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Trade
Secrets is on the road for a special, three-episode series recorded on the
ground at the ASTA Travel Advisor Conference in Dallas. In this episode, the
final in the series, co-hosts Emma Weissmann and Jamie Biesiada welcome Eric
Dresin, the secretary general of the European Travel Agents’ and Tour
Operators’ Associations (ECTAA), onto the show. They chat about the travel
agency landscape in Europe, the phenomenon of Europe’s travel “planners” (who
don’t actually book travel) and more. Then, hear from Thekla Kammenou of the
Greece-based tour operator Four Ways Travel, about the tourism scene in Greece
and some of her favorite spots.
This
episode is sponsored by Iberostar Hotels & Resorts.
Theme song:
Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod (License)
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Resources Mentioned in This Episode and Related Reading
– ECTAA
– Four Ways Travel online and on Facebook
Thekla Kammenou on LinkedIn and Facebook
Email Kammenou: thekla@fourways.gr
Ask a Question on the Podcast
If you’re a travel advisor with a question about the latest travel news, trends, best business practices or more, please call our hotline and leave a message at 201-902-2098 or send an email to tradesecrets@travelweekly.com.
About Your Hosts
Emma Weissmann is the Managing 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, a 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.