Rafat Ali

Climate directly impacts environmental resources that are major tourism attractions on small islands. Expect much more upheaval in the near future.

Drone videos are a new arsenal that travel marketers should be looking at seriously now, while the novelty wow factor lasts. There is a lot to learn from amateur enthusiasts and independent video professionals, all of whom converge mostly on Vimeo.

A 1 meter sea level rise would result in the loss or damage of 21 airports, inundation of land surrounding 35 ports and at least 149 multi-million dollar tourism resorts damaged or lost in the Caribbean nations. This is all very real.

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It is rare that CEOs of airlines talk about their digital efforts in so much granular detail at investor conferences, so it is informative to hear Anderson's words around mobile and in-flight wi-fi.

The fact that other countries are rushing to attract visitors from the BRICS means these traditionally visa-restrictions-bound citizens will have a lot easier time moving around the world.

The key learnings are in the socio-demographic breakdowns: the young are using and seeking out travel information in many different ways than previous generations have, and the shares of various channels are likely continue to change in the next few years.

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The rise of metasearch as led to consumers comparison shopping in big ways, the shopping cart abandonment numbers are in line with that.