Luxury Travelers Taking a Shine to Sabbaticals
Laura Powell, Skift
Recess isn't just for schoolchildren anymore. Adults nowadays are starting to take recesses from work to travel the world, oftentimes with famiIy in tow.
21 hours ago
Laura Powell, Skift
Recess isn't just for schoolchildren anymore. Adults nowadays are starting to take recesses from work to travel the world, oftentimes with famiIy in tow.
21 hours ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
As conferences like ILTM get larger — and concepts like luxury and sustainability infiltrate more sectors and price points of the travel industry — it can start to feel like the overuse of these terms is a red flag of sorts.
5 days ago
Laura Powell, Skift
The recent development of high-end niche travel marketplaces demonstrates that luxury travel is expanding in depth, breadth, and focus.
1 week ago
Preferred Hotels & Resorts + Skift
Independent hotels are well-positioned to capitalize on a growing consumer appetite for experiential destinations and one-of-a-kind moments. Enduring soft brands like Preferred Hotels & Resorts are now taking advantage of this shift by tapping their 50-plus years of experience delivering for consumers while boosting revenues and lowering costs for hotel owners.
2 months ago
Laura Powell, Skift
Luxury travel during the past decade has taken off exponentially, driven by growing wealth around the world. It's a natural progression that niche trade shows are popping up to cater to the demand.
1 week ago
Laura Powell, Skift
Wineries and agriturismo accommodations have long drawn travelers to the Italian countryside. But a more recent development is bringing travelers to Italy's once-abandoned hamlets. Other countries are taking note.
2 weeks ago
Laura Powell, Skift
While every destination tries to offer authenticity, few really deliver. But in Italy, scores of local passion projects are serving up the real deal — while helping rural areas make a comeback in a sustainable way.
2 weeks ago
Laura Powell, Skift
The Chinese luxury market is huge but not monolithic. That's why understanding the capabilities of the country's myriad social media apps — and knowing how to nuance messages within them — is key to connecting with this lucrative market.
3 weeks ago
Laura Powell, Skift
Travel marketers need to think outside the box. The icebox, that is. A new research study reports that temperature can impact consumer perceptions of luxury and status.
4 weeks ago
Laura Powell, Skift
How consumers feel about luxury products may depend on how they feel. That is, whether they perceive something to be hot or cold.
4 weeks ago
Laura Powell, Skift
In the multisensory world of travel, it's surprising that it's taken so long for luxury operators to realize that appealing to all five senses is quite sensible.
1 month ago
Meghan Carty, Skift Research
Wellness tourism is here for the long term. Understanding what it is today can help stakeholders find their place in this booming sector.
1 month ago