Tourism News

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

Dubai knows it can't rely solely upon people spending silly money, it needs to diversify the experiences available to visitors.

It's the most wonderful time of the year...for travel brands to show consumers all they have to offer to help celebrate the holidays.

Restricting travel to the U.S. for people holding Iraqi, Iranian, Sudanese, and Syrian citizenship may seem like a political slam dunk, but it will almost certainly impact international travelers who simply hold dual citizenship. If, of course, they choose to self-report on themselves.

Cities are the future of travel and if Africa wants to expand its offerings beyond safaris, beaches or Ancient Egyptian temples, it'll need to build its cities as gateways that travelers feel comfortable and excited about visiting.

New York has made New York bigger by thinking beyond the one borough and engaging visitors in the new neighborhoods they want to explore.

The success of Tourism Australia's culinary promotion and luxury branding is based on how the stakeholders are all aligning around the message, as much or more so than the actual travel product itself.

When you operate enough ships to comprise half of the global cruise industry, it makes sense to leverage that scale to increase efficiency and savings. It's actually shocking that Carnival Corp. took so long to do so.

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

Travel brands can't ignore a growing market that's ready to spend. They just need to have the right teams in place to spot the opportunities.