Articles tagged “uk”

Demand for conference space in London is always high, but price considerations usually tend to dampen some of that excitement. With a 15 percent drop against the U.S. dollar though, suddenly post-Brexit London seems like a bargain, relatively speaking.

Would the world's second-largest online travel agency in market cap, Ctrip, entertain the idea of entering the U.S. market to complement its sites in mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore? The x's and o's are unclear but the idea isn't as far-fetched as it might seem given Chinese investment in the U.S. and the Ctrip CEO's statements about his interest in the U.S. market

Travel to the U.S. is more resilient than some other countries, but there are already warning signs that the current climate should be cause for concern.

This is not immaterial to UK travel. They need Americans to (continue to) come flocking and spend as much as they can. As much as it may hurt, VisitBritain and other interests will need to pitch the potential big savings of their destination in the months ahead.

For now nothing will change, except significant spending power impact for British travelers abroad. And pestering questions from whoever meets British travelers along the way: what the hell were you thinking, UK?

Booking sites are prominent throughout the online trip-planning process for U.K. travelers and while they're one of the most used channels for booking, airline and hotel sites become more important when travelers are ready to pull the trigger. Offline travel agents and tour operators are big, too, but not covered by this survey.

The direct booking wars will not be fought by laying out the evidence to parliamentary committees, but in the hearts of consumers. Still, the arguments and the evidence are definitely worth reading

The British millennials value traditional travel agents more than American millennials, but still a large majority have moved away from it, which shows in the number of shuttered high street travel agent store fronts over the last decade or so.

This "review" is positioned in such a way that it could only come out with a pro-sharing stance, which in itself is not a negative but undermines the real work that needs to be done to legitimize such businesses while protecting workers' and consumers' rights.

Where once people would have stayed huddled around their new TVs spending copious amounts on booze, now they're headed to sunny shores on last-minute getaways. Bad for Rooney and the boys, great for Thomas Cook and easyJet.