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Approximately 119.3 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home between December 21, 2024, and January 1, 2025, surpassing the previous 2019 record by 64,000 travelers.
Hotel bookings for the days leading up to Christmas, 21-25 December, are up significantly from last year—as much as 43% in Germany—shows new data from SiteMinder.
As the year draws to a close, Scott Hartbeck of Travel Pulse looks ahead to the travel trends shaping Europe in 2025, based on insights from Björn Bender, President & CEO of Rail Europe, and Brandon Shaw, co-founder and COO at The Tour Guy.
In the face of evolving workforce trends, businesses must adapt their travel policies to cater to their employees’ changing needs and preferences. Stephanie DeNote, Vice President of Product Management at CWT, underscores the influence of demographic shifts on the travel industry.
The shifting of the Thanksgiving holiday from the third to the fourth week of November resulted in an 8.8% increase in RevPAR over the last two weeks of the month.
According to data analytics firm Euromonitor International, Paris holds onto its title as the world’s top city destination for the fourth consecutive year.
The U.S. short-term rental (STR) industry is expected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels by 2025, with a forecasted occupancy rate of 54.9%.
Following the Thanksgiving calendar shift, the U.S. hotel industry posted lower year-over-year performance comparisons for the week ending November 30, 2024.
Canadian travelers are the world’s most cautious when it comes to AI, according to SiteMinder’s Changing Traveler Report 2025, the largest survey globally on accommodation.
Accor anticipates a shift towards evidence-based wellness solutions, athletic wellness escapes, functional wellness drinks, and brain fitness in the hospitality sector.