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Tourism
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at a new forecast of U.S. outbound tourists, hotels using TikTok to drive IRL visits, and easyJet‘s new green deal.
Skift | 2 years ago
News Blog
A new survey has found that "affluent" Americans are planning to take nearly twice as many international trips in the next 12 months, compared to before the pandemic. Some demographics are also ready to spend twice as much too. The 2,000 respondents in a poll, called Portrait of American International Travelers and published by marketing…
Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago
Hotels
The incoming CEO of MMGY Global, a travel marketing agency, is advising hotel clients not to let their marketing get whipsawed by every fluctuating news headline.
Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago
Skift Meetings
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are strategic business imperatives event planners look at when choosing the site of their next gathering. Demographics and the political climate are also important facets of a destination being considered for an event.
2 years ago
What's done is done as it relates to the tourism dollars lost in the Dominican Republic this summer. The country is fighting perception at this point, but instead of blaming the media, it should look at local travel industry partners as a means to help regain consumer confidence.
Danni Santana, Skift | 4 years ago
Business Travel
Domestic leisure travel among Americans appears to be getting stronger, helping to offset declining growth in international visitors to the U.S. It's also growing in new directions, with glamping and cultural tours especially popular.
Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago
Some U.S. travelers will always want to stay close to home, regardless of the state of the world. Road trips to visit nearby friends and family continue to be the foundation of most American trips, and that will likely be the case again this year.
Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago
The quick takeaway: Not all wealthy U.S. travelers travel the same way.
Laura Powell, Skift | 7 years ago
Online Travel
Whoever believes that online travel agencies are down and out during this direct bookings push by hotels is sorely mistaken. Not only does this data show travelers still fully embrace booking sites, it also shows that they're increasingly using them on mobile devices -- a platform increasingly eating share from desktop.
Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago
MMGY's annual study shows that Americans are resilient in the face of terrorism and other adverse factors at home and abroad and are also planning to make 2016 one of the better years for travel in recent memory.