Event Spotlight: Phocuswright Europe 2025

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Recorded Live at Phocuswright Europe in Barcelona, this massive 5 hour special event spotlight episode features 19 interviews with the brightest minds in travel and tech who took the stage - and joined us for exclusive interviews that you don’t want to miss. Plus, we have a special bonus offer for all of our listeners to join us at Phocuswright in San Diego Nov 18-20 and be guaranteed to be feature in our next Event Spotlight. We hope you enjoy these insight rich conversations and plan to join us in November.

If you prefer to jump right to the guest that matters most to you, we’ve got you covered. Below you’ll find timestamps for each speaker.

Highlights & Timestamps

• 5m41s - Enrique Espinel, COO, Civitatis
• 20m40s - Teesta Raha, Senior PR & Content Manager, Sojern
• 40m27s - Andy Headington, CEO, Adido
• 1hr56m - Andrea Lamparini, COO, WeRoad
• 1hr16m - Mark Ross-Smith, CEO of StatusMatch
• 1hr38m - Robert From, Chief Growth Officer, Rail Europe
• 1hr59m - Rita J Varga, Founder & CEO, RaizUp
• 2hr18m - Travis Pittman, CEO, TourRadar
• 2hr39m - Charlotte Lamp Davies, Founder & CEO, NED A Bright Approach
• 2hr56m - Mark Mekki, Inspire Limitless
• 3hr22m - Valentina & Matisse, Phocuswright Interns
• 3hr28m - James Lemon, Head of Travel & Leisure, Stripe
• 3hr43m - Aaron Gellhaus, Senior Director, BigCommerce & Ryan Spencer, Solutions Engineer, Feedonomics
• 3hr57m - Gillian Jones, Senior Business Development Manager, Condatis
• 4hr8m - Blaire McCoy and Kyle Killion, Co-founders, Traversing.AI
• 4hr21m - Alex Farmer, CCO, Nezasa
• 4hr40m - Adrian Villabruna, Co-founder, Videreo
• 4hr46m - Alex Trimis, CEO & Founder, Welcome Pickups
• 4hr57m - Shlomi Beer, Co-founder & CEO, ImpersonAlly

BONUS OFFER! Use code TRAVELTRENDSPECIAL25 to unlock a $250 discount for your Phocuswright San Diego ticket and be guaranteed to be featured on our next Event Spotlight. Can't wait to see you all there!

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Chapters

1. Welcome to Focusrite Europe Barcelona (00:00:00)

2. Civitatis: Dominating Spanish-Speaking Travel (00:05:40)

3. Sojourn: Data-Driven Travel Marketing (00:22:10)

4. Digital Marketing with Adido's Andy Heddington (00:40:19)

5. WeRoad's Growth Journey with Andrea Lamparini (01:00:46)

6. Mark Ross Smith on Loyalty Status (01:15:11)

7. Rail Europe's Strategy with Robert Frum (01:32:38)

8. RaiseUp: Championing Diversity with Rita Varga (01:45:43)

9. Mark Mechie on AI and Human Experience (02:01:56)

10. Inside the Focusrite Event Team (02:25:33)

11. Stripe's Travel Strategy with James Lemon (02:32:10)

12. Tour Radar's Social Commerce Revolution (02:46:29)

13. Startups and Innovation Spotlight (03:04:58)