2015 Archives

We are excited to bring our signature Skift coverage to these important sectors in the global travel ecosystem.

There is nothing harder than keeping things simple.

Technology is augmenting face-to-face meetings rather than replacing it.

By offering low-cost social media access to passengers, Carnival Cruise Lines will enable cruisers to generate positive online marketing for the company. Perhaps they are seeing the value, and cost-effectiveness, of relying on customer testimonials instead of traditional marketing methods.

The move toward open-learning meeting space, where attendees can roam among casual “campfire” sessions, is helping Millennials personalize their educational journey in a more spontaneous and organic process.

Bikes are a cleaner, affordable and fun way to explore a city and the travelers' wildfire nature of understanding this continues expanding every day.

We’ve written a lot about airline concepts (seen more concepts than we’ve written about) and have a good feeling about the Life Style cabin. Airlines may not install the whole cabin as illustrated, but some of these concepts have what it takes to make from a blank-canvas model to living-color in the skies.

Expect this new funding model for tourism promotion to continue to expand, especially as more travel and hotel executives understand the value for their specific companies.

Despite the competitive airline posturing, long haul flights out of LaGuardia could be good for most.

This is what happens when you let conversion marketers run amok with customer experience. They made it a science, but forgot being human.