For a year we’ve been anticipating a travel boom. Now comes American Express Travel to put some data to the anecdotal evidence that travel bookings have returned: Sixty-two percent of respondents to its Global Travel Trends Report survey said that they planned to take two to four trips this year.

In this episode, Audrey Hendley, the president of American Express Travel, talks to host Rebecca Tobin about the big picture as well as some of the smaller trends identified in the survey. Links to the poll, including its methodology, and Jamie Biesiada’s story for Travel Weekly, are below. 

Keep listening after Hendley's interview concludes for a bonus interview with our sponsor, Historic Highlights of Germany. The Travel Group's senior vice president of marketing, Mary Pat Sullivan speaks with Historic Highlights of Germany's CEO, Sascha Mayerer.

Additional reading:

The travel boom has arrived, American Express Travel poll says 

American Express Travel's 2022 Global Travel Trends Report 

Travel Weekly's 2021 Power List: American Express Travel 

Episode sponsor:

This podcast episode is sponsored by Historic Highlights of Germany 

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