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Luxury Travel

In-depth coverage of luxury travel, including hotels, cruises, private jet travel, travel advisors and agents, and tour operators.

Hotels

Hilton Will Let You Control TV, Lights, Temp in Your Room From Smartphone

Germaphobes will be relieved not to have to touch a hotel room remote control again.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Hilton Will Let You Control TV, Lights, Temp in Your Room From Smartphone

Business Travel

How Do You Rate a High-End Hotel?

Travel guides, in their various forms, are a dying breed, especially those that require an expensive army of reviewers. They are still valued by agents and others in the industry, but with cheaper alternatives out there, how long can they survive?

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

How Do You Rate a High-End Hotel?

Business Travel

An Inside Look at the Forbes Travel Guide

With so many hotel ratings systems out there, who can you trust? Should ratings systems be open to all, a la the People’s Choice Awards, or do more accurate results come from a system of professionals judging professionals, a la the Oscars or the Tonys? We take a look at one of the world's top rating guides for luxury properties.

Laura Powell, Skift | 6 years ago

An Inside Look at the Forbes Travel Guide

Business Travel

High-End Hoteliers Are Taking Loyalty More Seriously

Luxury hotel brands have lagged behind their cheaper siblings when it comes to loyalty programs. In the past they might not have needed to think about such schemes but with data becoming more and more valuable, companies can no longer afford to ignore them.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

High-End Hoteliers Are Taking Loyalty More Seriously

Hotels

How a Restored Raffles Hotel Will Target a New Generation of Luxury Travelers

How do you update an iconic hotel without losing its charm? That's the challenge currently facing interior designers working on Raffles Singapore.

Laura Powell, Skift | 6 years ago

How a Restored Raffles Hotel Will Target a New Generation of Luxury Travelers
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Luxury

Digging Deeper Into the Traveler Shift Toward Meaning, Purpose, and Fulfillment

Some might feel that the idea of transformative travel can easily be dismissed as marketing hype. But data shows that more and more, customers are seeking out these types of experiences in their actual travels.

Singapore Tourism Board + Skift | 6 years ago

Digging Deeper Into the Traveler Shift Toward Meaning, Purpose, and Fulfillment

Business Travel

Luxury Hotels Aim to Get Smarter About Which Ads Work Best

Sometimes it's the small financing deals that reveal cutting-edge trends in investment and technological opportunity. Curacity must hope that's true of this funding, given that its progress to date has been a slow burn in a promising sector.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Luxury Hotels Aim to Get Smarter About Which Ads Work Best

Online Travel

Nor1 Buys Stay Delightful as More Hotels Upsell Guests on Text Chat

It's old news that many hotels are enabling guests to text requests to the front desk. But it's still early days for them to piece together the tech systems in a way that will let them successfully upsell guests on additional services via chat.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Nor1 Buys Stay Delightful as More Hotels Upsell Guests on Text Chat

Business Travel

Fitness Clubs Are Becoming Hotels – and Vice Versa

With people spending more money on well-being, it makes sense that fitness clubs around the country would spy an opportunity to expand their brands. However, it's important to remember not every gym can have a 40-room boutique hotel above it.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

Fitness Clubs Are Becoming Hotels – and Vice Versa

Business Travel

Urban Sports Resorts Are Closing the Gap Between Fitness and Hospitality

Some of the country's highest-end fitness clubs are taking a gander at the hospitality space. But one athletic club in Chicago has already laid claim to opening the country's first "urban sports resort."

Laura Powell, Skift | 6 years ago

Urban Sports Resorts Are Closing the Gap Between Fitness and Hospitality