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The Diggintravel Podcast

If you are an airline or travel professional this is the show for you! Join our community of more than 4.000 pros to learn about all things digital. Podcast topics: Digital products and UX | Digital innovation | Conversion rate optimization | Ancillary revenue. Join us now to keep up with the challenges of the rapidly changing travel industry. Hosted by Diggintravel founder Iztok Franko, who spent more than 10 years helping travel companies grow their online revenue.

  1. MAR 11

    Airline UX Series: Lessons in Building Digital Products & UX Teams and Solving the Build vs. Buy Dilemma

    This is the latest episode in our Airline UX Series in partnership with 815Labs! In this series, we’re speaking with top airline and travel UX leaders to uncover the secrets behind building exceptional digital experiences. This time, we explore airline digital platforms, product teams, and the build vs. buy dilemma with insights from Remus Moraru, an ecommerce leader who spent seven years building digital products, UX teams, and airline ecommerce at Wizz Air. This episode covers: The balancing act of airline ecommerce – why airlines must align UX, ticket sales, and ancillaries without creating friction. Building strong, autonomous product teams – lessons from Wizz Air on structuring digital teams for speed and agility. What it takes to develop great airline digital products – key insights from projects like Fare Finder and Wizzride. The build vs. buy dilemma – when airlines should invest in custom platforms and when buying off-the-shelf solutions makes more sense. This episode is packed with valuable takeaways for airline UX, digital retailing, and product strategy leaders looking to build better digital experiences and platforms. RESOURCES:You can find the full article with key insights, quotes, and takeaways from this episode here: https://diggintravel.com/airline-ux-series-digital-products-ux-teams/

    59 min

  2. FEB 4

    Airline UX Series: Data-Driven UX—Lessons from Turkish Airlines

    This is the fifth podcast in our Airline UX Series in partnership with 815Labs! In this series, we’re speaking with top airline and travel UX leaders to uncover the secrets behind building exceptional digital experiences. This time, we dive into the world of digital analytics and data-driven UX with Kamran Emre Sayin, Digital Analytics and MarTech Leader at Turkish Airlines Technology. His team recently implemented a sophisticated analytics framework that helps measure and optimize user experience across Turkish Airlines’ digital platforms. Kamran shares insights on: Tracking 400+ event-level dimensions to improve the booking journey Ensuring clean, reliable data for better decision-making Moving toward server-side tracking and qualitative analytics to uncover deeper insights The impact of AI on analytics and the challenges of a cookieless future This episode is packed with actionable takeaways for airline digital and UX leaders looking to leverage analytics for better user experiences and business results. RESOURCES: You can find the full article with key insights, quotes, and takeaways from this episode here: https://diggintravel.com/airline-data-driven-ux-turkish-airlines/

    41 min

  3. 12/19/2024

    Airline UX Series: Mobile-First Design

    This is the fourth podcast in our Airline UX Series in partnership with 815Labs! In this series, we’re speaking with top airline and travel UX leaders to uncover the secrets behind building exceptional digital experiences. This episode is a special one, recorded on the road in Belgrade with Srdjan Prokić, Head of E-Commerce at Air Serbia. Srdjan shares his journey of building Air Serbia’s mobile app from scratch and offers practical insights into mobile-first design, collaborating with UX agencies, and using user feedback to tackle complex airline challenges. From simplifying payment flows to innovative features like the histogram for flexible pricing, Srdjan provides real-world examples of how Air Serbia creates seamless mobile experiences. RESOURCES: You can find the full article with examples, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here: https://diggintravel.com/airline-ux-series-mobile-first-design/

    55 min

  4. 11/14/2024

    Airline UX Series: The 3 Pillars of Building High-Performing Design Teams in Travel

    This is the third podcast in our Airline UX Series in partnership with 815Labs! In this series we're speaking with top airline and travel UX leaders to uncover what it takes to build outstanding digital experiences. This time, our guest is Martyn Reding—former Head of Digital Experience for an airline at Virgin Atlantic and now Director of User Experience Design at Expedia. He also developed his own platform where he is mentoring designers and managers from the global UX community. So, Martyn really is one of the best people from our industry to talk about digital experience and UX design. RESOURCES: You can find the full article with examples, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here: https://diggintravel.com/airline-ux-design-teams-in-travel/

    54 min

  5. 10/24/2024

    Airline UX Series: Building Great UX—What Sets Top Designers Apart

    This is the second podcast in our new Airline Leader Interview Series, where we talk with industry UX leaders about 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. In this second episode Carlos Lima Santana, Senior Product Designer shared his unique views, and broad understanding in what goes into designing great airline digital experience. Carlos talked about the basic principles of UX design, why you need to cover the basic first, the balance between doing the most obvious things and innovating new, about the most important trait for a great UX designer, testing and many more. RESOURCES: You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here: https://diggintravel.com/airline-ux-what-sets-top-designers-apart/

    57 min

  6. 09/23/2024

    [NEW] Airline UX Series: Key UX Concepts for Airline Success

    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/

    57 min

  7. 08/27/2024

    Transforming Airline Digital Culture: Insights from LATAM’s Chief Digital Officer

    Diggintravel Podcast is back for our fifth year, and we couldn't think of a better way to start the new season than with one of the top digital minds in the airline industry, Ricard Vila, Chief Digital Officer at LATAM Airlines. In this talk, Ricard explained how LATAM Airlines built a unique ecosystem to succeed and move faster in the digital world. Ricard's talk goes beyond the usual digital transformation buzzwords and narratives, delving into concrete concepts and examples--as you'll see some are quite unconventional--to illustrate how LATAM is actively re-shaping its digital culture. This was one of the most enlightening talks on our podcast, so we highly recommend it to anyone interested in understanding how airline digital transformation unfolds. 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-culture-latam-airlines/

    44 min

  8. 04/23/2024

    The Strategic Advantage of Modern Airline Digital Commerce Tech Stack [flyadeal Case Study]

    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/

    47 min
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    If you are an airline or travel professional this is the show for you! Join our community of more than 4.000 pros to learn about all things digital. Podcast topics: Digital products and UX | Digital innovation | Conversion rate optimization | Ancillary revenue. Join us now to keep up with the challenges of the rapidly changing travel industry. Hosted by Diggintravel founder Iztok Franko, who spent more than 10 years helping travel companies grow their online revenue.

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      Iztok Franko
    • Years Active
      2020 - 2025
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      69
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