🤖 Top 2025 Travel Trend: AI is Reshaping the Future of Tours and Experiences | Arival

In this episode, join Best Part of Travel podcast co-hosts Janelle Visser and Stephen Joyce along with our Travel Trends expert guest Dan Christian for a dive deep into how artificial intelligence is reshaping travel — from trip planning and marketing to operations and dynamic pricing — and what it all means for tour and activity operators.

Less than 15% of companies in the Arival community are actively leveraging AI, but that number is about to skyrocket. 🚀 Find out why top operators, booking platforms, and OTAs could see their business model completely upended by search engines like ChatGPT, the rise of itinerary planners like MindTrip, and AI-powered tools that help customers plan trips with a single prompt.

Discover:
✅ Why relying on traditional SEO is no longer enough
✅ What happens when AI-driven discovery and booking replaces OTA search
✅ Innovative real-world AI use cases — like dynamic pricing, yield optimization, and creating engaging AI-driven tour characters
✅ Practical tips to make sure your brand stays discoverable as AI reshapes the entire traveler journey

If you want to stay ahead of the curve and future-proof your business, this is a must-watch. Don’t wait until your bookings drop — start leveraging AI to connect with your next customers today.

See also:
👉The full Travel Trends episode here:    • Top 5 Travel Trends in 2025 | Best Part of...  
👉Christian Watts (Magpie Travel) article on optimizing for AI search: https://arival.travel/article/optimiz...
👉Arival's Guide to AI in Experiences: https://arival.travel/research/arival...

This video is part of the Best Part of Travel podcast, brought to you by Arival and sponsored by Protect Group.
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