Three hospitality executives envision a future in which hotels are sustainable, tech-enabled hubs for travelers and locals alike.
In the 2030s, the best hotels will offer highly personalized guest experiences, sustainable travel options, and attractive employee opportunities.
Spain’s tourism sector has an opportunity to help position the country as a sustainable - and therefore more desirable - tourist destination.
Hopper has acquired 100 million mobile users by offering consumer-friendly financial products and a gamified app experience, according to cofounder Frederic Lalonde.
With China’s travel restrictions lifted, demand is strong among Chinese tourists. Here’s where these travelers plan to go and what they’d like to do.
Understanding what informs transport choices is the first step to encouraging a shift to trains.
Startups play an essential role in spearheading innovation that benefits consumers, businesses, and industries. But travel startups have been underfunded when compared to startups in other sectors. Looking back over the past 15 years, the travel and tourism industry received around 1 percent of funding for startups across all industries. This relatively low level of investment stands out in contrast to the industry’s size: Travel and tourism contributed to over 10 percent of global GDP in 2019. These factors suggest that it’s a tough industry in which to raise money.
Back in 2019, mainland China was the world’s largest outbound travel market with over 150 million outbound travelers. Since then, strong COVID-19 safety measures, including quarantine on arrival, have all but eliminated China’s inbound and outbound travel.
It’s too big to ignore - yet its future is far from certain. Companies need to dip a toe in the water and plan to take the plunge should developments warrant.
This installment of the Travel Disruptors series spotlights an accommodations company that wants to use design and technology to build a better-traveled world open to all.