Your 2026 Dream Trip: Where Will You Find Yourself This Year? Not every dream trip begins with wanderlust or an impulse to get away this week. For many travelers looking ahead to 2026, it could begin a little quieter, spawning from a feeling that this winter will linger just a little too long, slowly building…
Why Norwegians Are Rich and Canadians Aren’t — and how the Liberal Era Has Stolen Our Future Building a renewed Pro-Canadian Strategy for National Wealth, National Identity, and a Positive, New Economic Direction (Political commentary) Canada should be one of the richest countries in the world and each citizen should be enjoying the vast national/provincial…
TMR’s Travel Market Reports 2025 A couple of travel market research reports by TMR show geopolitical tensions, overtourism, AI, and economic uncertainty are hampering the travel market. And travel company owners have to decide on how to respond to reduced bookings. Change and challenges like this generate opportunities, or gaps in the marketplace, which in…
Your New Theme of Efficiency, Service and Performance Many travel companies are being forced to reorganize this year as politics reduces travel demand, and travel consumers become harder to reach. Travel has changed. It’s more competitive, revenue outlooks are weaker, and consumers have new expectations about travel companies. You’ll need to improve the message you…
✈️ 20 Travel Startup Ideas (Low-to-Mid Budget) I discussed the many business opportunities in travel for VC investors and entrepreneurs and want to expand with some practical possibilities that you might find very interesting (and profitable). It’s a billion-dollar industry of course, and has a bright future despite current geopolitical, migration, and recessionary issues. People…
Upcoming Tour Operator Conferences and Conventions The Travel and Tourism sector is readying for an exciting winter season along with growth in trips and tour bookings in 2026 as the US and global economies continue their growth. You’ve got some outstanding events planned for this fall, such as Tourpreneurs “TourWeek” in South Carolina, and US…
An Epic Two-Week Journey Through Italy’s Cultural Heartland If you and your special someone are seeking more than a vacation — in search of places that will give you plenty of moments to slow down, decompress, then stir your soul, ignite your curiosity, let you go with the flow and just feel good, then your…
🚀 2025 Best Small Business Opportunity: AI Travel Agency Given the turmoil in the North American travel sector, you might think it’s an industry to stay clear of. And as an entrepreneur, you might not be licensed or have sufficient qualifications to run a travel agency. Then there is the whole challenge of it and…
China Tariffs There’s a lot of interest in the impact of the US reciprocal tariffs of 125% on China. If you’re reading this from China, it’s not a rosy outlook for your country. And the tariff is just one reason. Unfortunately, the massive trade deficit with China and other nations has left the US with…
The US Gargantuan Trade Deficit with the World International Trade has been heralded as the greatest thing all the way back to the 1970s. The claim was based on the premise that nations would exchange goods and services they were able to make, and that countries wouldn’t be taken advantage of or run big deficits…
How Will Tariffs Affect the US Housing Market As we head into the spring buying season, buyers and sellers are confused and curious about the effect of Trump’s import tariffs and how it will play out. Aside from potential higher building costs are a host of other factors that are discussed below. It’s not an…
The Great American Reset As you might know the stock market and the price of oil are rocketing downward and the Dem media are trying to create an uproar on the job loss fears. The fervor is more about political points gained than in compassion for Americans. As the Dow, S&P, NASDAQ and Russell indexes…
Europe on the Brink of Economic Disaster After President Trump announced its sweeping tariffs on imports into the US, Europe has suffered paroxysms of fear and doubt about its continued existence. While the EU is justifiably unhappy about the new tariffs of 20% on the EU, they should recognize that it could be much worse….
