Series 01 · Class of 2026
The Travel 10.
Travel’s most influential product managers — sealed, and unveiled one by one.
Ten product managers. Ten long-form video conversations. The list is being assembled now and the first names will be unveiled with the launch of Episode 01.
Manifesto
Travel tech has a hero problem.
We celebrate founders. We celebrate funding rounds. We celebrate exits. But the people who actually decide what gets built — the product managers — barely get a mention.
The Travel 10 is the answer. A curated list of the ten product managers shaping how the world moves. One unveiled at a time. The full ten complete only at Episode 10.
The format.
Production
Hosted long-form video
01 · Format
Long-form video
Hosted, three-act conversation. ~45 minutes. Filmed remotely on broadcast-quality video.
02 · Cadence
Every two weeks
Tuesdays, 9 AM IST. One PM unveiled. One conversation released. Five months end-to-end.
03 · Distribution
YouTube + LinkedIn
Full episodes on YouTube. Clips, articles, and the running list on LinkedIn.
04 · Integrity
No pitch
No sponsors. No mid-rolls. No product demos. Just the calls and the call-makers.
Where to watch and follow
Each episode publishes simultaneously across our channels. Built for both deep watchers and busy scrollers.
What every conversation covers.
Editorial themes
Every guest, every episode
01
The origin story
How does someone end up shaping how millions of travelers experience the world? Rarely linear. Almost always interesting. We start where the path actually started.
02
The defining call
The product decision that changed something — for the company, the category, or the customer. The one with real money, real risk, and real disagreement on the line.
03
The unpopular opinion
What does this PM believe about travel product that the rest of the industry doesn’t? The contrarian take they’ll defend on record. The one their peers will argue with.
04
AI, separated from the hype
Beyond the buzz. What’s actually working in travel AI right now? What’s three years from working? And what’s the over-promise that’s quietly setting the industry up for disappointment?
05
The future of distribution
Inventory fragmentation. The GDS question. Direct vs. indirect. Mobile vs. meta. Where the industry actually lands by 2030 — and which incumbents don’t make it there.
06
What they’d undo
Every great PM has a graveyard. The feature killed too early. The one shipped too late. The decision they’d give back if they could. Honest accounting, on the record.
Who belongs on the list
If this sounds like you.
The Travel 10 isn’t about titles or company size. It’s about people who have shaped how millions of travelers experience the world — through specific, defensible product decisions.
You’ve made real calls
Decisions that materially shifted a category, a company, or a customer outcome — for better or worse. Both make for a good story.
You hold a point of view
You believe something about travel product that most of the industry doesn’t. And you can defend it on record for forty-five minutes.
You’re willing to talk
Wins. Misses. The product calls you’d undo. The contrarian decisions that worked. Honest, on-record, and designed to last.
Host · 01
Abhinav Sinha
CEO & Co-founder · ZentrumHub
In conversation with
A founder, not
A founder, not
an interviewer.
Abhinav is the co-founder and CEO of ZentrumHub. He has spent fifteen years building travel technology — previously at Tavisca and TomTom — and is a Forbes Technology Council member and TEDx speaker.
He’s hosting The Travel 10 personally because, in his words, “the conversations that matter in this industry happen between operators, not analysts.”
15+
Years in travel tech
Forbes
Tech Council member
TEDx
Speaker
10
For travel product managers
Should you be on The Travel 10?
Seven slots are still being filled. Self-nominations welcome. Peer nominations are even better. Tell us about a real product call you’ve made — and one unpopular opinion you hold about travel.