AI Keynote Speaker.
AI Strategist.
Claire B. Soares · Certified AI Consultant
Founder, Travel AI University
- $3.4B+
- Enterprise sales
- $16M+
- Luxury travel sales, her own brand
- 6×
- Condé Nast Traveler Top Specialist
- 120K
- Audience across platforms
Speaker & Media Kit
2026 & 2027
About
Most AI speakers have never run a business. Claire has built four.
Claire B. Soares spent her first career at a Fortune 500 company, ranking in the top 10% of sales consultants almost every year. She sold over $3.4B+ in software to major brands including Google, Microsoft, IBM, Kraft, Boeing, DHS, GSA, and the DoD, to name a few. She knows what it takes to move an organization through major innovation to production.
Then she built Up in the Air Life into a multi-million dollar luxury travel company, earned six consecutive years as a Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist, led the largest Black-led travel movement to Antarctica, and was named to Airbnb's inaugural Black Travel List.
Today she is a Certified AI Consultant and founder of Travel AI University, where she provides training and consulting services to travel agencies and professionals. Travel AI University recently launched an online community to learn and implement AI through Claire's signature V.O.I.C.E. Method™ framework. The examples inside Travel AI University are real operations from real businesses, tied to real revenue.
- $3.4B+
- Enterprise sales
- $16M+
- Luxury travel, her own brand
- 6×
- Condé Nast Top Specialist
- 4
- Companies founded
Your audience doesn't leave inspired.
They leave equipped.
Speaking
Three signature talks. One promise: your audience builds.
The AI-Powered Business
Where AI actually pays inside a business. Not theory. These are the exact workflows running inside a $16M+ brand, demonstrated live on the audience's real scenarios. Attendees leave with the first system to build Monday morning.
Keynote · 45 to 60 min · Conferences, consortia, corporate
Teach AI to Sound Like You
The V.O.I.C.E. Method™, the framework behind a 490% increase in organic traffic and $97,000 in new revenue in 45 days. Laptops open. Every attendee leaves with AI that writes in their own voice.
Workshop · 90 min to half day · Retreats, training days, teams
The Advisor of 2030
What AI changes about staffing, service, and fees over the next five years, from someone who sold technology transformation in enterprise boardrooms and then lived it inside her own company. Straight answers for leaders deciding where to invest.
Executive session · 45 to 60 min + Q&A · Leadership summits, boards
Key topics
- AI implementation
- Travel & hospitality
- Sales & revenue
- Entrepreneurship
- AI governance
The case study
The V.O.I.C.E. Method™, in 45 days.
- 490%
- Increase in organic traffic
- $97K+
- New revenue generated
- 45
- Days start to finish
- 10+
- Hours reclaimed per person weekly
This is the documented case study from Caviar in the Air, Claire's own luxury travel company, run between December 18 and January 23. The full methodology, metrics, and live asset examples are published at caviarintheair.com/capstone.
What clients report after the room clears
- Ten or more hours per person reclaimed every week
- Faster proposal turnaround and a measurable lift in close rate
- An internal AI knowledge base that answers staff questions instantly
- A leadership team that can speak to AI with confidence and clarity
Stages & recognition
Where Claire has spoken, and what she's known for.
- Travel Noire
- ASTA
- WeTravel
- Excelerate Her Summit
- The Federal Executive Council
- AI Insights Summit
Recognition
- 6× Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist
- Airbnb inaugural Black Travel List honoree
- Travel Noire Best Black-Owned Tour Company
- USA Today recognized boutique agency
- Certified AI Consultant
Featured in
- Forbes · Condé Nast Traveler
- USA Today · Virtuoso
- Essence · Ebony · Black Enterprise
- Travel Noire · Huffington Post
- Airbnb · Walmart
Let's work together
Put Claire on your stage, or her systems in your business.
Connect with Claire for
- Keynotes and TED-style talks
- Hands-on workshops and training days
- Executive sessions, panels, board briefings
- Virtual masterclasses and webinar series
- AI enablement programs for teams and agencies
What event organizers get
- A gift for every seat. Each attendee receives the complete Travel AI Kit, free.
- Tailored to your room. No recycled deck, built for your audience.
- Stage or screen, handled. Tech-checked, promo assets supplied.
- An easy yes. One scoping call and a clear agreement.
Tier 01
Strategy Session
90 minutes. Assessment, top three AI workflows, one-page roadmap.
Tier 02 · Popular
VIP Day
Full day. Build one signature workflow and ship it before the day ends.
Tier 03
Done-For-You
Four to six weeks. Custom AI system built, deployed, team trained.
Tier 04
Advisory Boards
Quarterly. Executive workshops, roadmaps, ongoing counsel.
Now booking 2026 & 2027
Secure your date.
Keynotes, workshops, panels, and executive sessions. In person, virtual, or hybrid. Booking should be the easiest part of your event.
- Keynote
- Workshop
- Executive Session
- Panel
- Virtual
Let's meet
- hello@clairebsoares.com
- calendly.com/clairebsoares/travelai
- clairebsoares.com · travelaiuniversity.com
- @clairebsoares
- Every seat
- Leaves with the complete Travel AI Kit, free.
- Every talk
- Built for your room. Never recycled.
- Every booking
- Starts with one short scoping call.