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Articles tagged “experiential travel”

Hotels

Billionaire’s Sommerro Hotel in Oslo Taps Into Immersive Neighborhood Trend

Billionaire Petter Stordalen's new hotel in Oslo, Sommerro, and his soon-to-open sister property, Villa Inkognito, are noteworthy. They take the experiential travel trend in new directions.

Leslie Barrie | 1 year ago

Billionaire’s Sommerro Hotel in Oslo Taps Into Immersive Neighborhood Trend

Hotels

Rosewood Hotels Aims to Double Luxury Footprint This Decade

Rosewood practices arbitrage, luxury-hotel style. The company seems to believe that the three most important words in hospitality real estate are experience, experience, and experience.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Rosewood Hotels Aims to Double Luxury Footprint This Decade

News Blog

Aman Hotels Now Valued at $3 Billion After $900 Million Fresh Investment

Aman Group has received a $900 million investment from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Cain International, the London-based privately-held real estate investment firm. The transaction now values the Swiss hospitality brand at $3 billion, said Cain in a press statement. The investment will be used to enhance the existing portfolio, drive the construction pipeline…

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

Hotels

The Margaritaville CEO on Just How Far the Jimmy Buffett Brand Can Go

Millennials think they invented experiential, lifestyle brands. But Margaritaville CEO John Cohlan was perfecting these ideas before many of today's hotel execs had sipped their first margaritas. Cohlan helped to turn Jimmy Buffett's music into a billion-dollar empire, and he has lessons to share.

Sean O'Neill and Andrea Doyle, Skift | 2 years ago

The Margaritaville CEO on Just How Far the Jimmy Buffett Brand Can Go

Ground Transport

Hornblower’s Private Equity Backers Help It Grow Travel Experience Ambitions

Hornblower's private equity investor Crestview kept the faith in the experiences operator during the pandemic. Now the investor is supporting a global mergers and acquisitions strategy that could amp up the company's momentum.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Hornblower’s Private Equity Backers Help It Grow Travel Experience Ambitions

Business Travel

G Adventures Attracts Investment From Private Equity Firm Certares

With plenty of dinero within reach, Certares is in a position to latch onto companies that fit into trends that the PE firm believes will be at the forefront when a post-Covid travel recovery finally takes hold. G Adventures apparently fits the bill.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

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Hotels

How Mercure Hotels Is Giving Travelers a Sense of Place with Local Food, Beverage, and Craftsmanship

A “midscale” hotel brand may have once brought to mind conventional design, amenities, and food and beverage. But Mercure Hotels is making moves to show that midscale hotels can provide the unparalleled uniqueness of a local experience and become a portal to the destination.

Accor Group + Skift | 5 years ago

How Mercure Hotels Is Giving Travelers a Sense of Place with Local Food, Beverage, and Craftsmanship

Airlines

U.S. Experiential Traveler Trends 2019: New Skift Research

In the third iteration of this survey, we give an in-depth look at how the modern American travelers’ values, attitudes, and behaviors have changed or remained constant over time.

Meghan Carty, Skift Research | 5 years ago

U.S. Experiential Traveler Trends 2019: New Skift Research

Online Travel

TripAdvisor Emphasizes Experience Booking and 13 Other Digital Trends This Week

This week in digital news, TripAdvisor moves away from the crowded hotel booking scene, USA Today Travel suffered when it moved online, and travel advisors realize boomers may be the most lucrative customers.

Isaac Carey, Skift | 5 years ago

TripAdvisor Emphasizes Experience Booking and 13 Other Digital Trends This Week
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Business Travel

Five Trends That Will Shape Experiential Travel in 2019

It might not be surprising to hear that rich experiences will continue to be high on the lists of travelers in 2019. But there are a few trends that will shape the types of experiences they’ll be looking for.

Expedia Group Media Solutions + Skift | 5 years ago

Five Trends That Will Shape Experiential Travel in 2019