Arizona Tribune - NextTrip Expands Global Advertising Sales Organization with Four Senior Industry Executives to Accelerate Media Monetization Strategy

SANTA FE, NM / ACCESS Newswire / July 7, 2026 / NextTrip, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTRP) ("NextTrip," "the Company," "we," "our," or "us"), a technology-forward travel and media company at the intersection of media, travel, and the creator economy, today announced the expansion of its global advertising sales organization with the appointment of four experienced industry executives to accelerate advertising, sponsorship, and strategic partnership revenue across the Company's rapidly expanding media portfolio.

The additions come at a pivotal time as NextTrip significantly increases its available advertising inventory following the recent expansion of JOURNY TV, the consolidation of GoUSA TV into the JOURNY platform, and the Company's joint venture with KC Global Media, which is expected to substantially expand JOURNY's distribution throughout Southeast Asia and other international markets.

Together, these initiatives are creating a significantly larger global advertising footprint and expanding high-margin advertising and sponsorship opportunities across connected television (CTV), FAST channels, digital, mobile, social media, branded content, destination marketing, and integrated travel commerce.

"Our media business has reached an exciting inflection point," said Bill Kerby, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of NextTrip. "Over the past year, we've substantially expanded our audience reach, our content library, our international distribution, and our advertising inventory. As a result, it was the right time to build a world-class commercial organization capable of monetizing these assets. Kevin, Helena, Jed, and James each bring exceptional industry experience, long-standing relationships, and a proven ability to build strategic partnerships that we believe will accelerate one of the highest-margin components of our business."

Building a World-Class Advertising & Partnerships Team

The newly expanded commercial team will focus on growing advertising revenue, sponsorships, destination marketing partnerships, branded content, and enterprise relationships across NextTrip's expanding portfolio of media properties.

Kevin Dailey joins NextTrip as Sr. Director, of Travel and Tourism Sales, bringing extensive experience from Questex, Booking.com, Cover Genius, Fora Travel, and The Wall Street Journal. Throughout his career, Dailey has developed deep relationships across hotels, destinations, travel advisors, airlines, cruise companies, and the broader travel industry.

Helena Egan joins the Company as Strategic Advisor, Global Tourism Partnerships. A former Global Director at TripAdvisor and CEO & Co-Founder of Planet Egan, Helena brings decades of experience driving global tourism growth. She will lead JOURNY's global tourism partnerships and strategic expansion with destinations, tourism boards, and international travel organizations.

Jed Corenthal joins to lead Non-Endemic Brand Partnerships, bringing an accomplished background developing sponsorship and strategic marketing partnerships with leading brands across sports, entertainment, and consumer marketing, including organizations such as NASCAR, DAZN, and Omaha Productions.

James Moore joins as Strategic Sales Advisor, bringing nearly two decades of leadership across travel media and enterprise partnerships. Following almost 13 years at TripAdvisor, where he helped build one of the company's largest strategic partnerships with Disney, Moore held senior leadership positions at Sojern and Navigator, further strengthening his expertise across travel technology, advertising, and enterprise sales.

Collectively, the team brings expertise spanning destinations, tourism organizations, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, travel technology, media, sponsorships, AI, enterprise partnerships, and global advertising sales.

Positioned for Significant Advertising Growth

The appointments coincide with NextTrip's media platform consolidation, which brings together JOURNY TV and GoUSA TV under a unified technology infrastructure, programming strategy, and advertising platform. Combined with the Company's international expansion through KC Global Media, NextTrip expects to deliver substantially greater monthly advertising impressions and premium sponsorship opportunities to travel brands, destinations, tourism organizations, and consumer advertisers.

"Today's advertisers are looking for more than impressions, they're looking for engaged audiences, measurable performance, and commerce-driven outcomes," said Amy Proost, Chief Revenue Officer of NextTrip. "Our expanding global distribution, premium travel content, and integrated content-to-commerce platform create a differentiated opportunity for advertisers to connect with highly engaged travel audiences. With this exceptional commercial team now in place, we're well positioned to scale advertising revenue while helping destinations and brands reach consumers throughout every stage of the travel journey."

Unlike traditional travel media companies, NextTrip combines premium travel storytelling with proprietary booking technology, enabling advertisers and destination partners to connect inspiration directly to measurable travel demand and bookings.

"As we continue expanding the global reach of JOURNY and the broader NextTrip platform, we're creating new opportunities for destinations, travel brands, advertisers, and strategic partners to engage audiences through premium content, innovative technology, and measurable commerce," added Kerby. "The future of travel is no longer just about inspiration; it's about connecting inspiration directly to booking. That's exactly what we're building."

About NextTrip

NextTrip, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTRP) is a technology-forward travel and media company defining the intersection of media, travel, and the creator economy. Through its owned media platforms, including JOURNY TV and TravelMagazine.com, its recently acquired controlling interest in YADA Commerce Inc., a licensed TikTok Partner Agency specializing in creator recruitment, audience development, affiliate commerce, livestream commerce, and creator monetization, and NextTrip's proprietary travel technology stack, NextTrip delivers an integrated content-to-commerce ecosystem that connects travel discovery directly to transaction and fulfillment.

The Company operates a portfolio of travel brands and platforms, including Five Star Alliance, a global luxury hotel and resort booking platform; NXT2.0, its proprietary booking and payments engine; and TA Pipeline, a purpose-built group travel and meetings booking platform serving travel advisors, suppliers, and destination partners. Together, these assets enable frictionless booking across luxury FIT (Flexible Independent Travel), group travel, destination weddings, conferences, live events, and concierge-managed experiences, supported by flexible payment options such as PayDlay.

By combining premium video storytelling, creator-led social commerce, and integrated booking technology, NextTrip enables consumers to move seamlessly from inspiration to booking, while providing creators, destinations, brands, and travel partners with measurable audience engagement, demand generation, and conversion opportunities.

For more information, visit www.nexttrip.com and investors.nexttrip.com.

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Director of Corporate Development
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SOURCE: NextTrip

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