As Rocky Racco reflects on over four decades in the travel trade, he has a lot to say about the industry and plenty of encouraging predictions, too.

Sharing his aspirational vision for the future, he says: “…we do have a lot of folks that are 60 to 70 year olds and they’re going to ideally pass their knowledge and wisdom and expertise to the new generation that’s coming in … so, in 10 years from now I see – in my office – the average age is going to drop by 20 to 30 years and there’s going to be a lot of young people with really big smiles on their faces, doing a lot of cool stuff … that’s what I’m envisioning …”

“I still love the business … and I’m really, really encouraged about the future of our business,” he continues.

Episode 11 of Voices of Travel ends on a high note with an uplifting message about “the biggest opportunity” for travel professionals.