Travel marketing’s new flight path: Ad spending, AI, and what’s ahead

August 4, 2026 at 2 PM ET

30 Minutes

Betsy Vankula of StackAdapt and Zak Stambor of EMARKETER, speakers for the travel marketing webinar.

How digital trends are reshaping travel marketing

US digital travel sales will climb steadily toward $413 billion USD by 2030, according to EMARKETER’s forecast. As travelers increasingly rely on digital channels to discover, plan, and book trips, marketers face new challenges in reaching audiences throughout the travel journey.

In this webinar, EMARKETER’s Principle Analyst Zak Stambor and StackAdapt’s Global Director of Enterprise Betsy Vankula uncover the latest trends in digital ad spending and how external factors like economic conditions influence travel demand and market priorities.

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What you’ll learn

  • How AI is changing the way travelers research, plan, and book their trips, and what that means for marketers.
  • How shifting consumer behavior and economic conditions are influencing travel demand and marketing priorities.
  • Which digital advertising and media investment trends are creating new opportunities across the travel ecosystem.
  • How marketers are redefining campaign success and focusing on measuring what matters the most.

Our speakers

Betsy Vankula
Betsy Vankula

Global of Enterprise Travel Sales

StackAdapt

Betsy helps the world’s leading travel brands drive growth through AI-powered programmatic advertising. She brings more than 20 years of experience helping marketers navigate digital transformation and emerging technologies.

Zak Stambor
Zak Stambor

Principle Analyst

EMARKETER

Zak has more than a decade of experience covering retail, ecommerce, marketing, and advertising industries. He contributes to the “Reimagining Retail” podcast, and his insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, CNN, CBS, and the Associated Press, CBS.

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