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Articles tagged “leisure travel”

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Meetings

Why Downtown Kansas City Is a Creative Crossroads for Business and Leisure Travel

Kansas City’s renaissance has made it a compelling destination for meeting planners who want to provide their attendees with not only top-notch convention infrastructure, but rich art and cultural experiences and next-level culinary offerings.

Visit KC + Skift | 5 years ago

Why Downtown Kansas City Is a Creative Crossroads for Business and Leisure Travel

Business Travel

Travel Advisors Work in Mysterious Ways to Put Discovery Into Vacations

The allure of a mystery vacation is growing for some travelers as the world continues to shrink thanks to an overwhelming flood of photos and videos in social media about the world's great destinations. We see this sector as one set to continue its growth in coming years.

Paul Biasco, Skift | 5 years ago

Travel Advisors Work in Mysterious Ways to Put Discovery Into Vacations

Business Travel

Agencies Find Opportunity When Vacations Are Tacked Onto Business Travel

Conventional wisdom says a good travel agent can arrange leisure travel or corporate travel, but not both. Even if it were true, there’s nothing to prevent the agency from selling both leisure and business travel — except believing conventional wisdom.

Fred Gebhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Agencies Find Opportunity When Vacations Are Tacked Onto Business Travel

Online Travel

Flight Centre Stock Takes a Pounding With Fallout From TV Report Lingering

Flight Centre founder Scroo Turner must be wondering what it takes to keep the market happy. His company reported revenue and profit growth, but still its shares were slashed, with traders wiping more than $50 million off its value.

Allan Leibowitz, Skift | 6 years ago

Flight Centre Stock Takes a Pounding With Fallout From TV Report Lingering

Tourism

U.S. Travel Shifts Focus to Domestic Tourism Amid Prolonged International Slowdown

Any membership-based organization that wants to survive has to take membership feedback to heart. U.S. Travel is doing that in its move to double down on domestic travel promotion. With domestic tourism more than 60 percent of the U.S. travel industry, we wonder why this took so long.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 6 years ago

U.S. Travel Shifts Focus to Domestic Tourism Amid Prolonged International Slowdown
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Business Travel

New Research: Business and Leisure Travel are Becoming Increasingly Blurred

It’s not particularly shocking to learn that travelers combine their business and leisure travels, but it may be somewhat surprising to hear that this is still a rapidly growing phenomenon. Brands should take notice.

Expedia Group Media Solutions + Skift | 6 years ago

New Research: Business and Leisure Travel are Becoming Increasingly Blurred
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Business Travel

It’s Time to Close the Gap Between Corporate and Leisure Travel Tools

Leisure travel has seen increased technology capabilities in recent years, but managed travel still lags far behind. Using an integrated tool that incorporates mobile experiences found in the leisure space can help close the gap to improve traveler satisfaction, drive adoption, and increase savings.

Sabre + Skift | 7 years ago

It’s Time to Close the Gap Between Corporate and Leisure Travel Tools
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Tourism

The Decline of the American Vacation

The majority of Americans agree that taking time off is important, but the reality is, employees are taking fewer vacations today than they were 30 years ago.

Allianz Worldwide Partners + Skift | 8 years ago

The Decline of the American Vacation

Tourism

U.S. Domestic Leisure Travel Sees Lowest Growth Rate Since 2012

The outlook for travel in the U.S. is somewhat cloudy. Low gas prices are bolstering domestic travel, even if its growth rate is creeping downward. The high value of the U.S. dollar and other factors like the upcoming presidential election, however, are suppressing international inbound travel.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 8 years ago

U.S. Domestic Leisure Travel Sees Lowest Growth Rate Since 2012

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Travel Industry a Beneficiary of ‘Seismic’ Shift in Consumer Spending

There are innumerable factors that impact the health of the travel industry but the latest U.S. government numbers on retail spending lead to the conclusion that consumer spending habits are changing. There is a shift in emphasis from purchasing consumer goods toward buying services such as travel. That's a classic tailwind and a very healthy trend indeed for the gamut of leisure-travel businesses.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Travel Industry a Beneficiary of ‘Seismic’ Shift in Consumer Spending