Listen to ‘Chief Travel Leader’ Zane Kerby – 5 Apr 2025

 
Zane Kerby, Chief Executive Officer
American Society  of Travel Advisors
www.ASTA.org

2018 remains a key date in the history of the American Society of Travel Agents, as that’s the year they updated their name, dropping “Agents” and replacing it with “Advisors” to become the American Society of Travel Advisors — in an effort to better reflect their role in today’s modern travel world.  ASTA, as they’re still known, is the worlds’s largest association of travel professionals, advocating for travel agents/advisors, the travel industry and the traveling public.  In short, their mission is to facilitate the business of selling travel through effective representation, shared knowledge and the enhancement of professionalism and they enjoy the support of top travel industry companies.

We’ve developed a respected and comfortable relationship with their CEO, Zane Kerby, and enjoy the interactions we’ve shared with him over the years.  To our surprise, essentially 575 days have passed since he last join us on-air and during our live national broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on April 5th 2025 we made sure to change that.  From discussing their newly debuted VeriVacation.com that’s designed to connect travelers with verified and qualified travel advisors, to changes he’s seen/experienced in the industry during his more than 12 year tenure with ASTA, some current happenings/realities in the World of Travel, and more — his latest “Chief Travel Leader” conversation was once again wide-ranging and informative.

Now that the popular radio program has legally transmitted via satellite across the USA to our 600+ weekly stations airing RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa, the interview audio has been archived in .mp3 format here for you to access anytime/anywhere by simply clicking on the play arrow following this text …

 

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During our live national broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on 9 September 2023, almost a year to the day since his last appearance on-air with us, we reconnected with ASTA CEO and Show Friend Zane Kerby for the latest “Chief Travel Leader” conversation portion of our program.  From discussing their just completed Caribbean Showcase at the Sandals / Beaches property on Turks & Caicos, to discussing current travel trends and happenings, our upcoming travels to Hawaii for the special “Let’s Go America! Tour” – Maui along with getting his thoughts on A.I. technology and its impact on the future of travel agents/advisors — you can hear our wide-ranging and always engaging conversation that aired across the USA via our now 530+ weekly radio stations airing RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa here —

 

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Coming off the 2022 ASTA Global Convention in San Francisco, we thought it would be a good time to reconnect with Show Friend — ASTA CEO Zane Kerby — to get his first-hand findings and experiences from the gathering, we discussed the rebranding and updated Mission Statement the organization adopted, as well as trends in travel that he’s seeing/hearing about.  We appreciate that Zane is always candid with us, and we also had a robust exchange about a proposed Department of Transportation regulation, sharing our position on the matter while hearing his thoughts and the likelihood of its passage.  To hear the full conversation that aired on 10 September 2022, during the live national broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show via our 490+ weekly radio affiliates across the USA, just click on the play arrow immediately following this text…

 

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Since the Coronavirus pandemic disruptions began in earnest back in March 2020 — much of the travel world has been unfortunately impacted in a negative way.  There have certainly been some bright spots which we regularly try to focus on — and the overall travel environment is improving, which is why we thought it would be a good time to reconnect with our Show Friend and the CEO of ASTA, Zane Kerby.  As we’re in the midst of our big ten city “Let’s Go America! Tour” we’re certainly seeing, feeling and experiencing a lot of what’s going out there in the world of travel for both leisure and business travelers, but Zane and ASTA members are also at the forefront of what’s occurring — so to get a real-time report and his perspective of what to expect in the weeks and months ahead, during our live broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on 23 October 2021 — we discussed all of this and more with him.  To hear the full interview that aired across our national network of now 480+ weekly affiliates — simply click on the play arrow that follows this text.

 

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We enjoy speaking with Zane Kerby, their CEO, as he cares deeply for the World of Travel and communicates in a calm and knowledgeable voice.  During our live broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on Saturday, 22 August 2020 — we welcomed Zane back to the program to discuss what he and the ASTA members are experiencing at this stage of the pandemic, learn some of the bright spots he’s seeing out there, the importance of enhanced cleaning and sanitization measures to instill confidence with travelers, what’s likely next as we look to Labor Day and the Fall Travel season — and we got a little personal with where he’s been traveling and will be traveling with his family.  You can hear this latest edition of our “Chief Travel Leader” episode that aired across our national network of now 430 weekly affiliates and is now archived here …

 

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As the Coronavirus Pandemic has upended the travel and hospitality industries, and significantly impacted so many travel advisors who operate as small businesses, we invited ASTA’s CEO Zane Kerby back on to our program for his insights and perspective on the crisis as it continues to unfold — and get his thoughts on what could be ahead in the future.  To hear the full conversation that aired across the 415+ affiliates nationwide airing America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on April 11th 2020, for our exclusive “Chief Travel Leader” episode, simply click the play arrow below to access the now archived audio from RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa …

 

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During our live broadcast on Saturday, 22 September 2018, their CEO Zane Kerby joined us to discuss the operations of ASTA, and the impact and role they have with travelers and the travel industry.  To hear the conversation, access it here ….