Podcast: Lunar New Year Spending. New DMO Marketing Trends. Sabre’s ‘Unstandard’ Mission.

We’re trying something new with our weekly-ish podcast this year – we’re outsourcing it to Artificial Intelligence. This is both an experiment and, if we’re being honest, a convenient way to digest the top articles of the week from the WiT website into a nugget-of-a-podcast.

On this week’s Top of the WiT, Alipay and Fliggy reported a surge in Chinese travel spending during the Lunar New Year holiday, boosted by friendly visa policies. Sabre is working to solve airline content fragmentation and unlock the potential of AI in the travel industry. Sojern’s “State of Destination Marketing 2025” report reveals that Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) are increasing digital advertising budgets and adopting AI, particularly for content creation.

Furthermore, DMOs are shifting towards always-on campaigns and brand awareness, with social media…