Haixia Wang

What have we learned in 2020? What will travel recovery look like in 2021? We handpicked a list of reports that we've published in 2020 that we believe will still be relevant and valuable for 2021, when travel executives plan and execute on rebound and regrowth strategies.

With raging new Covid cases across the country, this bleak travel number might actually be too high to help control the virus spread.

In October, 38 percent of Americans traveled, marking the smallest monthly increase since reaching the low point in April. Will the changing course of the pandemic, with a new president and possible vaccine, give the U.S. travel industry a much-needed boost in the coming months?

Labor Day weekend didn’t provide a much-needed boost for the U.S travel sector. In September, 37 percent of Americans traveled, barely one percentage point higher than in August. The path of travel recovery ahead might be even rockier with summer vacation officially behind us.

The substantial decline in new Covid cases didn't seem to give travel a much-needed boost. In August, 36 percent of Americans traveled, only one percentage point higher than in July.

Despite rising Covid-19 cases, 35 percent of Americans traveled in July. But most are not taking their typical summer vacations.

With 33 percent of Americans taking at least one trip, June travel tells a promising story of the reopening. But it might be a very short-lived promise.

Twenty-four percent of Americans traveled in May, up from 19 percent in April. However, a full travel recovery might take a very long time as more consumers start to realize Covid-19 is a longer-term battle.

When and how consumers will travel again might have a lot to do with how their lives are impacted by Covid-19. Our April travel tracker analysis delves into the details.

Budget cuts without an optimization strategy risks falling behind in market share and revenue when the economy bounces back. Leading travel marketing executives share similar tactics and strategies.