Trade Secrets, a podcast from Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, is proud to introduce Season 6: the Trade Secrets Tech Summit.
Every Monday, co-hosts Jamie Biesiada (Senior Editor at Travel Weekly) and Emma Weissmann (Executive Editor at TravelAge West) will be featuring a different travel technology company that works with travel advisors.
How Will the Episodes Be Formatted?
At the beginning of each episode, a representative from the featured company will begin with a five-minute elevator pitch to tell listeners about their product, followed by a 15-minute Q&A where the hosts will ask questions pertinent for travel advisors. Hosts will use a timer to keep it fair to everyone.
How Do You Decide Which Companies to Feature?
Trade Secrets is partnering with Host Agency Reviews’ (HAR)list of technology providers as a basis for this season.
We’ll dive into everything, from customer relationship management systems (CRMs) to Global Distribution Systems (GDSs), to social media tools, itinerary planners and more.
Note to listeners: If you want to hear from a technology provider that doesn’t have a profile on HAR, or you’d like to hear from someone sooner rather than later, email the hosts at tradesecrets@travelweekly.com. We’ll get in touch with them and move them up the list.
This article will be uploaded weekly; bookmark this page and return each week for new episodes.
Atlas Guru
Episode Date: May 5, 2025
Used for: AI Travel Planning
Contact: contact.us@atlasguru.com
Related Resources:
AtlasGuru
AtlasGuru's Instagram
AtlasGuru's Facebook
Get in touch with Kim
Bennett: Kim.Bennett@atlasguru.com
Axus
Episode Date: April 7, 2025
Used for: Itinerary Planning
Related Resources:
Axus Travel App
Get in touch with Axus: support@axustravelapp.com
Axus on Host Agency Reviews
Editor's Note: Axus is owned by Northstar Travel Group, the parent company of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West.
Lucia
Episode Date: April 21, 2025
Used for: Freelance Hiring
Related Resources:
Lucia
Get in touch with Lucia on Instagram
Lucia on Host Agency Reviews' Software Technology Profiles
Sabre
Episode Date: March 31, 2025
Used for: GDS
Related Resources:
Sabre's website
Safari Portal
Episode Date: May 12, 2025
Used for: CRM, Itinerary Builder
Contact: Rachel West, rachel@safariportal.app
Related Resources:
Safari Portal
Safari Portal on Host Agency Reviews
Episode Date: March 17, 2025
Used for: Commission payments
Sion's website:
sioncentral.com
Contact:
info@sioncentral.com
Related Resources:
Sion on Host Agency Reviews
Tern
Episode Date: March 3, 2025
Used for: Accounting, analytics, commission tracking, CRM, forms and templates, itinerary builder, payments
Contact:
David Shull: david@tern.travel
Tern's Website:
tern.travel
Related Resources:
Tern's Profile on Host Agency Reviews
Tern Travel Official Users Group Facebook Group
The Hive
Episode Date: March 10, 2025
Used for: Directory
Contact: The Hive online and on Instagram
Related Resources:
The Hive on Host Agency Reviews
Whitney Shindelar’s previous appearance on Trade Secrets, talking about mentorship in the industry
Tique
Episode Date: May 26, 2025
Used for: Workflow templates, travel advisor education
Contact: Tique online and on Instagram
Email Tique: hello@tiquehq.com
Related Resources:
Jennifer Jacob’s previous appearance on Trade Secrets
Listen to Tique’s podcast, Tique Talks
Travefy
Episode Date: April 28, 2025
Used for: CRM, Forms and Templates, Itinerary Builder, Website Program
Contact: Professional@Travefy.com
Related Resources:
Travefy.com
Travefy's new travel advisor program
Travefy Premium
Travefy on YouTube
Travefy's Facebook Group
Travefy on Instagram
Travefy's support page
Travefy
on Host Agency Reviews
TripSuite
Episode Date: May 19, 2025
Used for: CRM, commission tracking, accounting
Contact: Email TripSuite: hello@tripsuite.com
Related Resources:
TripSuite
Request a demo of TripSuite with Jacey Jones
Vax VacationAccess (Owned by Trisept Solutions)
Episode Date: March 24, 2025
Used for: Booking Tool
Contact: Vax VacationAccess
Related Resources:
Instagram
Facebook
LinkedIn
The
Compass on Instagram
VAX
VacationAccess on Host Agency Reviews
WeTravel
Episode Date: April 14, 2025
Used for: Booking Tools, Itinerary Builder, Payment Solutions
WeTravel's website
Contact:
Ted Clements on LinkedIn
Related Resources:
WeTravel on Host Agency Reviews
About Your Hosts
Emma Weissmann is the Executive 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.
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.
About the Show
Trade Secrets, an award-winning podcast from the editors of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, is where travel advisors ask — and answer — questions. On each podcast, our editors will ask a veteran travel industry insider 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 www.travelagewest.com/podcasts/trade-secrets.
