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Luxury
This comprehensive archive offers the latest insights, trends, and developments in the luxury travel industry, tailored specifically for professionals and stakeholders in the field. Featuring in-depth analysis and updates on hotels, tours, airlines, and cruise lines, the news stories in this collection provide essential information for those seeking to stay ahead in this rapidly-evolving market.
The Soft Power of Quiet Luxury
A growing group of affluent travelers are done with personal butlers and gold-plated fixtures. To them, luxury is a more personal, one-of-a-kind experience.
LVMH Takes Stake in Boutique Hotel Group Les Domaines de Fontenille
While this is only a minority investment in a small company, LVMH's stake in Fontenille shows its ambition to accelerate its travel and experiential offerings internationally, beyond just Cheval Blanc, Belmond, and Bulgari Hotels & Resorts.
Bulgari’s Contrarian Strategy in Luxury Hotels: Few Locations, No Loyalty Points
Bulgari Hotels isn't just selling rooms. It's selling one of the rarest commodities in modern luxury: restraint.
IHG’s Luxury Brands Tap Multi-Generation Travel for Growth
IHG is revamping its luxury suites and rolling out new training to help cater to a rising trend in multi-generational travel. Who knew family values could be such good business?
Hyatt Exec Explains Soft Brand Strategy With Boutique Luxury Hotels
One of Hyatt's many business models is to take indie luxury hotels that pride themselves on being boutique-y, providing them the benefits of Hyatt (distribution! marketing! operational support!) and then downplaying any sign of corporate involvement in the eyes of guests. So far, it's working.
Marriott Luxury Hotel Push Targets Wealth Transfer to Millennials and Gen Z
Marriott sees an opportunity to tap into luxury travel spending by millennials and Gen Z, expected to inherit tens of trillions of dollars worldwide over the next couple of decades.
Beyond Large Luxury Cruises: The Rise of Boutique Expeditionary Travel
There is a subset of luxury travelers who are taking to the water to find remote, interesting areas that aren’t mobbed. And increasingly, they aren’t opting for hyper-luxe, large scale cruises.
What’s Next For Boutique Hotel Pioneer Richard Kessler
Hotel legend Richard Kessler is still willing to take risks when creating hotels. Think putting dinosaur fossils in hotel lobbies, or displaying modern art in a converted power plant. So far, travelers and Marriott like it.
Hilton to Add 35,000 Jobs in Middle East Push, Regional Head Says
Hilton's jobs push comes as the hotel giant sees surging demand in the region, with visits to its Middle East properties doubling to 2.2 million in the first nine months of the year compared to pandemic levels.