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Articles tagged “black travel movement”

Tourism

More Black Travelers Hit the Great Outdoors as Camping Activity Jumps

Black outdoor enthusiasts are camping, hiking, rock climbing, and RVing in greater numbers. But it’s not because white America, which dominates the sector, reached out. Black America made it happen.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 6 years ago

More Black Travelers Hit the Great Outdoors as Camping Activity Jumps

Tourism

African Tourism Boards Often See the American Traveler as White

While there’s interest among African tourism boards in marketing actively to black Americans, these boards are missing opportunities by not diversifying their strategies.

Dana Givens, Skift | 6 years ago

African Tourism Boards Often See the American Traveler as White

Tourism

How Driving Defines Us: The Future of American Road Trips

Road trips in the United States are statistically on the rise due to both economic and cultural factors. These vacations have incredible potential to reflect what's simmering beneath the surface of contemporary America.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 6 years ago

How Driving Defines Us: The Future of American Road Trips

Business Travel

Professional Retreats Show Black Travel Movement Gets Down to Business

Somewhere between leisure travel and a career boot camp lies a professional retreat. Now, there's one that acts as a safe space for black professionals.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 6 years ago

Professional Retreats Show Black Travel Movement Gets Down to Business

Tourism

The Detroit Travel Story Is Starting to Get Rewritten by the Black Travel Movement

The mainstream media currently has control of the Detroit travel story, but the Black Travel Movement is about to redefine what it means to visit the blackest city in America.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 6 years ago

The Detroit Travel Story Is Starting to Get Rewritten by the Black Travel Movement

Business Travel

Black Millennial Travelers Plan Trips Around Safety and Acceptance

New data suggest that black travelers make decisions based on safety and acceptance, but should black travelers have to pay more than their white counterparts for those benefits?

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 7 years ago

Black Millennial Travelers Plan Trips Around Safety and Acceptance

Tourism

Black Travel Movement Gets Even More Relevant

The Black Travel Movement becomes all the more relevant as the NAACP issues a travel warning domestically, and destinations question what Confederate monuments say to visitors. Take a look back at our coverage of this $48 billion market.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 7 years ago

Black Travel Movement Gets Even More Relevant

Media and PR

Black Travel Marketing Gets Political

Travel marketing in the Trump era will likely get more political, and that includes ads designed by the woke leaders of the Black Travel Movement.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 7 years ago

Black Travel Marketing Gets Political

Business Travel

DNA Testing Becomes a Heritage Tourism Hook for Black Travelers

Recent advances in DNA testing have made the service more accurate and affordable, which opens up the heritage tourism market to black Americans like never before.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 8 years ago

DNA Testing Becomes a Heritage Tourism Hook for Black Travelers

Tourism

Airbnb, Police Brutality and More Ways Travel Is Different for Black Travelers

The Black Travel Movement in the U.S. has gained serious momentum in the last couple of years, and the industry would be wise to understand the struggles and spending decisions of black travelers. Police brutality and racism on Airbnb's platform are significant parts of the equation.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 8 years ago

Airbnb, Police Brutality and More Ways Travel Is Different for Black Travelers