Trump’s Tariffs in Effect Yesterday, President Trump announced his promised, sweeping tariffs on foreign imports into the US, and the world looks very different. He lamented that this is the end of taking advantage of the US and it will be a boom economic period in the US. Today, investors dumped their favorite stocks of…
Is the US Travel Market Crashing? We’ve been waiting for US national travel data for 2025 to begin rolling in and it’s arriving. What the initial data is telling us is that the US and Canadian travel markets are taking a downturn, and it’s surprising how steep the decline is. While the harm is immediate,…
Travelers Changing Vacation Preferences President Trump’s tariffs are only beginning to send negative ripples through the Canadian economy. It’s still early but it looks like Canadians will increasingly alter their travel plans away from the US. Today, as Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited the US White House with the Canadian trade minister, Trump reiterated his…
US Launches Trade War with the World While most Americans quietly enjoy their daily lives, President Trump is creating a big surprise for 2025 – a global trade war. The news media is picking up in the weight of the 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and how Trump is threatening a severe response to…
Expand Your Target Audiences to Grow Revenue The 2025 travel market and the 5-year travel market forecast tell the tale of an expanding consumer travel market and growing revenues for travel companies. It’s billions of travel sector dollars up for grabs and a chance to build a solid, sustainable travel business. In fact, companies that…
Best SaaS Travel Management Software Platforms Your choice of travel management software is more important to your travel company than you might believe. It helps you manage your trip and tour package offerings, promote them better, make them more accessible to search engines, open you to an expansion of your tour and trip offerings, and…
How to Build Content Breadth to Capture High-Volume Leads Let’s use a simple analogy of a tall needle-like building vs Mount Everest to discuss content expansion. If the tall building represents a narrow niche-obsessed content marketing campaign, it means it can’t reach high enough or broadly enough to capture sufficient traffic volume and rankings, topic…
Is Outsourcing IT to India a Threat to National Security? The United States and Canada have been outsourcing IT to other countries for some time now, but with increasing concern about cyber security and trade deficits, questions are being asked about whether it’s something we should curtail. US companies have been given free reign to…
Breaking Up With China With a multi-decade, institutionalized export of money and technology, the US is long overdue for a return to freedom and repatriation of its own burgeoning economy. The reshoring of US manufacturing from China and the protection of valuable technology will boost US GDP, reward investment in the US, increase job growth,…
The Rise of Influencers in Travel Marketing Travel marketing companies have a challenge today. If they’re unable to draw enough qualified traffic and convert them to customers, then it could be the consumer market has changed. And keeping clients relevant, visible, and generating leads is becoming more difficult. With SMBs web traffic and social media…
Being There on the Traveler’s Path to Purchase I was very intrigued 9 years ago when Google Think teamed up with Luth Research ZQ Intelligence™ to study in-depth, the customer journey online – the path to consumer fulfillment. Because most marketers lacked the data, tools and acumen (and still do) to understand the customer buying…
Marriott Hotels & Resorts Perhaps the most preferred hotel brand for travelers in the US and across the globe in Marriott Hotels. Marriott Hotels & Resorts is a brand of International-based Marriott International, Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland, and represents a legacy of premium hospitality and diverse offerings. Offering almost 600 hotels and resorts, with more…
Natural Gas Futures Prices Smart investors pick the best stocks but they also know to invest in a dip. Right now, one investible commodity is in a dip period. It is the last? Everyone might think the dip stocks or commodities are all gone, yet natural gas remains at very low price levels. For investors…
How High Will Oil Prices Go? We’re all astonished at the high rising price of oil this fall, yet it seems oil traders are moving beyond a $100 a barrel price forecast to a revised one reaching $200 a barrel. The trend though due to shortages and carbon emissions regulations will guarantee very high…
SpeedTest 5G Speed Report We’ve all been hearing a lot about 5G for a while now. The technology is so good, it’s created a surge in investment in 5G network technology, and consumer smartphones. In this post, we see how 5G fares against current bandwidth service in 4G, broadband and cellular services. You’ll be surprised…
Should You Buy Facebook Stock? Facebook has fared much better than most companies in 2020 despite the pandemic shutdown. And experts feel 2021 will be a phenomenal year for the FB stock and earnings. With a slate of new, hot products, the social media giant is competing in all the right places. FB’s stock price…