La référence québécoise en information sur les tendances en tourisme
The need to develop tourism based on sustainability principles is a part of a general tourism policy framework since 2005 in Québec(1) and most tourism sub-sectors also have set broad objectives based on this basis, including the Ski-doo Federation (2). Although sustainability is well accepted across Québec’s tourism sector, in practice it is not a [...]
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Rachel Dodds, Director, Sustaining Tourism, & Assistant Professor, Ryerson University and Marion Joppe, President, Tourism Environment, & University Research Chair in Tourism, University of Guelph are assessing the demand for sustainable tourism in this article. Although there is no question that tourism needs to be sustainable, the actual demand for sustainable tourism is difficult to [...]
Read moreMuch in demand by companies, culinary team building activities were named one of the top ten meeting trends of the year by Benchmark Hospitality International. On the menu: challenges like creativity, communication, conflict resolution, time and resource management and cooperation. The result: new friendships, a more unified team and delicious meals! This trend is closely [...]
Read moreOver the past few years, hotels have invested heavily in order to satisfy their clients’ internet access needs. However, although the demand is obvious, customers’ willingness to pay is less so. Also, because a growing number of clients now travel with laptops, wireless networks are becoming increasingly popular. Do hotel owners have to resign themselves [...]
Read moreOur expert, M. Michael Nowlis from Tourism Control Intelligence, traces three related trends that have revolutionized the global hotel industry over the last 25 years. It begins by chronicling the emigration of hotel assets from American ownership to foreign investors in the 1980s and their subsequent repatriation starting in the mid-1990s. Second, it examines how [...]
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