Articles tagged “travel trends”

This week in hospitality, we had news from the International Luxury Travel Market that Jumeirah Group is launching a new upper upscale lifestyle brand in 2019. In other news, Airbnb turns its marketing focus to its 600,000 Superhosts.

This week in aviation, Brexit is weighing on Scandinavian airline SAS as interested parties wait for parliamentary approval in the UK on the withdrawal agreement. Hawaiian Airlines has worries of a different sort, saying it will miss its fourth-quarter revenue targets.

This week in tourism news, a new matching site could help solo seniors find buddies for their next trips. The Philadelphia tourism board also looks at under-appreciated demographics, targeting Latino travelers after yearlong dividends from a black-centric campaign.

This week in digital news, Trivago has a court date to address reportedly misleading consumers about its hotel comparisons. Then, Expedia insists that alternative accommodations aren't a huge threat to hotels, and we have more analysis of the massive Marriott data breach.

This week in hospitality, Marriott revealed a gargantuan security breach involving 500 million Starwood guests. And, as Airbnb continues on its path to going public, the company hired a longtime Amazon executive as its new chief financial officer.

This week in digital news, European Commission antitrust regulators are investigating the business practices of distribution-tech providers Amadeus and Sabre. We also have analysis on Marriott's massive data breach and the impending arrival of 5G.

This week in tourism, the UK and EU have a withdrawal agreement, but the UK parliament could vote it down. Meanwhile, as Europe faces overtourism issues, its travel commission adopts a value-based, not volume-based, approach for 2019.

This week in aviation: Indigo Partners, the private equity firm that controls Frontier Airlines, agreed in principle to invest in Iceland's ailing Wow Air. Back stateside, United Airlines is feeling confident about strong demand and lower fuel prices.

This week in aviation, EasyJet is preparing for Brexit as actively and confidently as possible, and we take a look at what "premium economy" really means as class definitions evolve.

This week in tourism news, we have a long read about the development of art tourism on Japan's Naoshima Island, plus, international arrivals into the U.S. are expected to break a record in 2018.