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.

Business Travel

Smartphones Open Hotel Rooms at Luxury Properties But That Should Be Just the Beginning

Hotels have years to go before guests will routinely be unlocking guest room doors with their mobile apps. Even then, it could be just a gimmick unless hotels make it part of a broader guest-experience enhancement.

Laura Powell | 9 years ago

Business Travel

Luxury Getting Increasingly Democratized Through Social Channels

Consumers' perception on the accessibility of luxury brands is shifting through their daily, almost intimate interactions with both luxury products and the influencers who tout them on social media.

Samantha Shankman | 9 years ago

Luxury

New Research Study: Eight Key Insights Into Today’s Luxury Travel Market

According to a new 2017 study, the evolving luxury travel market offers opportunities to both traditional luxury players, as well as new players outside the space, to engage with a broader range of premium travelers.

L.E.K. Consulting + Skift | 9 years ago

Why Luxury Travel Brands Should Pay Attention to High-End Retail Trends

International spending on luxury goods often tracks movements in worldwide travel. A recent report sheds light on how travel and high-end shopping are intertwined.

Laura Powell | 9 years ago

Business Travel

Luxury Ski Spot Breckenridge Tries to Diversify Its Seasonal Economy

Even luxury destinations must diversify their offerings to bolster the economy in the off-season. Breckenridge's slow and thoughtful approach can serve as a role model.

Samantha Shankman | 9 years ago

Business Travel

The New Luxury Vacation Is Crunchier and Quieter

As guests seek personalization, authenticity, and experiences outside their daily grinds, these well-designed outdoor lodges hit a sweet spot by maintaining a low profile that appeals to their customers' underlying desire to disconnect.

Samantha Shankman | 9 years ago

Business Travel

Luxury Travelers Seek Winter Alternatives to Hard-Hit Caribbean Destinations

No doubt destinations are hoping that visitors will return when islands have a chance to recover and clean up. Old habits and geography are in their favor.

Laura Powell | 9 years ago

Business Travel

Luxury Luggage Raises the Bar for Sophisticated Content Marketing

The travel space is rich in content. That means it's not "if," but "how" luggage brands craft their messages of exploration and sophistication that will ultimately resonate with the customer.

Samantha Shankman | 9 years ago

Business Travel

Luxury Brands Are Beating Mass-Market Brands Across Social Media

Fashion luxury brands generally tend to be ahead of travel brands in terms of marketing innovation and sophistication. We'll continue to watch this space.

Samantha Shankman | 9 years ago

Business Travel

The Demographic That Luxury Travel Marketers Forgot About

Given their relative wealth and amount of free time, mid-lifers — otherwise known as the youngest baby boomers and the oldest Gen Xers — don't seem to be getting the proper respect and attention from travel marketers. A new report suggests that luxury marketers that ignore this group do so at their own peril.

Laura Powell | 9 years ago