Jumeirah’s Big Plans for 2019
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Jumeirah Group is certainly ratcheting up its plans. Broadening its brand portfolio will help with name recognition.
4 days ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Jumeirah Group is certainly ratcheting up its plans. Broadening its brand portfolio will help with name recognition.
4 days ago
Laura Powell, Skift
Where will luxury travelers be jetting off to in 2019? For clues, look at where the world's high-end brands are opening their newest properties.
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Patrick Whyte, Skift
Tourism providers can make big claims about their sustainability credentials, but is anyone really listening?
2 weeks ago
Laura Powell, Skift
While many destinations are upping their sustainability game, a few are actually actively promoting it as a way to attract higher-end visitors. Monaco and Slovenia are trying to prove that selling green will positively color tourism perceptions ... and revenues.
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Kim Bhasin, Bloomberg
While Chinese tourists aren't spending as much in Tiffany's major stores like the flagship in New York, the company does see more opportunities for mainland China.
3 weeks ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Like so many other aspects of the travel industry, honeymoons are evolving. Today's newlyweds want something very different than past generations.
3 weeks ago
Laura Powell, Skift
Well-heeled newlyweds are hoofing to destinations far beyond the beach for their honeymoons these days. Influenced by Instagram and luxury travel advisors, couples with means are looking for more meaningful, adventure-filled post-wedding getaways.
3 weeks ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
High-end travel companies need to find a way of targeting the newly wealthy, or they risk being left behind.
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Rebecca Stone, Skift Research
With the sale of a majority stake in the company's owned and leased hotel business, AccorHotels is a more stable, nimble company, with the ability to pursue additional acquisitions and other strategic initiatives. In our latest research report, we break down what going asset-light means for the company and tackle ways of measuring the success of its M&A strategy.
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Laura Powell, Skift
Just as a gold digger goes after an older mate with deep pockets, so the luxury market has traditionally kept a focus on the mature top 5 percent. But as the world of wealth evolves, companies need to broaden their horizons to consider the new and younger groups that are becoming eligible for elite status.
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Patrick Whyte, Skift
Taking a peek behind the scenes during earnings seasons offers some useful insights. Can Norwegian make a successful play for bigger cruise spenders, and will Belmond eventually sell itself?
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Patrick Whyte, Skift
Ethiopia is slowly making its name in luxury tourism. The question is how fast will the rate of change be?
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