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

How Luxury Hotels Can Adapt to a Rising and Wealthier Middle Class

New luxury consumers need to come from somewhere, and a slightly more wealthy middle class can provide an entry point for brands.

Samantha Shankman | 8 years ago

Business Travel

Luxury River Cruises Take Action to Avoid Irrelevance and Compete on Age

River cruising doesn't just have age problems, its brands are competing on the quality of their on-shore experiences in an effort to lure in a new generation of cruisers.

Laua Powell | 8 years ago

Business Travel

WTTC Report: The New Fundamentals of Luxury Are the Old Fundamentals of Luxury

All these points are quite basic, but in the chase for bling, brands often forget that they're the building blocks of luxury.

Laura Powell | 8 years ago

Business Travel

The Ecosystems Around the Wealthy's Third and Fourth Luxury Vacation Homes

Multiple homeowners are a growing segment of the luxury travel market, so learning to speak and appeal directly to their unique desires is a necessity for any luxury travel provider.

Samantha Shankman | 8 years ago

Business Travel

Brands Focus on Next Phase of Traveler Engagement

Skift's latest research shows a clear shift in demand for more transformative travel experiences among upscale travelers, but we expect many brands will jump on this trend without offering anything significantly new in terms of product or programming.

Greg Oates | 8 years ago

Business Travel

Smarter Travel Agents, Emerging Markets and More — Skift New Luxury

Our New Luxury newsletter gives you unique insight into the changing world of high-end travel.

Jason Clampet | 8 years ago

Luxury

FREE Report: Building Brand Love and Loyalty in Luxury Hospitality

This Skift Trends Report, produced in partnership with International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), explores the many disruptions in luxury travel where tired narratives about what upscale travelers want no longer suffice.

View from ILTM + Skift | 8 years ago

Second- and Third-Tier Cities Have a New Way of Selling Luxury Travel

Well-appointed luxury comes at less than a premium in smaller markets, and it's an excellent entry point to demonstrate high-quality hospitality for a new generation of travelers put off by high-priced glitz.

Laura Powell | 8 years ago

Business Travel

Luxury Travel Spending From Emerging Markets Will Slow in Coming Years

The luxury market is leaning heavily on emerging markets' growing incomes and aspirational lifestyles, so it must be prepared to weather changes in this demand by keeping personalization and authenticity at the forefront.

Samantha Shankman | 8 years ago

Business Travel

The Travel Agents Rethinking the Brick and Mortar Retail Experience

There are vastly fewer retail travel outlets now than two decades ago, but a few creative agents are rethinking how to buy and sell travel in the real world.

Laura Powell | 8 years ago