The 12 Biggest Travel Trends Skift Tracked in Its First Year
Skift celebrated its one-year anniversary yesterday and we celebrated by looking back at the 12 biggest travel stories of the year. But Skift is about more than breaking news. We are connecting the dots across all global trends and using the knowledge about where travel has been to highlight where it is headed.
Each week we show our readers how smaller stories fit into the bigger picture and now we're looking beyond a year of headlines to show you the trends at play in our first year of covering travel news.
If you prefer or need these trends in a presentation format, we've made one for you, on Slideshare. Or the full story below that:
The 12 Biggest Travel Trends Skift Tracked in Its First Year from Skift Inc
Airline Profits Improve, Best Dividends in 10 Years
Airlines have suddenly become an attractive investment after more than a decade of being considered a risky and foolish bet. Planes are flying fuller (83 percent average in 2012), fares are increasing, and indu