🐾🌿 : Creatives in travel, this one’s for you


Hi Reader,

I’m joining a Tourism Cares panel on November 5 to talk about AI search in travel.
So honored to get this invitation.

If you work with travel brands, or run your own creative business in the travel industry, this one is especially for you.

Travelers now plan trips by having deep conversations with an AI, and they often get a short list of names. A brand that isn’t on that list may not be considered. Your travel clients may soon ask you about it.

What I love about this development is that smaller responsible travel brands now have a real chance to be recommended over larger brands with bigger marketing budgets. That’s good news for the small travel brands you create for, and for you if you run one.

This applies to all industries by the way, not just in travel.

The webinar runs Thursday, November 5, at noon EST (6 pm in Germany). Tourism Cares moderates, with Satisfi Labs, Boldest.io, ConnectSeven Group and me (Ethical Brand Marketing) on the panel. We’ll look at how destinations use technology to influence traveler behavior and strengthen community connections, and at the tradeoffs that come with an increasingly digital future. It’s recorded, and every registrant gets a copy of the recording.

↳ Details and registration (bring your colleagues and friends from the travel industry).

Register even if you can't make it live to get the recording.

In service of nature,
Jessica

P.S. AI search optimization is my specialty. I position nature-led brands to get recommended, so the right clients, funders, and travelers find you and revenue rises with your impact. Apply for a free AI search visibility snapshot.

Jessica Lohmann

I work with freelancing eco creatives to develop and master marketing and messaging skills in an ethical way that helps them stand out and attract mission-aligned clients so that together, they create epic award-winning campaigns that inspire entire generations to connect more with nature and shop consciously.

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