Can Best Western Really Do Luxury?
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Change is good, but it requires spending a decent chunk of cash and having a coherent strategy.
2 hours ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Change is good, but it requires spending a decent chunk of cash and having a coherent strategy.
2 hours ago
Maria Lenhart, Skift
South Asian destination weddings are a lucrative and growing travel niche, fueled by demand from affluent Indian immigrant communities in North America. However, travel advisors need to be prepared for complex challenges.
17 hours ago
Katrina Nicholas, Bloomberg
Co-working is entering the hotel space more and more, and even going luxe when the historic Raffles Hotel in Singapore reopens later this year, just as we predicted last year.
7 days ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
With their extensive global contacts, luxury tour operators have an advantage over newer wellness upstarts. They've just got to make sure they are putting on the kind of vacations travelers want.
1 week ago
Samantha Shankman, Skift
Luxury tour operators have incredible advantages over wellness industry competitors in crafting dynamic, immersive wellness-first travel experiences. However, they must adapt to this new market quickly to avoid stagnation in crafting luxury that is better-suited to past generations.
1 week ago
Nikki Ekstein, Bloomberg
We've seen trip-planning tools come and go, but this Wanderlist one might thrive because its users get additional assistance from real travel experts who charge fees. Until artificial intelligence improves substantially, this hybrid digital and human approach is the most promising approach.
1 week ago
Tom Metcalf, Alex Sazonov and Suzanne Woolley, Bloomberg
Vendors sometimes take advantage of ultra-rich travelers, thinking they won't notice extra charges. If you're in that tax bracket, do us a favor — check your credit card bills.
2 weeks ago
Kim Bhasin, Cécile Daurat, and Matt Townsend, Bloomberg
Fears of a Chinese slowdown have spooked luxury brands that look to outbound tourists from the world's second-largest economy to fill their shops. We at Skift can worry with the best of them about global trends, but for now, this Chinese spending decline seems modest and manageable.
2 weeks ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Sometimes the best way to succeed is to take a contrarian approach.
2 weeks ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Like the other big hotel companies, Accor thinks it has gaps in its portfolio it needs to fill. Let's see if guests feel the same way.
2 weeks ago
Laura Powell, Skift
Another example of a luxury brand extending its reach into hospitality is developing out of Paris. But the question is, do we really need another luxury hotel brand? Maybe, if it has a certain je ne sais quoi.
2 weeks ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
These days every good hospitality company needs an alternative accommodations strategy.
3 weeks ago