Welcome to Silk Logic’s Travel Daily Podcast, your go-to update for the brightest breakthroughs shaping tomorrow’s journeys—today is October twenty-first, twenty twenty-five. I’m your host, bringing you a dynamic roundup of game-changing travel tech, from lightning-fast biometric boarding to AI-powered trip planning. Here’s what’s on deck: cruise lines are using face scanning to whisk a million passengers through Vancouver’s port, Brand USA bets big on digital and AI to revive inbound travel, and a super-charged AI travel assistant is transforming how China’s Gen Z explores the world with Fliggy. Stay tuned to discover how these trends are setting the pace for travel’s digital evolution—whether you’re a travel pro, tech-forward nomad, or industry exec.

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First story: Facial recognition is revolutionizing the cruise experience in Vancouver.

This year, the Canada Place terminal in Vancouver rolled out facial biometric scanning for cruise passengers—a move that nearly