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Writing

Essays and research on where value actually sits.

Long form arguments about distribution, technology, advisor economics and accountability. Everything here is written from inside an operating business, and everything with a number in it carries its source.

August 2026  /  Essay  /  12 minute read

The Plan Is Free Now. The Promise Is Not.

Artificial intelligence is absorbing the middle of luxury travel planning faster than the industry is absorbing responsibility for the two ends. Advisory value is not moving downstream. It is splitting, and the two halves that remain human are the two that carry risk.

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1Mindtrip with Sabre, Sojern and MMGY Travel Intelligence, survey of 1,006 American travelers, August 2026
2Skift Research, State of Travel 2026, as reported August 2026
3Travel Weekly reader survey of 239 advisors, fielded March 2026
4Virtuoso Luxe Report 2026, released November 2025
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