Luxury Hospitality Embraces Transience
Photo Credit: The Contained Riva St Kidla Pop up. More luxury brands are embracing temporary accommodation. Contained / Daniel John Bilsborough
Skift Take
An experience that only has a temporary shelf life is more valuable to certain consumers – especially those with plenty of money to spend. We can expect to see more hospitality brands experimenting with pop-ups in the future.
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A temporary hotel doesn't sound like the most desirable place for a high-end traveler to stay. For many, the idea of luxury is entwined with the historic. And historic, by its very definition, means something being in a place for a very, very long time.
But as you've heard us say before, that's the old way of thinking about things. Luxury is more and more about exclusivity, and what could be more exclusive than a property that only has a fleeting existence?
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