Articles tagged “millennials”

Tourism

Most Adventure Travelers Bypass Travel Agents on Road to Independence

Adventure travelers say they would use travel agents and tour operators for their experience in knowing what destinations offer, but these findings question whether these travelers think travel agents and tour operators know exactly what they're looking for: an experience that is all their own.
Online Travel

Understanding the Digital Habits of Millennial Business Travelers

As digital devices augment all levels of the trip for travelers, the business traveler is navigating a landscape both fueled and complicated by the increasing autonomy that mobile technology provides to the individual. Here's how to understand it a little better.
Hotels

Hotels Need to Rework Loyalty Programs to Capture Millennials

Mobile devices and on-demand services from Uber to Seamless are creating a generation more accustomed to instant gratification then the satisfaction of working for reward, and the trend has very real implications for hotels looking to gain millennial travelers' loyalty from a young age.
Hotels

Marriott CEO Concedes Airbnb Does Local Better

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson says he is having "fun" watching the development of Airbnb. He adds that Millennials will be a "massive" portion of Marriott's customer base in a decade. It won't be too much fun, though, if Millennial travelers stray from hotels as their best options for a stay.