The Fastest-Growing Thing on Tripadvisor This Year Was a Pottery Class
Craft classes, hot springs and countries most people couldn’t point to on a map. What travellers booked in the first…
Agency insights
What caught our attention.
Observations on travel, hospitality industry trends, creativity and what moves people. Some come from the work, some from the road. All of them made us look twice.
What the K shaped economy means for travel
In this post: The U.S. economy is showing both strength and weakness at the same time. Stock market growth is…
The State of Travel 2025: Understanding the Shifts Beneath the Surface
Every year when the SKIFT State of Travel report comes out, we take a step back to look at the…
The impact of U.S. tariffs on travel
In this post, I’ll dive into the impact of U.S. tariffs on travel and hospitality, the challenges for our industry,…
Sustainability in the year 2023
My interest in sustainability grew out of a love for the ocean. My dad was an obsessive sailor and spent…
Why OTAs Aren’t the Only Threat to Hotel Occupancy
Over the years we’ve been supporting independent hotels and resorts tackle a multitude of challenges, the largest of which always…
Key Takeaways From the Second Quarter of 2023
That’s the first half of 2023 done and Q3 is upon us. We’ve already reflected on the trends we saw…
Key Takeaways From the First Quarter of 2023
As we near the halfway point of 2023, we’ve been reflecting on how the year has compared to our expectations,…
What We’re Expecting In 2023
Thankfully, we didn’t start 2020, 2021, or 2022 with any predictions for the year. The past three years have presented…
2022 Live Up To Your Expectations?
2022 not quite land the way you’d hoped? There was such promise as pandemic restrictions eased: access to the COVID-19…
Vaccine Mandates & Flexible Cancellation: Making Guests Feel Comfortable In Uncomfortable Times
“So for check-in we’ll just need a piece of photo ID, a credit card for incidentals…and your vaccination record.”
Travel In A Not-So-Normal Fall: What We’re Seeing
When we started compiling data for this post, its tentative working title was “Post-Pandemic Travel Trends.” At the time, all…
Exploring Google’s Travel Insights
If you’re in the travel sector and haven’t explored Google’s new Travel Insights tool, put that next on your to-do…