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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

Hotels Experiment With Pop-Ups to Attract New Audiences

Given that luxury is all about rarity, it's no wonder that pop-ups of all sorts are creeping into the high-end arena. In the world of hospitality, basic pop-up accommodations have been springing up at festivals like Coachella for awhile. But more elaborate, ephemeral digs are only now starting to pop up in unexpected places around the world.
Laura Powell | 7 years ago
Luxury

InterContinental Hotels Is Taking Kimpton Global

Kimpton is pretty unknown in Europe and Asia but that is about to change. Whether it truly is a luxury brand is a moot point; InterContinental Hotels Group thinks it is, and will be pushing it as such.
Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago
Business Travel

Accor Makes Another High-End Acquisition

AccorHotels has made quite a shift upmarket in the last couple of years and it's unlikely the acquisition of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts will be the end of its dealmaking exploits.
Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago
Business Travel

How Do You Rate a High-End Hotel?

Travel guides, in their various forms, are a dying breed, especially those that require an expensive army of reviewers. They are still valued by agents and others in the industry, but with cheaper alternatives out there, how long can they survive?
Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago
Business Travel

An Inside Look at the Forbes Travel Guide

With so many hotel ratings systems out there, who can you trust? Should ratings systems be open to all, a la the People’s Choice Awards, or do more accurate results come from a system of professionals judging professionals, a la the Oscars or the Tonys? We take a look at one of the world's top rating guides for luxury properties.
Laura Powell | 7 years ago
Business Travel

High-End Hoteliers Are Taking Loyalty More Seriously

Luxury hotel brands have lagged behind their cheaper siblings when it comes to loyalty programs. In the past they might not have needed to think about such schemes but with data becoming more and more valuable, companies can no longer afford to ignore them.
Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago
Business Travel

Luxury Hotels Aim to Get Smarter About Which Ads Work Best

Sometimes it's the small financing deals that reveal cutting-edge trends in investment and technological opportunity. Curacity must hope that's true of this funding, given that its progress to date has been a slow burn in a promising sector.
Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago
Business Travel

Fitness Clubs Are Becoming Hotels – and Vice Versa

With people spending more money on well-being, it makes sense that fitness clubs around the country would spy an opportunity to expand their brands. However, it's important to remember not every gym can have a 40-room boutique hotel above it.
Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago