Trade Secrets Podcast
Hosted by Jamie Biesiada and Emma Weissmann · Travel Weekly
5.0from 49 ratings
- 160
- Episodes
- 87
- Transcribed
- 49
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Trade Secrets Podcast
Welcome to Trade Secrets, a podcast from the editors of Travel Weekly, where travel advisors ask -- and answer -- questions. On each podcast, our editors will ask a veteran travel advisor 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 travelweekly.com/podcasts (http://travelweekly.com/podcasts). ABOUT YOUR HOSTS: 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. Emma Weissmann brings more than a decade of reporting and editing experience to her role as Features Editor at Travel Weekly, where she covers destinations and retail travel and contributes to social media, podcast and multimedia initiatives. Before joining Travel Weekly, Emma served as Editor-in-Chief of AGENTatHOME and Executive Editor of TravelAge West and hosted the Humans of Travel (https://www.travelagewest.com/Podcasts/Humans-of-travel) podcast. She also helped create and produce the Future Leaders in Travel event for early-career travel advisors. Theme song: Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hop (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hop) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license (https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information
- Publisher
- Travel Weekly
- Category
- leisure · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Feb 2021
- Latest episode
- 28 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
87 of 160 episodes have a transcript.
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The newbie travel advisor’s playbook: Education, organization and selling the unknown (feat. Fora’s Henley Vazquez)
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Trade Secrets on the road: Ask a lawyer at Future Leaders in Travel (feat. Stephanie Hankins of Ment Law Group)
31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
To niche, or not to niche? Finding your agency’s sweet spot (feat. Mickey McBride and Dana Dziegiel)
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The newbie travel advisor’s playbook: Education, organization and selling the unknown (feat. Fora’s Henley Vazquez)
Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Super important. Well, I would start by saying as an advisor, you may feel the market is crowded. It is not. Data would show that travel advisors actually only account for six to seven percent of all hotel sales done worldwide. Now, cruise is a little bit higher, but still the vast majority of travelers that are out there. Don't work with a travel advisor and may not even know that one exists. So don't think that your world is small, your world is big. Get out there, market yourself, talk to people. There's a lot more to be done than what's being done right now. On the other hand, be special. You definitely want to be remarkable, both in terms of to your clients and to your suppliers. […]
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- Henley Vazquez
- Stephanie Hankins
- Mickey McBride
- Dana Dziegiel
- Johanna Jainchill
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 38 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 11 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
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- 63
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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Who hosts Trade Secrets Podcast?
Jamie Biesiada and Emma Weissmann host the show. Published by Travel Weekly.
How often do new episodes come out?
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