Luxury

This comprehensive archive offers the latest insights, trends, and developments in the luxury travel industry, tailored specifically for professionals and stakeholders in the field. Featuring in-depth analysis and updates on hotels, tours, airlines, and cruise lines, the news stories in this collection provide essential information for those seeking to stay ahead in this rapidly-evolving market.

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Hotels

How to Run a $7.5 Billion Luxury Hotel Portfolio: Inside Gencom's Strategy

Karim Alibhai's began his career at a Best Western motel. In the decades since, his firm Gencom has bought, sold, and developed eight Ritz-Carltons and dozens of other luxury hotels. Here's his formula.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Hotels

Rooted in Design: Creating a Sense of Place

In episode ten of the Skift Ideas Podcast, Colin Nagy is joined by Ho Ren Yung of Banyan Group for a conversation around crafting spaces and experiences that seamlessly blend luxury, sustainability and wellbeing to shape an unparalleled guest experience.

Adam Stacey | 1 year ago

Luxury

Your IV Is Ready, Sir

Gone are the days when luxury meant high-end lotions and beauty treatments. Hotels are embracing "extreme wellness," which marries sleep, performance, and nutrition.

Lex Haris | 1 year ago

Hotels

The Biggest Innovators in Travel and Hospitality

Big brands have a tendency for stasis: I'm particularly interested to see how AI and new technology will soften the ground for a new wave of hospitality entrepreneurs and visionaries to shape a very dynamic industry, particularly in emerging markets like Saudi.

Colin Nagy | 1 year ago

Glamping in Morocco, with Black Tomato See You In the Moment luxury trips.

Experiences

Luxury Travel Boom to Continue in 2024, Say Travel Advisors

Luxury travelers show a growing interest in particular types of travel, such as multi-generational private group trips, according to some of the leading agencies.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

A group of travelers witness a rhino while on a Singita game drive in Southern Africa.

Experiences

7 Trends Safari Operators in Africa Are Seeing For 2024

Many safari lovers are looking for immersive experiences, and not just chasing the Big 5 animal species.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Hotels

Skift Global Forum East Video: A Long-Term View On Global Growth

Emaar Hospitality Group and Atlantis have been instrumental in Dubai’s transformation into a cosmopolitan metropolis. In this talk, we learn how partnerships with local businesses and government, as well as a strong internal culture, have inspired organic growth and sustained regional success.

Atlantis The Royal + Skift | 1 year ago

Skift Global Forum East Video: Taking Regenerative Tourism from Concept to Reality

In this video from the Skift Global Forum East 2023, Tracy Lanza from Red Sea Global highlights how ambitious tourism development can blend luxury with regenerative practices, showcasing the potential for large-scale developments to not only coexist with but actively improve environments.

Red Sea Global + Skift | 1 year ago

Substance With Style: Redefining Luxury Hospitality

In episode nine of the Skift Ideas Podcast, we are joined by Christopher Norton, CEO of Equinox Hotels, to examine how the evolving expectations of the modern traveler are redefining the way brands are delivering luxury hospitality experiences.

Adam Stacey | 1 year ago

Hotels

IDEAS: Anantara Announces Tented Safari Experience in Zambia

Anantara has announced Anantara Kafue River Tented Camp, a new resort in development on the banks of the Kafue River in Africa.

Adam Stacey | 1 year ago