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.

Business Travel

The World of Luxury Tours and Activities

Experiences are becoming a much bigger part of the travel industry and luxury hotels are adding them to their portfolios. The next stage is connecting them to their loyalty programs.

Patrick Whyte | 6 years ago

Hotels

The Roadblocks Airbnb Must Tackle on Its Way to Possible IPO: Skift's Latest Research

What is hurting Airbnb’s ability to see true success? Increasing regulation, the company’s potential impact on local housing markets and the traditional hotel sector, and the company’s increasing role in hospitality and accommodation distribution. In this report, we attack all three.

Rebecca Stone | 6 years ago

Announcements

Skift Wellness Issue One: Examining the Business of Modern Well-Being

Skift Wellness, our new weekly newsletter, curates the best news coverage of the global wellness space. Join us as we dive into the business of wellness, Skift-style.

Leslie Barrie | 6 years ago

Business Travel

The Advantage of Super Exclusivity

As luxury travel continues to democratize, brands that want to attract the super-wealthy need to come up with new and better strategies.

Patrick Whyte | 6 years ago

Business Travel

Luxury Brands Launch College Tours to Meet Maturing Gen Zers

Creating customized college packages is smart for several reasons: Parents are happy to pay for a less stressful experience and young affluent teens become comfortable with a brand during a critical and memorable moment, leading the way for future business.

Samantha Shankman | 6 years ago

Business Travel

Why Hermès Makes It Tough to Find Its Products

Is there a brand out there with more cachet in the luxury world than Hermès? There's a reason for it. The company manages expansion and inventory in a prudent way.

Brian Sumers | 6 years ago

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Business Travel

Luxury Travel Advisors Aim to Put the Person Back in Personalization

Luxury travel advisors can thrive with the help of tech, rather than fear it, according to Matthew Upchurch, CEO of Virtuoso, and Jack Ezon, founder of Embark. Their claim makes intuitive sense.

Sean O'Neill | 6 years ago

Business Travel

When Wellness Tourism Takes Over

Looking after yourself is the new rock 'n' roll, so it makes total sense that "The Live Music Capital of the World" should turn into a wellness center.

Patrick Whyte | 6 years ago

Business Travel

In Austin, Wellness Is Fast Becoming the New Weird

Austin may be best known for its music bona fides, but wellness is also becoming instrumental in bringing an eclectic mix of visitors to the Texas capital city. It must be something in the water ... or in the hills.

Laura Powell | 6 years ago

Business Travel

How Designer Hotels Are Targeting Chinese Tourists

Design-branded properties are well placed to the growing number of Chinese middle- and upper-class consumers, thanks to the intersection of luxury travel and fashion.

Patrick Whyte | 6 years ago