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Trade Secrets PodcastAuthor: Travel Weekly and TravelAge West
Welcome to Trade Secrets, a podcast from the editors of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, 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. 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 is a Senior Editor ofTravelAgeWest, a print and online magazine for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the host of the Humans of Travel podcast, where she interviews notable individuals in the travel industry about their lives — the highs and lows that make them human. Theme song:Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hopLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information Language: en-us Genres: Aviation, Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Succession planning for travel agencies, part 2 (feat. attorney Tom Carpenter)
Episode 3
Monday, 16 March, 2026
What’s your plan for your business when you retire, or you’re unable to run it anymore? In this episode, the second in a two-part series on succession planning, hear from industry attorney Tom Carpenter. He discusses some of the varying ways agency owners prepare their businesses for the next step, and gives practical advice on how to make the transition smoother. This episode was sponsored by AmaWaterways. Further resources Find Tom Carpenter: On the web Via email On YouTube On Facebook Mentioned in this episode: Mark Pestronk on the web and in Travel Weekly Bob Sweeney’s Innovative Travel Acquisitions Need advice? Call our hotline and leave a message: 201-902-2098 Email us: tradesecrets@travelweekly.com Theme song: Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hop License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
