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Articles tagged “destinations”

Skift Meetings

Conference Destinations Compete With Academic Firepower

This report ranks destinations based on representation in international association leadership. It introduces a “harnessing ratio” as an indicator of how well destinations are leveraging their intellectual capital to attract conventions.

10 months ago
Conference Destinations Compete With Academic Firepower

Tourism

Tourists Are Equally Satisfied Visiting Lesser-Known Places, Study Shows

If there's clear evidence that tourists are equally happy in lesser-visited areas, will the travel industry come together to rework those problematic bucket lists and spread tourism's benefits? Or will it continue to be economic recovery first, followed by more sustainability pledges?

Lebawit Lily Girma | 12 months ago

Tourists Are Equally Satisfied Visiting Lesser-Known Places, Study Shows

Tourism

Destinations Look Beyond Bad White-Label Tech to Drive Bookings Themselves

Destination marketers are skilled at helping travelers plan trips, but they're poor at encouraging transactions. Are they missing a trick by not driving more direct bookings and, thus, helping to level the playing field for the smallest travel suppliers?

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Destinations Look Beyond Bad White-Label Tech to Drive Bookings Themselves

Tourism

Milan Tourism Campaign Amid Omicron Could Be Smartly Timed

Pandemic ups and downs aside, a destination must stay top of mind with travelers. For Milan, repositioning the city's image means finding creative ways to hit the right note of cheer until a recovery is here to stay.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 1 year ago

Milan Tourism Campaign Amid Omicron Could Be Smartly Timed

Announcements

Announcing Skift’s 2022 Calendar of Events

We're excited to be coming back with more hybrid events with this robust calendar of forums and summits in 2022. In addition to the return of our Megatrends and Europe Forum, we will be launching two new events: a Lodging Summit in May, and a Middle East Global Forum in December.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 1 year ago

Announcing Skift’s 2022 Calendar of Events

Announcements

Take This Survey on Post-Covid Event and Destination Trends

What will change for the event industry in the post-pandemic world? What roles will destinations play in the shift? Take a short survey and share your insights with us. All respondents get a complementary Skift Research report and get a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.

Haixia Wang | 1 year ago

Take This Survey on Post-Covid Event and Destination Trends

Tourism

A Deaf Traveler Opens Up About Making Travel More Accessible

Accessible travel shouldn't be something to be checked off a list. Instead, Marlene Valle says, it's a human right.

Ruthy Munoz | 2 years ago

A Deaf Traveler Opens Up About Making Travel More Accessible

Announcements

Join Us for Our Destination and Sustainability Summit on July 21

As many destinations start to open their borders and welcome back travelers, how can tourism add value to local communities in more environmentally friendly and impactful ways? You don't want to miss these timely conversations as tourism faces new challenges and opportunities.

Brian Quinn, Skift | 2 years ago

Join Us for Our Destination and Sustainability Summit on July 21

Hotels

U.S. Travel’s Great Summer of Shortage

Some sectors will feel the labor shortfall versus surging travel demand more acutely than others. Solutions will be complex — and protracted.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago

U.S. Travel’s Great Summer of Shortage

Coronavirus

Introducing Skift Liveblog on Travel’s Great Reopening, by the Numbers

Our Reopening Travel liveblog explains the when and the where of how the reopening and recovery of travel is unfolding by the numbers and where it goes from here. Check it out at Reopening.travel.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 2 years ago

Introducing Skift Liveblog on Travel’s Great Reopening, by the Numbers