2015 Trends: The Real and Literal Disruption of Travel Is a Threat
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When things go bad, people look to new destinations. We’re looking forward to seeing which places take this frown and turn it upside down.
Last month we launched our first ever magazine, “Megatrends Defining Travel in 2015“, where we identify the global trends in travel in 2015 and beyond, and focus on three emerging key themes: Mobile. Seamless. Experiential. Below is an extract from the one of the trends in the magazine.
For many travelers, the world has lost its mystery thanks to globalization of commerce, real- time Instagram uploads, tweets from distant lands, and the access that digital technology gives us to information around the world. Want to see a 360 view of Machu Picchu?
There’s an app for that.
But the world is not as simple as the 1s and 0s of the digital world.
Despite the appearances from tourism brochures and websites, travel doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Armed conflict, economic uncertainty, labor unrest, and political turmoil ca
