In the United States June is Pride Month and celebrated to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan while in the United Kingdom there is a similar observance in February. At the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum  in Miami earlier this month there were sessions on the LGBT tourism and […]
Critical Knowledge: The Shift from Subject Search to Social Search
New media applications such as TripAdvisor, Facebook, Instagram, Yelp, and other evolving media platforms are impacting the decision making process in the hospitality industry in profound ways. These technologies are currently altering the very way that people search for hotels, experiences, and destinations. Subject search is the way we have all been searching online: you […]
5 Ways to Tap into Wellness Travel Trends that Don’t Involve a Spa
Health and wellness isn’t just a trend, it’s a movement and it’s here to stay. Wellness travel is becoming ever more popular and guests are coming to expect their getaways to involve things like yoga classes and clean eating. The wellness tourism economy is defined as expenditure made by tourists who seek to improve or […]
How to Embrace Airbnb (Distribution + Experiences)
We recently spoke of the challenges and goals that were discussed at this last Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Marketplace and one of them was the need for regional hospitality businesses to start looking at Airbnb as a distribution channel. This isn’t a new concept – if you google ‘Airbnb as a distribution channel for […]
Takeaways from Marketplace
It’s always with a renewed sense of purpose that ones leaves the annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Marketplace. #CHTAMarketplace17 was held in Nassau (as it was last year) and saw the gathering of tourism suppliers and wholesalers from around the world along with various media outlets and sponsors. The coming together of such a […]
Ways to Tap into the Foodie Travel Trend
One of the hottest travel and tourism trends for 2017 is centered on food and it’s easy to see why! With the rise of chef-lebrities, food travel shows like Anthony Bourdain’s Part’s Unknown, and a movement for both farm-to-table dining options and more authenticity in experience, culinary tourism is an easy one for Caribbean resorts, […]