Travel: What Comes Next? | SummitUp By Elevation | Ep. 5
Description
🚀 New SummitUp podcast episode!
In the fifth episode of SummitUp, Amit Aggarwal (Principal, Elevation Capital) and Manish Advani (Vice President, Elevation Capital) join Viswanathan V. (Head of Marketing, Elevation Capital) to discuss the massive opportunity in reimagining the travel industry for a new generation of travelers.
They explore how rising affluence, changing demographics, flexibility at work, and a shift to experiences are fueling innovation across the travel stack. The episode unpacks Elevation's thesis on the four key layers ripe for disruption: Inspiration, Planning, Booking, and Immersion.
Chapters:
00:00 Coming up
01:00 Intro
01:57 Rising affluence & changing demographics
05:57 Flexibility of work-life boundaries
08:21 Spaces within the travel stack
12:11 Corporate travel
12:49 Inspiration: From discovery to serendipity
18:11 Planning: AI meets the guidebook
22:27 Booking: The rise of vertical plays
29:27 Immersion: Curated experiences at scale
33:57 Closing thoughts
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