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Online Travel
This reporter managed to include Kourtney Kardashian's Insta in this story about travel tech. #winning #socialmedia #thinkfluencer
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 9 months ago
Business Travel
Digital nomads are welcome in Bermuda and San Diego. In a further reflection of how tourism marketing has changed, Singapore, too, is shifting gears and targeting locals, many of whom only think attractions in the city-state are only for the rich and privileged.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago
Coronavirus
The comped influencer trip has long been a divisive idea in the travel industry, but in the context of the pandemic, some are asking if it should exist at all.
Rosie Spinks, Skift | 2 years ago
Media and PR
With the travel industry at a historic low, it's hard to see how travel influencers may survive. But with people spending more time than ever on their phones, influencers may find themselves with a heightened level of audience trust when travel starts to reopen.
Tourism
E-commerce is unlocking new opportunities for travel and tourism gurus in Egypt and the Middle East. Local entrepreneurs are attempting to capitalize on the convenience of having an online business, but filling the gap for much-needed niche tourism services can be difficult to accomplish in a highly competitive market.
Reem Abdellatif, Skift | 2 years ago
Hotels and other brands would welcome a tool that enables them to accurately tally the number of bookings that can be directly attributed to various influencers. But it remains to be seen how effectively Six Travel can deliver on its promises.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago
TripAdvisor already was a social travel site before the beta launch of its new travel feed, and it has resources in this area that many failed startups didn't have — namely, a massive user base, a global brand, and profit. Still, this site redesign may not move the proverbial needle as much as the company hopes.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago
Influencers are still getting a chunk of some travel brands' marketing budgets, but the amount of pull they have over travelers' trip decisions is questionable. As the form matures, influencers and brands are still figuring out the rules of the road.
Dan Peltier, Skift | 4 years ago
Black female travel influencers work overtime: explaining blackness to others, facing racism and related physical dangers, and convincing brands to work with them in the first place. It's a rare influencer who does all of that while promoting awareness of cultural appropriation.
Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press | 4 years ago
Airlines
The lenses through which we view the travel ecosystem are often heavily distorted. The first step toward countering it is acknowledgement.
Colin Nagy, Skift | 5 years ago
