Articles tagged “consumer travel trends”

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Travel Booking

New Report: Unpacking the Need-to-Know Trends from Expedia Group

Curious which trends will drive consumer travel interest in 2024? Expedia Group’s “Unpack ‘24” report offers actionable insights to help travel companies align with an array of offbeat trends and connect with travelers.

Expedia Group + Skift | 5 months ago

New Report: Unpacking the Need-to-Know Trends from Expedia Group

Hotels

Hilton Report Reveals Trends in App Adoption, Mocktails and Resorts

Hilton has released a "trends report" aimed at consumer news sites. These three points are noteworthy for industry insiders.

Sean O'Neill | 7 months ago

Hilton Report Reveals Trends in App Adoption, Mocktails and Resorts

Tourism

Consumers Still Have Heaps of Cash, but ‘Old Normal’ Could End Revenge Travel

Cash levels have stayed higher than many economists feared and that has supported a surge in travel. But the trend points to more traditional spending patterns.

Seth Borko | 9 months ago

Consumers Still Have Heaps of Cash, but ‘Old Normal’ Could End Revenge Travel

Tourism

A Third of Americans Plans to Cut Back on Travel Spending This Year: New Skift Research U.S. Travel Tracker

An increasing number of Americans have started to feel the pinch of increasing travel prices. Thirty-four percent of Americans, 10 percentage points higher than last October, plan to decrease their spending on travel in the next 12 months.

Varsha Arora, Skift Research | 1 year ago

A Third of Americans Plans to Cut Back on Travel Spending This Year: New Skift Research U.S. Travel Tracker
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Travel Technology

Q&A: Putting Customer Care at the Heart of the Travel Experience

Whatever you call it — travel insurance, fintech, trip protection, peace of mind — the past several years have shown travelers the importance of having a safety net. That shift has led to new opportunities for travel brands to use insurance products to improve their technology, increase loyalty, build lifetime customer value, and drive revenue.

Allianz Partners + Skift | 1 year ago

Q&A: Putting Customer Care at the Heart of the Travel Experience

Tourism

Americans Not Deterred by Higher Travel Prices: New Skift Research U.S. Travel Tracker

High season ... what high season? In September, 57 percent of Americans traveled, 10 percentage points higher than last September. The normal fall slump after the summer months did not occur, highlighting how the vacation season is being stretched as demand — and prices — remain high.

Wouter Geerts | 1 year ago

Americans Not Deterred by Higher Travel Prices: New Skift Research U.S. Travel Tracker

Announcements

State of Travel 2022: New Skift Research

So much has happened in the travel industry in recent years. This new report by Skift Research puts perspective on those dizzying changes by providing definitive and data-driven insight into the current state of the travel industry, and the trends that will shape the future.

Varsha Arora, Seth Borko & Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 2 years ago

State of Travel 2022: New Skift Research

Online Travel

Airbnb CEO on Travel’s Marketing Funnel and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Airbnb believes its rivals have the travel marketing funnel all wrong, hostel brand Generator is targeting cities lacking affordable hostels and Tunisia is broadening its tourism branding with help from the U.S.

Allison Armijo | 2 years ago

Airbnb CEO on Travel’s Marketing Funnel and Other Top Stories This Week

News Blog

Travel Site Map Happy Becomes a Penske Media Brand

Map Happy, a news-you-can-use, consumer travel site run by co-founder and CEO Erica Ho, has joined Penske Media as part of its SHE Media network of voicey content brands, such as SheKnows, BlogHer, STYLECASTER, and Soaps. The companies didn't disclose the terms of the deal but Ho said it would "bring more firepower." Map Happy…

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Tourism

Remote Work Drives Long Trips for Americans: New Skift Research Travel Tracker

The U.S. travel industry seems to be in full recovery mode. In July, 53 percent of Americans traveled, a 5-percentage-point jump from the same time last year.

Haixia Wang | 2 years ago

Remote Work Drives Long Trips for Americans: New Skift Research Travel Tracker