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Tourism

China’s Billion-Dollar Dragon Boat Festival Shows Faltered Recovery

China's iconic Dragon Boat Festival has seen year-on-year revenue growth. Still, the overall numbers for the 2023 festival appear to lag when compared to 2019, putting tourism recovery in the spotlight and whether added measures are needed to boost its growth in the world's second-biggest economy.

Reuters | 10 months ago

Hotels

Selina Pushes Into Music Festivals and Wellness Retreats

It's a tantalizing opportunity for Selina to start producing music festivals and wellness retreats at its hospitality venues through new brands. No lifestyle hotel group has cracked the festival space yet, and wellness has lots more room to run.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Tourism

Return of Music Festivals Boosts Tourism Recovery

Music lovers have returned to festivals with a vengeance, but they've also become pickier and more environmentally conscious. So tourism authorities have to adapt to their new priorities.

Paula Krizanovic, Skift | 2 years ago

Luxury

Wellness Targets the Nightlife

Millennials and Gen Z don’t want to kill festivals and clubs with their wellness wants, but they do want the event spaces to keep up with the changing times.

Leslie Barrie, Skift | 5 years ago

Online Travel

Online Festivals Hub Everfest Raises $3.6 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week

About 32 million people attend at least one festival in the U.S. each year, traveling an average of 900 miles to attend one. Everfest has a promising model to profit off this trade by offering exclusive discounts and creating a festival recommendation engine.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Airlines

Southwest Partners with Chicago’s Magnficent Mile After a Fashion

Southwest certainly knows how to break up the monotony of a flight and to use social media to get publicity for a local festival and partnership that would normally elicit only big yawns.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago