Articles tagged “weddings”

Tourism

Skift India Daily: Adventure Tourism Operators Need to Improve Safety Measures

Bungy jumping, scuba diving and paragliding may offer a lifetime of unmatched thrills, but are tour operators selling these thrills playing by the rulebook?

Skift India Daily: Adventure Tourism Operators Need to Improve Safety Measures

Business Travel

Surging Demand for Milestone Celebrations Means New Business for Advisors

Despite the opportunity, there are challenges involved in successfully putting together celebration travel. One of the biggest ones is to keep things under control with unwieldy groups, particularly if there is no designated group leader.

Meetings

Cvent Hitches Up With Wedding Spot to Boost Venue Business

Cvent remains committed to bringing new products to its customers through acquisitions. By diving into the U.S. market for weddings, the event tech giant hopes to keep its platform relevant despite the friction it creates for hotels and planners alike.

Cvent Hitches Up With Wedding Spot to Boost Venue Business

Business Travel

Travel Advisors Tap Into Lucrative Destination Weddings Driven by Immigrants

South Asian destination weddings, which involve large groups and multi-night stays, are big business for a growing number of resorts and travel advisors. Succeeding in the niche requires a marriage of cultural knowledge and logistical skill.

Business Travel

Travel Advisors Find South Asian Destination Weddings Very Lucrative But Tough

South Asian destination weddings are a lucrative and growing travel niche, fueled by demand from affluent Indian immigrant communities in North America. However, travel advisors need to be prepared for complex challenges.

Travel Advisors Find South Asian Destination Weddings Very Lucrative But Tough

Hotels

Lifestyle Adventure Resorts Target the Future Luxury Traveler

The next generation of upscale soft adventure resorts are building out their experiential programming and content to offer more variety for a wider range of leisure and group clientele.

Lifestyle Adventure Resorts Target the Future Luxury Traveler

Tourism

The Honeymooning Habits of Marrying Millennials in the U.S.

Travel plays an important role in millennials' lives, which translates over to their honeymoon experience where they are looking to go further and experience more to mark the occassion.

The Honeymooning Habits of Marrying Millennials in the U.S.

SkiftX

10 Most Desired Wedding and Honeymoon Destinations of 2013

One trend is clear: Beaches are the most desired destination among newlyweds. It would interesting to find how many of these searches translate into bookings and how many U.S. users search for Bali and end up in Boca.

10 Most Desired Wedding and Honeymoon Destinations of 2013

Tourism

Hawaii’s New Gay Marriage Law Expected to Boost Tourism by $217 Million

Hawaii's fast-paced tourism growth has slowed over the last year, but a new law passing gay marriage opens the islands up to an entirely new group of visitors.

Hawaii’s New Gay Marriage Law Expected to Boost Tourism by $217 Million

Tourism

If Hawaii Acts Quickly it Has a $217 Million Gay Tourism Bonanza Waiting