

Arrangements Abroad

The Museum Travel Alliance

Here’s the pitch: Affinity cruises are rewarding in multiple ways

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Trade Secrets is back! Welcome to the first episode of season three, where hosts Jamie Biesiada and Emma Weissmann dig deep into the world of pre-formed group travel. As always, they’re joined by industry experts to answer travel advisors’ questions. This week, they tackle advisor Christy Mahon’s questions on groups with the help of Brian Jewell, the vice president and executive editor of The Group Travel Leader and host of the podcast Gather and Go with Brian Jewell, and Jim Friedlander, CEO of Arrangements Abroad.
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Further resources:
<a href="https://grouptravelleader.com/podcast/">Gather and Go</a> with Brian Jewell
<a href="https://grouptravelleader.com/">The Group Travel Leader</a>
<a href="https://arrangementsabroad.com/">Arrangements Abroad</a>
<a href="https://museumtravelalliance.com/">The Museum Travel Alliance</a>
Here’s the pitch: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Insights/Tips-on-planning-and-selling-affinity-cruises">Affinity cruises </a>are rewarding in multiple ways
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Need advice?
Call our hotline and leave a message: 201-902-2098
Email us: <a href="mailto:tradesecrets@travelweekly.com">tradesecrets@travelweekly.com </a>
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Theme song:
Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hop
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hop
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information

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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