Low-cost airline Avelo is launching new routes to the Southeast and in Florida in June.
15.04.2024 - 04:34 / breakingtravelnews.com
Speakers at last year’s Phocuswright Conference in Miami declared that we are now in “the age of awe” – a growing trend where people are seeking out unique and life-changing trips through ‘experiential travel’.
This trend has been evolving since the pandemic, but is now taking a new direction: the ‘themed tour’. We are already witnessing how Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ is changing travel. As consumers flock to buy tickets, hotels in cities visited by the tour are breaking occupancy records and airlines are adding extra routes to their networks around Swift’s shows – making this arguably the biggest cultural event around which people are planning travel right now.
Music, food and sport – not least in the form of the Olympics in Paris – are just some of the ‘themes’ shaping travel in 2024. This week the eclipse that cut a big swathe across Mexico and the United States was a HUGE travel phenomenon! So how can all players in the travel industry benefit going forward? We spoke to a range of B2B travel experts to find out more.
“The typical traveler’s bucket list used to consist of places to go, countries to check off, passport stamps to collect,” said Douglas Quinby, Co-founder and CEO of Arival. “But, in 2024 and beyond, it’ll be more about the who, what and why, than the where and when. Experiences are no longer just ‘things to do,’ but the reason to go in the first place. They are increasingly driving the destination decision. Travel brands the world over, from destinations and hotels to OTAs, travel agencies and tour operators need to start putting experiences first to inspire that traveler and capture their demand.”
Tik Tok and Instagram videos shouldn’t be overlooked as distribution channels according to Andrew Lockhead, CEO of Stay22, the travel tech company that offers affiliate revenue generation opportunities for travel bloggers and media. “Perhaps the single biggest factor driving desire for theme-based trips is social media and within that the influencers who inspire people with the perfect travel experiences – perhaps much more than any marketing campaign by an OTA or retail travel agency. But other than simply offering packages similar to what the influencers are sharing, how do you tap into this trend? One way is to partner with influencers via affiliate marketing campaigns, meaning that they place links to your website in their content and you pay them a commission for each sale.”
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Having the right technology and sourcing in place to sell the accommodation part of the package is key highlights Ayşe Yaşar from B2B accommodation booking platform Bedsopia – which is powered by global distributor PrimeTravel. “If they’re going with a specific activity in mind they know the
Low-cost airline Avelo is launching new routes to the Southeast and in Florida in June.
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