Pandemic Sparks Glamping 2.0
Skift Take
Incorporating the great outdoors indoors comes at a high cost — but ultimately with a high return on investment for hoteliers, and their guests.
It used to be that sleeping in a tent was the vacation of choice for cash-strapped families. But glamping is booming in popularity as hotels are catering to travelers, frustrated by two years of pandemic sequestering, who are eager to celebrate nature while logging off in log cabins and tents.
Hotel brands are investing heavily in design elements meant to bring the outdoors in, such as the Eastwind Hotel & Bar in the Catskills in upstate New York. The 26-room Eastwind has introduced what it refers to “almost-camping” with new all-season, insulated glamping cabins and new Lushna suites. The latter have their own decks and unobscured panoramic views of mountains
