People are feeling stir-crazy. Many consumers, after a year of being stuck at home, are awaiting the green light from public health officials. 2021 will be the year of safe tourism as travel brands try to comply with international standards and customer expectations. Though guidelines vary from state to state, and even city to city, tour operators are expecting a major surge in business as soon as early July. This spike in travel is much…
Travel marketing is powered by creative ideas that keep locations and services top of mind throughout the year. These are weird times for travel, tourism, and hospitality, and even stranger times for the professionals who create their content. More than a year has passed since the first lockdown…
Business travelers have a reputation for efficiency; get in, get out, and get on with their lives. But, bleisure, and bleisure marketing, may be the saving grace of the travel and tourism industry. Business travel is the first thing to recover after a major global shift. Destinations, venues,…
As consumers increasingly use social media to research and plan their travel, brands must find a way to pierce through the noise and stand out. It’s been proven that consumers trust their peers to a much greater degree than they trust brands. In fact, there is a wealth of data that points to user-generated content (UGC) as a great resource for hospitality marketing efforts. One study shows that 50% of Facebook users say their friends’…
Happy National Travel and Tourism Week! Since its establishment in 1983, National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW) celebrates the travel industry during the first full week of May. This year’s theme is “Travel Matters”. For Team TINT: we live for travel, tourism, and hospitality. We’re proud supporters of…
I wrote a hospitality trends article about the increasing applications of social media in the hospitality industry. It’s already out of date. And it seems with the speed that consumer habits are changing, by the time you’re done reading this updated version, it will be outdated as well.…
