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Coronavirus
The latest data and insights from our partners show that the travel industry is continuing to return to "traditional" levels of demand, and traveler behavior is looking increasingly like it did before the pandemic.
Wouter Geerts | 2 years ago
Tourism
Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season that will surely test American's resilience for inflation.
Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago
Hotels
It's clear that when Covid outbreak spikes diminish, travel will not revert to precisely how it was before. There will be winners and losers when cities and borders reopen.
Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago
News Blog
Fascinating data point from Expedia Group Media Solutions in its latest Q1 Travel Trend Report: the booking windows which had shrunk dramatically over the last two years of the pandemic uncertainty and low traveler confidence, is now coming back up, based on data from all across the Expedia network and surveys. This is a welcome…
Rafat Ali | 2 years ago
The bright side of Covid for many Indian luxury boutique hotel operators has been the discovery of a domestic clientele, who previously formed a very small share of the pie.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago
Humanizing local communities in popular global tourism destinations is still frighteningly not happening as it should, but Puerto Rico's new campaign shares local stories told about, and by, real individuals to portray a genuine picture of who they are.
Skift Meetings
Face-to-face gatherings are returning but the risk of last-minute cancellations remains a top concern of event planners. [
2 years ago
Media and PR
The Quarantine Atlas and its 65 homemade renderings is a powerful chronicle of the collective pause we went through as a planet. What better way than through maps to remind the travel industry of what was lost, and how to chart a best, and hopeful, course forward.
Tom Lowry | 2 years ago
It’s no secret that the pandemic’s extreme measures have turned advertising on its head, but travel advertising is moving back and forth in leaps, from TV to internet, then back to TV. In 2022, travel brands are showing even more dedication to television, countering all speculation that national TV is coming to an end.
When is the travel industry as a whole going to prioritize sustainability by deed and not word? Time is running out and the complacency and greenwashing around climate action from aviation and cruise, as well as the ongoing lack of better options for the rising conscious consumer are alarming. Most are back to business as usual — and it's scary as hell.
Lebawit Lily Girma | 2 years ago