The Diggintravel Podcast

Earlier this year, we launched the Airline Leader Interview Series, where we spoke with industry leaders about high-level trends and strategies. But now, we’ve decided to dig deeper into one key topic: how to build a great digital experience and user experience (UX) for airlines. Together with our new podcast partner, 815Labs—experts in building top-tier airline UX—we’ve structured a series of episodes that bring together insights from leaders across various perspectives to understand what it takes to create exceptional airline UX. This first episode kicks things off with Norbert Krizsan from 815Labs. Not only does Norbert have extensive experience building airline UX from scratch, but he’s also an external lecturer in UX design. He has held nearly every UX role possible—from designer to researcher to Head of UX—and now serves as a Design Strategy advisor. Norbert helped us structure this entire series and is the perfect guest to set the stage for the episodes to come. Our goal is to bring various great UX leaders to share their perspectives on different UX topics, so by the end of the series, you’ll have a much deeper understanding of how to create outstanding airline digital experiences. RESOURCES: You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here: https://diggintravel.com/key-ux-concepts-for-airline-success/

Ricard Vila, Chief Digital Officer at LATAM Airlines, discusses the airline's groundbreaking digital transformation journey initiated in 2019. He highlights the creation of a dual people model tailored for digital talent, advocating for paying top contributors more—comparing them to football stars. The conversation explores role simplification, faster decision-making, and a focus on customer service, emphasizing continuous learning and adaptability. Ricard's insights provide a unique look at reshaping airline culture in the digital age.

Another exciting Diggintravel Podcast episode, featuring an in-depth discussion with Surya Kuchibotla, Head of eCommerce and Distribution at flyadeal. Discover how flyadeal is building a modern digital commerce tech stack and leveraging technology to carve out a competitive edge. Key podcast highlights: Flyadeal's unique organizational model How flyadeal is running consolidated, end-to-end digital marketing campaigns utilizing CDP How to do airline personalization on three levels Flyadeal's approach to AI-driven personalization and conversational commerce on WhatsApp RESOURCES: You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here: https://diggintravel.com/modern-airline-digital-commerce-stack-flyadeal/ You can find how airline marketers can build relevant, timely, trustworthy customer experiences on autopilot with AI here: https://useinsider.com/sirius-ai-generative-ai-solution-for-customer-experience/

The podcast discusses Lufthansa Group's shift to airline product analytics, focusing on decentralized models and digital analytics communities. They delve into personalization, AI, and building better products efficiently. The discussion emphasizes the importance of data-driven decision-making, customer experiences, and the evolution towards personalized services in the airline industry.

To kick off the new year, we're doing something different at Diggintravel Podcast. And it's all about helping you advance your airline digital career! This episode is all about how to find and land your ideal airline digital job. As we step into 2024, the digital landscape keeps evolving, and AI is reshaping our world daily. Understanding the skills to acquire, what to learn, and where to focus for your airline digital career has never been more challenging. That's why we sought insights from Arpad Szakal, a seasoned recruiter and executive talent consultant with extensive global airline experience. In our latest podcast chat, Arpad shares practical advice to help you seize opportunities in the airline digital marketing world. RESOURCES: You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here: https://diggintravel.com/airline-digital-career-2024-guide/ You can find how airline marketers can build relevant, timely, trustworthy customer experiences on autopilot with AI here: https://useinsider.com/sirius-ai-generative-ai-solution-for-customer-experience/  

Marketing and marketing technology are changing fast! With constant changes and mounting pressure on airlines to stay on top, we've decided to help you navigate these shifts with a special two-part podcast series. Today, in Part II, join us and founder and editor of Martech Weekly Juan Mendoza as we explore the state of digital analytics and how analytics and measuring measuring marketing effectiveness will change in the future. And why we need to get back to basics and find alternative approach to when it comes to measuring how you airline digital marketing campaigns perform and which channels and initiative really generate incremental growth and bookings.   RESOURCES: You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here: https://diggintravel.com/airline-marketing-digital-analytics-marketing-effectiveness// You can find how airline marketers can build relevant, timely, trustworthy customer experiences on autopilot with AI here: https://useinsider.com/sirius-ai-generative-ai-solution-for-customer-experience/

In this podcast, the guest Juan Mendoza discusses the state of marketing technology in the airline industry. They explore emerging roles and the need for new marketing skills. They also talk about challenges in building customer experiences, personalization, and implementing new marketing technologies. Additionally, they highlight how Insider, a marketing tool, helps create personalized digital experiences for airlines.

Artificial intelligence is developing so fast that we just had to share this! A few months ago, ChatGPT was an interesting new gadget; now, AI is revolutionizing how we approach airline digital marketing. AI tools can now analyze your websites and campaign landing pages. Even more impressively, they can evaluate images like your airline ads and creatives. In our latest episode we provide you these and many other cases of practical AI applications for your daily work. You'll also find examples of how Lufthansa and Eurowings Digital are pioneering with internal AI tools for smarter operations and enhanced customer insights. RESOURCES: You can find the full article with key key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here: https://diggintravel.com/the-latest-airline-ai-news-airline-marketing/ You can find how airline marketers can build relevant, timely, trustworthy customer experiences on autopilot with AI here: https://useinsider.com/sirius-ai-generative-ai-solution-for-customer-experience/  

Former Chief Growth Officer at AirAsia, Ravi Shankar Mallavarapu, discusses lessons learned in transforming AirAsia's digital marketing team. He also talks about his global branding campaign with Eric Cantona and the challenges of measuring its impact. The podcast also touches on the intersection of AI and marketing.

We went back to our roots with this podcast! Diggintravel was crafted with a single mission in mind – to serve up practical insights tailor-made for you, the airline digital professional. In this episode - talk with Joonas Leppävuori, Digital Product Manager at Finnair - we discussed in detail how Jonas and his team are doing booking funnel optimization. Joonas explained how they optimized all key pages of their booking flow (flight results page, passenger info page, seat selection page). If you are an airline digital pro working on increasing the conversion of your website or APP you'll like this episode. You can find the full article with key key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat with Joonas here: https://diggintravel.com/airline-booking-funnel-optimization-finnair/