Megatrends 2015: Alternative Travel Is Now a Reality Across the World
Skift Take
The sharing economy has spread to every sector of the travel industry and every corner of the globe pushing it from a small community of global explorers to a full-fledged industry needing regulation and customer protection like the traditional market it sought to complement.
Last month we launched our first ever magazine, Megatrends Defining Travel in 2015, where we identify the global trends in travel in 2015 and beyond, and focus on three emerging key themes: Mobile. Seamless. Experiential. Below is an extract from the one of the trends in the magazine.
Book a room at big box Marriott. Sign up for a packaged double-decker bus tour. Wait as the hotel concierge hails you cab to his restaurant recommendation. Isolated from reality, travelers often wonder about the lives of people who actually live in the city they are visiting.
This experience, a byproduct of limited access and awareness, was once the only way to explore a new city. A frustration that’s birthed a second option taking travelers into quaint East Village apartments, on intimate walking tours led by local professors, and to community meals shared with strangers in Williamsburg lofts.
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