By focusing on the theme of user experience, the one-day Dive:Event conference could spur a movement among companies toward more customer-centric innovation.
Conference organizers are reaching out to the Paris Convention Bureau more than in the past few months, but the numbers are still significantly below 2015.
Luxury travel is evolving beyond its traditional parameters, and luxe travel brands are meeting these needs by developing more nuanced options for immersive destination experiences so consumers can customize their entire travel journey.
Tourist dollars are shifting to new destinations, largely in Asia, but shopping and world-renowned attractions are still the largest factor influencing where travelers spend.
France will continue to be a big source of tourists, and also a big supporter of building tourism infrastructure in the poor Sub-Saharan African countries, but with China's big forays into the continent, and Middle-East countries investing in the region, that balance is going to change soon.
British tourists’ perceptions of prices following the recession has impacted their travel decisions with Italy and Spain looking like a bargain in comparison to the haute experience they seek in France.
Behind every vacation paradise is a story that most visitors don't understand. In Bali it's a water shortage, in Corsica it's a conflict over the future -- with tourism as the pawn.
Prêt a Manger's parent company has investments in many industries so the purchase of Compagnie du Ponant's three-ship cruise line isn't too far-fetched. No word on whether its all-inclusive price packages includes a sandwich-making station.