Research conducted by Booking.com reveals that awareness of eco-friendly accommodation options is growing, with global travelers seeking to book more of these greener stays than ever, while showing a willingness to absorb extra costs to ensure they are traveling more
Travel Trends: Almost twice as many people prefer relaxing vacations to active ones
GfK Research 2017: Almost twice as many people prefer relaxing vacations to active ones In a 17-country online survey conducted by GfK, well over half (59 percent) of people say they prefer a vacation “where I relax and take it
Expedia – One Day in … Destination Video Series
Expedia has put the magic back into travel with a series of well-done short destination videos featuring some of the most exciting places in the world. Let’s take a quick ride around the globe and have a look at some
The preferences of European travelers regarding sustainability
The 2016 edition of the market study Flash Eurobarometer – Preferences of Europeans towards Tourism, published periodically by the European Commission, highlights preferences of travelers from EU countries and provides some interesting insights concerning their motivations with regard to sustainability,
Paradigm shift: From destination management to destination leadership
Tourism destinations: the challenge of ‘managing’ humans instead of things Especially in emerging tourism destinations, destination management structures are either non-existent, volatile or present little market orientation. There may not be a sufficient critical mass of tourism enterprises or visitors
Things I’ve noticed in 2017
In an ever-evolving marketplace, 2017 is yet another exciting year presenting many new developments. Some of the major trends, in general and in tourism, include sustainability, virtual reality, the growth of the sharing economy, increased personalization and focus on the
Moving into the stratosphere with funny in-flight videos
Have you noticed? Most airline passengers do not pay attention when the safety video is being shown. Having seen more of the same again and again, they prefer to look out of the window, fiddle around with their smartphone or
One simple thing you can do while traveling: Avoid disposable plastic water bottles
Enormous quantities of plastic waste are generated every year through the use of plastic water bottles – to give you an idea, we are talking about approximately 50 billion plastic bottles per year in the US alone. While in industrialized
Tourism Organizations – Europe
Tourism Organizations – Europe This page lists tourism organizations in Europe. The purpose of this page is to show different types of organizations, structures and events that European destinations establish to manage and promote themselves. This is not an exhaustive