{"id":21834,"date":"2025-09-22T17:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=21834"},"modified":"2025-09-22T17:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:09:08","slug":"from-experiences-to-ai-insights-on-the-next-decade-of-travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/from-experiences-to-ai-insights-on-the-next-decade-of-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"From Experiences to AI: Insights on the Next Decade of Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614384766.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21835\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614384766.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614384766.jpeg 1003w, https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614384766-300x221.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614384766-768x565.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614384766-408x300.jpeg 408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At WiT Phocuswright Middle East 2025, our COO\u00a0Samir Mehta\u00a0joined\u00a0Martina Pavan\u00a0from\u00a0Get Your Guide, Ola Strand Andersen\u00a0from\u00a0Be My Guest and\u00a0View Hoon Yeoh, founder of WiT,\u00a0for a thought-provoking panel\u00a0discussion on the next decade of tours and travel activities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614389774.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-21836 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614389774.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614389774.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614389774-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614389774-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614389774-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1746614389774-864x1536.jpeg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>Samir shared insights on the region\u2019s potential, likening Saudi Arabia\u2019s opening to\u00a0\u201cNorth Korea meets Petra\u201d\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0a raw, untouched window before the crowds arrive. He also spoke about the critical role DMCs play in bringing fragmented destinations to life through seamless end-to-end experiences, safety, and storytelling.\u00a0Be it the rising demand for multi-day trips and experience-led travel (hello, Skydive Dubai and AlUla concerts) or the growing influence of Gen Z travellers who chase memories over magnets, it\u2019s clear that how people travel is changing fast.\u00a0And tech is moving just as quickly. With AI, automation, and discovery platforms gaining ground, the panel agreed: the industry isn\u2019t just evolving, it\u2019s accelerating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At WiT Phocuswright Middle East 2025, our COO\u00a0Samir Mehta\u00a0joined\u00a0Martina Pavan\u00a0from\u00a0Get Your Guide, Ola Strand Andersen\u00a0from\u00a0Be My Guest and\u00a0View Hoon Yeoh, founder of WiT,\u00a0for a thought-provoking panel\u00a0discussion on the next decade of tours and travel activities. Samir shared insights on the region\u2019s potential, likening Saudi Arabia\u2019s opening to\u00a0\u201cNorth Korea meets Petra\u201d\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0a raw, untouched window before the&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/from-experiences-to-ai-insights-on-the-next-decade-of-travel\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21834"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22014,"href":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21834\/revisions\/22014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}