Evan Frank

Now building The return of the travel agent.

Former cofounder / CEO @onefinestay @contexttravel

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

Our brand speaks to the fun of travel advising. However, 3 years after the pivotal coffee that Henley and I had, Fora Travel is a serious travel business. Serious training, serious community, serious technology, serious inclusivity & serious production. https://t.co/iaZwaTWGT6

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@SoveyX @grok is there a transcript for this?

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@Jason @UberEats Next time book with @hellofora and we’ll get you F&B $ to help cover that. https://t.co/V6qOmy1sed

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

Will AI speed the decline of travel agents? Or will it actually diminish the power of OTAs?

I'm betting on the latter. Thank you @denschaal and @skift - always happy to talk about this topic.

[Skift @skift]

AI will speed travel agent decline, says Booking CEO.

Not so, says big travel agent boss.

https://t.co/CHKnZSGmJD

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@bdickins @joshk Let a @hellofora advisor book it for you for Rosewood Elite perks ;) DM me

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@typesfast @typesfast we're hiring across various eng/product roles in NYC at Fora Travel, building an entirely new distribution channel for the travel industry, backed by @ForerunnerVC.

[Fora Travel @hellofora]

Italy is hot — literally and figuratively. Get Henley’s take in ep1 of speadtalking. https://t.co/A4xlp77RSQ

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@rafat Rafat, you really need a travel agent…

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

🚨 Airbnb just eliminated its traditional product management function.

This is one of the boldest experiments in product management we have seen in quite some time.

→ Who’s going to own the roadmap?
→ Who will cross-functional teams collaborate with?
→ Who will be responsible for writing the team’s charter, focus problems, and metrics?

Brian has been posting Twitter threads of each of Airbnb’s two most recent product releases. So it sounds like the executives are re-taking over the roadmap.

And, presumably, engineering managers and designers will split the other tasks. It will be an interesting experiment to watch.

The crowd erupted in applause. Is there something broken with today’s product management? What do you think of the change?

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@natashaghoskins You are enough.

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@nytimes my 8 year old started playing Wordle yesterday - has this ever happened before?

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@JAalster @rafat 🫡

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@denschaal Cruises, hotels, experiences = high enough third party commissions to build an affiliate business off of (direct booking in the case of Viator). Other categories not so much.

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@Lauren_Southern Join @hellofora. Support local hotels.

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@wolfejosh Where’s that visualization from? It’s great.

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@samclaassen Next steps: join @hellofora as a travel advisor and make some $

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@nomadicmatt Use a travel agent @hellofora

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@TerribleFinance Indeed! cc @hellofora

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@andrewchen Wolf Hall (Wolf Hall Trilogy, 1) https://t.co/W5hice9foR

[Evan Frank @evanbfrank]

@michaelwolf42 @srcasm @ResortPass Really cool biz :) I am following.