Articles tagged “sgf2016”

What can Airbnb learn from hotels and what can hotels learn from Airbnb? Watch this video to find out.

Frits van Paasschen brings great perspective to the biggest hotel story of the year and offers a smart take on the puzzles that the travel industry still needs to solve.

The executives behind the success of SXSW and Bonnaroo say they're developing more varied event programming bringing together as many creative elements as possible, so brands have more opportunities to engage attendees at different levels throughout the event experience.

There's a lot of wisdom in this video. Find out why Lola CEO Paul English believes travel startups should get as close as possible to the booking instead of going out and trying to create what he calls the "blah blah blah of travel."

How does a decades-old brand transform itself? Listen to this bonus episode for some insight from Club Med's president.

There's fundamental shift going on in Silicon Valley that the travel industry needs to catch up to: the rise of large-scale, on-demand cloud platforms.

Rail and local connections usually get the short shrift in discussions of travel. Unless you're talking to SilverRail's Gowell, that is.

It's every destination marketing organization's goal to drive visitation to their destination. But as Iceland's ascent as a global tourism giant has shown, explosive growth can bring its own problems and drawbacks.

Catch this episode for insight into the changing world of air travel, from the proliferation of choices and fees to the devaluation of miles.

Watch this video to learn about how various airlines created iconic designs in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Some carriers, such as Lufthansa, still use design elements made popular decades ago.