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Tourism

Skift Travel Health Index Shows Softening Trend

The Travel Health Index in March 2024 shows an overall softening trend compared to the previous month, with the index dropping by 4 points. However, some countries continue to show robust growth, with China, Japan, and Hong Kong out front with double-digit gains.

Saniya Zanpure | 19 hours ago

Tour Operators

Adventure Travel: 7 Sector Trends to Track in 2024

Group trips with friends and family, particularly during quieter travel periods, are among the trends defining multi-day adventure itineraries this year.

Selene Brophy | 4 months ago

Travel Booking

Travelers Plan to Spend Big on International Travel This Summer: New Report

Pent-up demand for international travel seems unstoppable as tourists refuse to slow down regardless of the travel industry's ongoing anxiety concerning rising prices.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Online Travel

Despegar’s Strength in Mexico and Colombia Helps Blunt Pandemic Impact

Argentina-based Despegar has broadened its geographic reach through acquisitions, and that has enabled the company to boast that seasonality factor has been eliminated from the business. While that statement is a stretch, it will be great for the company to take advantage of Mexico summers while Brazil winters.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb’s Record Shows the Third Quarter Is the Charm

While you have to toss out Covid-ravaged 2020 as any kind of a barometer for a company's trajectory, during the last two-and-a-half years, Airbnb has only made a profit during its third quarters. If remote working becomes entrenched in coming years, then that can indeed help with Airbnb's seasonality issues.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

How Seasonality Drives Airbnb’s Volatile Earnings: Skift Research Analysis

To everything there is a season. And for Airbnb, that season is the third quarter.

Seth Borko, Skift | 3 years ago

Tourism

Summer Destinations Look for Solutions to Tourists’ Seasonal Stereotypes

Marketing beaches in the winter is a difficult task, suggesting destinations looking to break out of seasonal stereotypes need on-the-ground product development to give visitors a real reason to reconsider a place besides off-season prices and a smart ad campaign.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

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