A year of the Folo: Major trends, memorable episodes

As the Folo by Travel Weekly podcast goes on a brief break, until Monday, Feb. 14, host Rebecca Tobin and web editor Jerry Limone look back at some of the episodes of 2021 that identified major trends or arcs in travel news:A big year for travel advisors: Anne Scully, Embark Beyond’s partner of agent development, talked in early 2021 about hope for travel and the term “revenge travel.” https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/Revenge-travel Which led to the art of the “pivot” for travel advisors planning vacations during ever-changing travel rules: https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/Europe-travel-art-of-pivot Trip stacking and trip switching: Two advisors explain how they provide backup plans for clients: https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/Trip-stacking-and-switching Cruising: The Folo kicked off with Vicki Freed of Royal Caribbean and Alex Sharpe of Signature talking about cruising when there was no cruising: https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/Folo-episode-17-year-without-cruising Kate McCue, the captain of the Celebrity Edge, on the emotional first big-ship departure from the U.S.: https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/Celebrity-captain-Kate-McCue-on-the-cruise-restart We ended the year with three expedition-cruise execs to talk about the demand for new ships in Antarctica, the Galapagos and other far-flung destinations: https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/Expedition-cruising-experts Other episodes mentioned: Bucket-list trips to southern Africa: https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/Travel-in-Africa-the-safari-and-more Steve Sear and the outlook from Delta airlines: https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/Delta-Air-Lines-and-the-view-from-the-skies Corporate travel: https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/The-view-from-two-multimillion-dollar-agencies The entire year in the Folo: https://www.travelweekly.com/podcasts/folo  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.