Articles tagged “sgf2016”

U.S. Travel is pushing us to take more time off, but millennials are nervous, and middle managers aren't listening. Also, tourism bureaus are doing a better job at communicating the economic impact of travel, and Brand USA is starting to see results with a 10 percent jump in international inbound intent-to-travel.

The CEO of the world's largest cruise ship company believes this is the "golden age of cruising." Listen in to see why.

Until now what the modern day supertraveler thinks and wants has not really been understood. The Supertraveler Manifesto lifts the lid on these high maintenance, highly connected individuals.

Travel brands need to dream bigger, Walker argues, and realize that consumers and venture capitalists are more ready for technology reinventions rather than improvements -- aka band-aids. Accepting that reinventions don't render everything obsolete is a great place to start with this imagination.

Most travel brands probably get too focused on day-to-day operations to think about stepping back and telling a story. That should probably change, and Nwokorie's ideas seem like a good place to start.

As consumers become more comfortable with last-minute mobile booking — and require more depth in their travel experiences — those who sell tours and activities need to adapt their offerings.

A race to the bottom on fares benefits no one. Airlines need to remember that consumers look at other things apart from the final price.

The Standard and Bunkhouse properties have developed highly engaged communities of loyal guests and local residents due to their carefully curated design and social spaces unique to their neighborhoods.

Most startups fail, as Anand Sanwal of CB Insights points out, and sounding pessimistic can sometimes sound smart. But big companies should ignore them at their peril because, as he says, "They're not coming for your basis points, they're coming for your commas."

Booking.com, which does more than 1,000 A/B tests daily, is testing a rewards program for business travelers, but CEO Gillian Tans still believes that true loyalty is more about delivering its core product for customers than points and rewards schemes.