The AI Compass For Travel Leaders by MyTrip.AI

In Episode 7 of the AI Compass Podcast for Travel Leaders, Jason Halberstadt sits down with Santiago Rodríguez—tourism strategist and creator of 9 free GPT tools—to show how DMOs, tour operators, and small destinations can attract high‑value international visitors without big budgets. We cover the full funnel—from strategy → market intelligence → content → outreach—and how AI (ChatGPT/Gemini/Claude/Perplexity) compresses months of work into a single morning when guided by the right context an...

In Episode 6 of the AI Compass Podcast, Hans Bernard Lagerweij, author of The Why Whisperer and founder of The Flying Dutchman Consultancy, shares powerful strategies for turning insights into growth. With over 25 years of global leadership experience in hospitality, adventure travel, and expedition cruises, Hans explains why 95% of strategies fail due to poor implementation—and how AI can help close the gap between leadership vision and team execution. Joined by hosts Jason Halberstadt...

In Episode 5 of the AI Compass Podcast, we sit down with AI strategist and hospitality expert Michael Goldrich from Vivander Advisors to explore how generative AI is reshaping visibility in search—and why tour operators, travel agencies, and hotels need to pivot now. Michael breaks down the concept of “Answer Engine Optimization” (AEO), the alligator graph of declining clicks, and how travel brands can survive (and thrive) in an AI-first search world. Special Guests: Michael J. Goldrich – A...

Discover how Google’s AI Overviews are changing the rules of organic search. In this episode, Jason Halberstadt and Daniel Halberstadt (father-son SEO duo) join Jason Elkins to unpack the silent shift happening in travel SEO. They introduce their new ebook, "Who Took My Clicks? The 2025 Playbook for Travel Brand Visibility in the Age of AI," and explain how your travel business can stay visible, even when clicks disappear. What You'll Learn: Why 70% of users no longer click organic li...

In Episode 3 of the AI Compass podcast, Jason Halberstadt and Jason Elkins dive into one of the biggest challenges facing travel companies today: the 'Frankenstack'. 💡 After interviewing 40+ travel company owners and analyzing 60+ AI conversations, one insight stood out — companies are drowning in disconnected systems. Booking engines, WhatsApp, email, CRMs, payment tools… all working separately. Learn how AI can bring these pieces together, create a unified vi...

In this episode of the AI Compass podcast, Jason Halberstadt and Jason Elkins dive into how travel businesses can use AI for strategic planning. They explore how to go beyond gut decisions and create your own AI-powered advisory board using a powerful prompt framework: CRIT (Context, Role, Interview, Task). 💡 Learn how to simulate real-world scenarios — like conflict in a travel region — and gain insights from virtual experts, such as airline CEOs, tourism ministers, or fi...

In this first episode of the AI Compass podcast, Jason Elkins and Jason Halberstadt dive into the world of AI agents — what they are, how they differ from old-school chatbots, and how travel companies can start using them to automate real business processes. 💡 Discover how integrating AI into your internal systems can turn your assistant into an autonomous agent — one that works while you sleep, evaluates your website, finds flaws in your sales process, and never forgets a policy...

AI is transforming the travel industry—and fast. The AI Compass Podcast for Travel Leaders by MyTrip.AI is your weekly guide to staying ahead. Join us for this introductory episode to meet your hosts, and learn what to expect on future episodes of the AI Compass Podcast. As one of the first companies to bring AI solutions to the travel space, MyTrip.AI is leading the conversation on how this technology is reshaping everything from marketing to operations. Join hosts Jason Halberstadt an...