26 analyses, sort by
Publication date Alphabetical order
Analyses from the category

Trends

0

Group Tourism takes on a youthful look

October 6, 2004 Written by: Claude Péloquin

When we speak of package tours by coach, it usually means the traditional “tour and travel”. We think at once of customers who are pensioners or persons taking early retirement. Today, we notice a wave of rejuvenation: the average age of the passengers is closer to 55 years than the age of the pensioner (65 [...]

Read more
0

Global Megatrends Revolutionizing the Tourism Industry at the Dawn of the Third Millennium

August 12, 2004 Written by: Michael Nowlis

Tourism Trends > The cruise industry will experience explosive growth. > An older, better-educated population in Europe and North America will increasingly seek ecotourism and cultural travel products. > “Slow cities” and “slow food” trends will expand from Italy to much of Europe. > London, New York, Sydney and Dubai will be the leading tourism [...]

Read more
0

Global Megatrends Revolutionizing the Tourism Industry at the Dawn of the Third Millennium

August 12, 2004 Written by: Michael Nowlis

Tourism Trends The cruise industry will experience explosive growth. An older, better-educated population in Europe and North America will increasingly seek ecotourism and cultural travel products. “Slow cities” and “slow food” trends will expand from Italy to much of Europe > London, New York, Sydney and Dubai will be the leading tourism poles through the [...]

Read more
0

More and more grandparents are travelling with their grandchildren

June 16, 2004 Written by: Claude Péloquin

A 2003 survey by Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell (YPB&R) found that one-third of grandparents have travelled with their grandchildren in the last twelve months. In the United States, more than 15% of travel includes children with grandparents. About 21% of this intergenerational travel does not include the children’s parents. Travelling with the family unit [...]

Read more
0

Travel – It’s Not Just for Adults Anymore

June 1, 2004 Written by: Thomas Cullen

More and more children are traveling, with parents, grandparents, on vacations, cruises, study trips, sports excursions, and accompanying Mom or Dad on a business or convention trip. According to the Travel Industry Association (TIA), more than 32 million business trips in 1998 included children, a 250 percent rise in 10 years. And that’s just in [...]

Read more