New Travel Ban Temporarily Blocked and 12 Other Tourism Trends This Week

Throughout the week we post dozens of original stories, connecting the dots across the travel industry, and every weekend we sum it all up. This weekend roundup examines tourism.

For all of our weekend roundups, go here.

>>Lonely Planet is taking a multichannel approach to consumer travel media, and it seems to be working: Skift Forum Europe: How Lonely Planet Looks Beyond Guidebooks

>>Those in the habit of cyclically signing up for credit cards solely for the points may soon be out of luck thanks to a new strategy coming from American Express: American Express Clamps Down On Points Churners — Skift Business Traveler

>>The newest Smithsonian, which quickly became a black American mecca, sets the bar high. Case in point — how many museums have a line to get into the gift shop? African American Smithsonian Sets a New Standard for Museums as Destinations

>>Our European not-an-industry-conference conference will build on our promise to be the best creative brainfood all year for the travel industry. We guarantee it: This Is Not a Freakin’ Trade Conference: Europe Style

>>With its Expedia DNA, Egencia is well-positioned to help bring consumer innovations into the corporate travel mainstream: CEO Interview: Egencia Tries to Innovate Towards a Bigger Share of Corporate Travel

>>Cruise marketers may already know to pursue millennials and families, but those two groups are incredibly diverse and warrant better targeting: What Cruise Lines Are Doing to Win a New Generation of Cruisers: 5 Podcast Takeaways

>>As the conversation at an annual cruise conference showed, it’s hard to talk about the industry without discussing the potential effect of a new administration in Washington: Cruise Executives at Odds Over the Trump Effect

>>Conferences and events like Skift Forum Europe in April and SXSW in Austin this month distill the converging trends in society, politics, and high-growth industries: Shaping Trends at Skift Forum Europe and SXSW — Meetings Innovation Report

>>While the restraining order is temporary, the wording of the judge’s findings shows a strong chance that the courts will overturn yet another travel ban: New Trump Travel Ban Temporarily Blocked by Judges in Hawaii and Maryland

>>Choosing someone like Taylor Swift to promote tourism during the height of her career is a destination marketing windfall that doesn’t come around often. Many tourism boards, though, would rather be more strategic: Many Destinations Use Celebrities for Marketing But Pitbull Fiasco Is a Warning Sign

>>The race to make corporate travel more like consumer travel is heating up. This time travel management companies may really mean it: When Corporate Goes Consumer — Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report

>>Most business travelers are still extremely concerned about the threat posed by terrorism. They also think that their employers are doing a good job taking care of their safety when traveling for business: U.S. Business Travelers See Terrorism as Most-Important Concern

>>Celebrity Cruises had a lot of time to think about what it wanted on a new type of ship — 10 years, in fact, since the last class was designed: Interview: Celebrity Cruises CEO on Getting the Edge in First Ship Design in a Decade