2015 Archives

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Marriott and Holiday Inn Express are also looking to optimize space in guest rooms and appeal to changing traveler habits. The shift away from traditional desks got a failing grade from lots of customers.

Driven in part by new research from Destination Marketing Association International this year, tourism bureau CEOs are shifting their emphasis toward better digital communications, data and research collection, and local neighborhood promotion.

These are the newest travel startups from AngelList vying for travelers’ interest and investors’ attention.

Dramatic socio-economic and political events over the last 15 years have formed the priorities for Millennials more than the advent of digital technology.

Travel agents showed some resiliency in 2015. They need to work on becoming a whole lot more visible, and useful, to consumers in 2016.

Travel-booking CEOs say the darnedest things: the Priceline Group's Darren Huston basically said he didn't waste $4 billion on acquiring HomeAway, like he thinks Expedia did, and Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi let the word out that his company had been shut out of TripAdvisor Instant Booking. One can only wonder what they are saying to one another when they huddle in private.

Cruise lines make money when every cabin is occupied. They still have a lot of work to do in order to fill their new ships with higher-spending passengers.

Ten quotes on China that were said this year by ten CEOs who are some of travel's biggest decision makers and game changers dictating what direction the industry will take in this market of one billion-plus people.