More than 3 million people in the UK used Airbnb accommodation for their travels this year in a boost to the sharing economy, the site has revealed. There were 2.2 million travellers who used Airbnb to visit the UK in the year to November. A total of 52,500 hosts...
Budget brand Euro Hostel has completed a multi-million pound investment across its estate in the year in which ‘poshtels’ were predicted to become one of the most dynamic sectors of the UK hotel market. Read the full story here. ...
Ministers of Tourism and private sector leaders meeting at the 9th UNWTO & World Travel Market (WTM) Ministers’ Summit agreed that destination branding and the way tourism marketing organizations operate need to be adapted to the changes brought in by social...
Airbnb’s operations had a negative impact of USD 2.1 billion on the lodging industry and the broader economy of New York City over the course of the last year, according to a report released by the Hotel Association of New York City, an industry trade group that...
International tourist arrivals grew by 4.3% in the first eight months of 2015 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, fuelled by strong results in Europe and consolidating the trend of recent years. International tourists (overnight visitors) travelling...
The Millennial generation is a population of young adults who have more access to the world than ever before. These consumers between the age of 18 and 34 are not conforming to the digital and physical boundaries set around them instead they are breaking out and...
