Hiring Smartly for a Digital Travel Marketing Role As a travel agency owner, DMO CEO, hotel owner, tour operator or SaaS travel software entrepreneur, you’re tasked with the challenge of hiring the right marketing people. Can a single person have real impact on a small travel company? Is that realistic given you’ve already set sail…
The Power of Iconic Brand Symbols If you’re not up on branding or impressed that brands have any power, you might want to take another look at it. Because a brand is your biggest asset once you build it. Brands have many dimensions, promises, value points, and touchpoints with travel consumers. And your travel content…
Empowering your Tour Business The travel trend is certain. Tours are in big demand and tour companies are becoming much more profitable. Of course, we’re assuming tour company owners are marketing strongly and getting the reach, impact and engagement needed to build an audience that trusts their brand, people and services. On that note, I’m…
Best Travel Destinations for Next Year We’re almost through the 2024 travel season and on into a new year of adventures and experiences. Revenge travel isn’t over. An awakening 2025 economy will greet yet another wave of eager travelers whether for business travel or leisure. The coming holiday season should keep travel business owners happy. …
Top 65 Immersive and Awesome Travel Experiences Across the World to Enjoy in 2024 Looking for an exceptional travel experience, perhaps one specially designed for you? Satisfy your deepest travel cravings many ways on this planet, and why shouldn’t the best be served up just for you? Time to give your travel imagination some room…
Mexico Vacation Packages Every fall and winter, vacationers from Europe, US and Canada dream of a vacation to Mexico. They’ll find a unique travel experience where sunshine, warm climate, beautiful beaches, quaint walkable villages with friendly people and restaurants with traditional Mexican cuisine make a complete getaway. In this post, we discover Mexico’s most sought…
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…
Air Canada Vacation Packages Canada’s premier Airline, Air Canada, is well recognized around the world with the world’s elite travelers for its impeccable service, safety, reliability, comfort, friendliness and destinations. They emphasize safe and flexible travel, with travel protection plans, free checked bags, and flexible booking options that allow changes or cancellations with a full…
Costs Are Down, Travel is Up⇑ The American Automobile Association is a massive network of local travel businesses with reach to tens of millions of Americans. They enjoy substantial data on travel consumer behavior and travel intentions, to draw accurate travel forecasts. This holiday season, they’re projecting 115.2 million travelers will travel more than 50…
Targeting Bleisure Travelers Every year, more travelers are fusing business and leisure travel and becoming aware that they can and should get more from their business travel. It’s a travel trend that keeps growing and a market that travel companies should pay attention to and develop products for. The business and leisure (Bleisure) customer profile…
Is Revenge Travel Done? If you missed out on the phenomena of “revenge travel” then don’t fret. It looks like it’s going to continue for a few more years. And travel prices are dropping. This labor weekend is proof that far from over, revenge travel is putting it in gear for an extended period of…
Best Cities to Enjoy the Digital Nomad Lifestyle? You’re not the only one considering a life change that might see you locate to a new city or country, to cut your living expenses, relax, work better, and enjoy a higher quality of life. There are millions of people, mostly entrepreneurs, employees, and digital tech workers…
US Economic Forecast Part 2 (Continued from Part 1) China’s manufacturing sector has been declining, particularly of late. The communist led country is suffering the worst economic forecast of the last 50 years. China’s in more trouble than anyone will admit even if they print more money to alleviate the losses. China’s propaganda mills are…
OMG: US Debt with China: $1 Trillion + $360 Billion Per Year Active Trade Deficit! That was my headline back in 2016, and of course, things are much worse now. The task for President Trump was more difficult than he realized. It’s not just dependence on China nor Asian trade supply channels. It’s the stubbornness…
When Is the Best Time to Buy a Home? A Laser Clear View of Toronto Housing — 2017 to 2018 Spring 2017 is almost here in Toronto, and tens of thousands of homebuyers will make the decision to buy a home. Yet buyers are confused, not because it may be a housing bubble, but because they…
Record Investment in Student Housing 2016 was a record year for student housing in the US. $10 billion was poured into investment grade student housing projects in the US. It was a 64% increase over 2015 investment numbers. One report suggest 2017 totals will equal 2016’s torrid levels. There is more gas in the tank…