Articles tagged “seniors”

Tourism

Tourism Unprepared to Accommodate Growing Segment of Older Travelers

The tourism industry still treats amenities catering to seniors as another customer preference, not as a necessity. A lot of tourism businesses likely won't get serious until they see and hear about their failures to serve this lucrative demographic shift.

Tourism Unprepared to Accommodate Growing Segment of Older Travelers

Business Travel

Tour Operators Reignited by Vaccinated Seniors Restless to Travel

Older travelers represent an enormously lucrative market. And as more are getting vaccinated, tour operators are rushing to accommodate them in a welcome sign for one of travel's hardest-hit sectors.

Tour Operators Reignited by Vaccinated Seniors Restless to Travel

Business Travel

Travel Specialist Develops a Buddy System for Seniors on Vacation

Senior travel is a lucrative and growing segment, but many seniors stay home because they don’t want to go solo. A travel advisor’s new matching site for seniors may be a modest solution.

Travel Specialist Develops a Buddy System for Seniors on Vacation

Business Travel

Travel Industry Feeling Spry as More of the World Goes Gray

Instead of doing nothing when they retire, older people increasingly want to travel more. This is good news for the travel industry but it needs to work out better ways to target the baby boomer generation.

Travel Industry Feeling Spry as More of the World Goes Gray

Airlines

The Biggest Issues Faced by Elderly Travelers at American Airports

A lot of these solutions will go a long way in improving general usability of the airport for all passengers, and especially the increasingly important and large demographic of elderly travelers.

The Biggest Issues Faced by Elderly Travelers at American Airports

Online Travel

AARP plots senior discounts in Google Maps

Discounts never get old regardless of your age, and now AARP members can search for deals on Google Maps. Road trip!

AARP plots senior discounts in Google Maps