Tourism News

Conference organizers are reaching out to the Paris Convention Bureau more than in the past few months, but the numbers are still significantly below 2015.

It'll be interesting to see how Marriott International positions the Delta Hotels and Resorts brand globally in comparison to its other brands, including its own Marriott brand and Sheraton, following the merger with Starwood.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pumps a bit more energy into NYC & Company's family marketing efforts than Dora the Explorer did. And an international movie premiere can't hurt either.

Rather than outright canceling their international trips, many U.S. travelers of all income levels have decided to change destinations or even hotels to alternatives that make them feel safer after multiple terrorist attacks in Europe and the Middle East.

In the same way that people don't want their plumbers to go freestyle while hooking up their toilets, they don't want people in tourism to be uneducated about the thing they're selling.

Philadelphia and Cleveland have invested heavily in their downtown districts and public-private partnerships, so they're viewing their two national political conventions as coming-out parties for the convention industry.

Global Meetings Industry Day is an advocacy effort by hospitality and tourism companies to promote the value of face-to-face meetings, but there should be more focus on industry insight versus marketing-speak.

These are the tourism trends we were talking about this week.

Forecasts are calling for business travel growth to rebound in 2017; we are eager to see if companies agree.

What happens to the luxury fashion industry as more and more wealthy consumers move their dollars from product to experience?