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Hotels
When it comes to short-term vacation rentals, a guaranteed level of service is goal of luxury and non-luxury travelers alike.
Laura Powell, Skift | 7 years ago
Cruises
Cruise lines have the luxury of going in and out of nearly any port they choose, making it easier for them to respond to geopolitical changes as well as changing consumer tastes.
Business Travel
The 1 percent are looking for the same things from travel — experiences and bragging rights. They just have the means to take it up a few notches beyond the other 99 percent.
Ground Transport
As with river cruising, luxury train travel allows travelers to take their luxury with them from place to place, ensuring the same quality of lodging, no matter the locale.
The line between emerging and not ready for prime time can be a thin one that luxury operators must walk.
Now you can spend a fortune shopping on Rodeo Drive, then find a place to quietly contemplate your coming credit card bill.
River cruising doesn't just have age problems, its brands are competing on the quality of their on-shore experiences in an effort to lure in a new generation of cruisers.
Laua Powell, Skift | 7 years ago
All these points are quite basic, but in the chase for bling, brands often forget that they're the building blocks of luxury.
Well-appointed luxury comes at less than a premium in smaller markets, and it's an excellent entry point to demonstrate high-quality hospitality for a new generation of travelers put off by high-priced glitz.
There are vastly fewer retail travel outlets now than two decades ago, but a few creative agents are rethinking how to buy and sell travel in the real world.
