Prefer to read than watch? Then read on Hello, everyone. My name is Carolyn Childs, and I am the CEO of MyTravelResearch.com and a futurist and strategist. This blog piece has been edited from the video transcript to flow as a written document, but we have not changed the key points. We all love a good trend ... Now, one thing about this time of year: sort of back end of one year and the start of the next, is we see a LOT of content that comes out about hot trends. And I'm going to talk to you about that because I'm pleading guilty, I've … [Read more...]
Reflections for the end of 2023 – and 2024
As we come to the end of 2023 (how did that happen so quickly) we've been looking back and reflecting Lots of change, lots of challenges It's been a full on year around the world and in our trends analysis we have seen an unfolding polycrisis - climate change, wars, biodiversity collapse, uncertain economies, widening social outcomes. In Australia, we w ere devastated to see the referendum on a Voice to Parliament fail. But lots of hope too... But we have also seen signs of hope as communities come together, amazing individuals … [Read more...]
Australian Tourism and Hotel Trends with Deloitte
In this webinar, we hosted a special guest - Bryon Merzeo from Deloitte where he gave us a rundown of the latest key tourism trends in Australia. He covers: International Domestic Hotel and infrastructure Supply challenges And general tourism trends you won't want to miss What is great here is that Bryon has put together all loads of key trends and analyses into one central place. He has also given us a sneak peek into the findings of the Deloitte Tourism and Hotel Outlook report. … [Read more...]
How tourism businesses can profit in our ‘post truth’ world
In 2016, a new word entered the English language: post-truth. In fact, it was Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year. It reflected the idea ‘objective’ facts no longer matter as much as what we believe is true based on what ‘ought’ to be true. Actually, this is the culmination of many years of psychological research in which we understood that consumers fit things into a narrative they already have. One common cognitive bias is what’s called confirmation bias: that we are more likely to believe things that confirm what we already thought than … [Read more...]
Connecting WA with the Malaysia, Indonesia & Singapore markets
I think some people see our Premium Trends Hub as being in competition with other sources. However, we believe the more people use insight the better that is for us. Your STO can be a great source of insight If you have ever heard our presentation on Champagne Insights for the Cost of Fresh Air, you'll know we are keen for destinations and tourism businesses to work with their State Tourism Organisation. There is so much great information they can provide to support your business planning. So we were delighted when we were invited to … [Read more...]
Is luxury travel really that unique?
I’ve just finished researching a whitepaper on luxury travel ahead of launching our exciting Luxperience MyTravelResearch.com luxury travel research. So I was really delighted when Australian public broadcaster SBS showed a two-part story from the BBC/Tern Television on ‘The Story of Luxury’. It’s one of the nice things about being a researcher is that business and pleasure so often intermingle. The series starts with concepts of luxury from Ancient Greece and then looked at how these evolved both there and in the European Middle Ages. It was … [Read more...]