What will happen to travel in the wake of COVID — and in the decade beyond? A collection of essays in The Future of Travel: Trends and Technologies Shaping the Decade Ahead from The Futurist Institute answers this critical question. Leading experts, futurists, and executives in travel, leisure, and hospitality contributed essays focused on the most important future trends impacting these industries, including the associated opportunities, priorities, perception shifts, and challenges that will shape the decade ahead. Buckle up and come along for the ride as The Futurist Institute presents these big ideas and visions for the future of travel.

Contributors to The Future of Travel included Linda Rutherford of Southwest Airlines, Nigel Fell of the World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage, Elena Rodríguez Blanco of Authenticitys, Dan Cockerell of Cockerell Consulting Group, Daniel McCoy of the Transportation Security Administration, Adam Wesolowski of Airalo, Nawfal Patel of The Futurist Institute, Samarth Kejriwal of Uber, Darshika Jones of Intrepid Group, and Jason Schenker of The Futurist Institute and Prestige Economics.

Jason Schenker is one of the leading financial market forecasters and futurists in the world. Bloomberg News has ranked Jason the #1 forecaster in the world in 26 categories, including for his forecasts of industrial metals prices, oil prices, the euro, the pound, the Russian ruble, the Chinese Yuan, and US jobs.

Jason speaks frequently, and he has given speeches for Accenture, Disney, Hitachi, the London Metals Exchange, the Singapore Exchange, and the Federal Reserve. Jason also attends OPEC meetings and Fed events. He he is frequently quoted in the press, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and The New York Times. He writes occasional columns for Bloomberg Opinion, and he has written over 30 books. Jason has also been a frequent guest on CNBC as well as a guest and guest host of Bloomberg Television.

Jason advises executives, industry groups, institutional investors, and central banks as the President of Prestige Economics, a firm that also produces forecasts for the material handling industry. He also founded The Futurist Institute to help analysts, economists, and strategists incorporate new and emerging technology risks into their forecasting and scenario planning by becoming Certified Futurists.

Jason is one of only 100 CEOs on the Texas Business Leadership Council, a non-partisan group that advises Texas elected leadership at the state and federal level. He also sits on multiple boards and is a Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Jason holds Master’s Degrees in Applied Economics, German Literature, and Negotiation. He is a Certified Futurist and Long-Term Analyst (FLTA).