Samantha Shankman, Skift
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.
3 years ago
Translations.com + Skift
Gone are the days when travel brands could rely on English as the lingua franca of independent travelers. As more consumers worldwide embrace digital tools to plan and book trips abroad, brands must offer multiple language options along each stage of the process, or lose ground to OTAs.
4 years ago
Samantha Shankman, Skift
The key to shopping tourism is making spending as easy as possible for incoming tourists by breaking down cost and cultural barriers and creating an entire experience centered around stores.
7 years ago
Europe is past its golden age of growth and is now turning to younger, growing nations to revive its own stagnant economy through tourism.
7 years ago
Ian Jack, The Guardian
Destinations like Kefalonia built themselves into places they thought others wanted them to be rather than focusing on what was best for them. The only future that offers is if they can keep finding wealthy visitors who like the same things too.
8 years ago
