Wanderlust, Not Wrapping Paper: How Gen Z Is Redefining Holiday Travel
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Wanderlust, Not Wrapping Paper: How Gen Z Is Redefining Holiday Travel

For many, the holiday season is synonymous with shopping lists, gift wrapping, and crowded malls. But for Gen Z and Millennials, the new holiday wish list looks different. This year, it’s less about presents and more about boarding passes in hand.

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Travel and Transportation Leader, PwC US
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by Jonathan Kletzel
29 October 2025PwCLeisure Travel
Wanderlust, Not Wrapping Paper: How Gen Z Is Redefining Holiday Travel
In Search of Solutions to Overtourism
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In Search of Solutions to Overtourism

Overtourism is one of the key concerns in many popular destinations, and each summer the warning signs become more difficult to ignore. These beloved-by-many tourists places – from historical European cities to small tropical islands – are strugglin...

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13 October 2025EHLLeisure Travel
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The locals are revolting…but do they have a point?
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The locals are revolting…but do they have a point?

Last year saw the emergence of a new spectacle, with local residents in some major European tourist destinations undertaking very vocal protests against tourism, often armed with water pistols, to provide an amusing and newsworthy nuisance to some v...

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by Robert Walters
27 August 2025Global Asset SolutionsLeisure Travel
The locals are revolting…but do they have a point?
Business Meets Pleasure: The New Travel Reality
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Business Meets Pleasure: The New Travel Reality

In a luxury suite overlooking Hong Kong’s vibrant skyline, a senior banking executive concludes her quarterly board meeting on Thursday afternoon. By Friday morning, she’s exploring local markets with her partner, who flew in specifically for the we...

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President of Connectivity and Senior Vice-President of DerbySoft
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by Duane Overgaard
2 April 2025DerbySoftLeisure Travel
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Where are Saudi Residents Heading This Eid 2025
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Where are Saudi Residents Heading This Eid 2025

As Eid al-Fitr 2025 approaches, Saudi travelers are preparing for an extended holiday period, leading to a notable increase in travel activity. Public sector employees will enjoy a holiday from Sunday, March 30, to Saturday, April 5, while the priva...

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Where are Saudi Residents Heading This Eid 202527 March 2025Wego.comLeisure Travel
Where are Saudi Residents Heading This Eid 2025
Accor Unveils Revamped Leisure Groups Online Booking Solution, Connecting Travel Professionals with Over 2,000 Hotels Worldwide
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Accor Unveils Revamped Leisure Groups Online Booking Solution, Connecting Travel Professionals with Over 2,000 Hotels Worldwide

Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, has launched its newly enhanced Travel Pros Leisure Groups Online platform, designed to streamline the booking process for leisure B2B clients. With access to more than 2,000 hotels across multiple Accor bra...

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Accor Unveils Revamped Leisure Groups Online Booking Solution, Connecting Travel Professionals with Over 2,000 Hotels Worldwide22 January 2025AccorLeisure Travel
Accor Unveils Revamped Leisure Groups Online Booking Solution, Connecting Travel Professionals with Over 2,000 Hotels Worldwide
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Nearly 80 Million Americans Expected to Travel over Thanksgiving

AAA projects 79.9 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period*. For the first time, AAA’s forecast includes the Tuesday before and the Monday after Thanksgiving Day to better capture the flow of...

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Nearly 80 Million Americans Expected to Travel over Thanksgiving20 November 2024AAA (the American Automobile Association, Inc.)Leisure Travel
Nearly 80 Million Americans Expected to Travel over Thanksgiving
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Holiday season poll: 52% of Americans likely to travel for leisure

Fifty-two percent of Americans plan to travel overnight for leisure in the next four months, and hotels remain the top lodging choice for both leisure (45%) and business travelers (59%), according to a new survey commissioned by the American Hotel &...

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Holiday season poll: 52% of Americans likely to travel for leisure13 November 2024AH&LALeisure Travel
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Blended Travel as a Huge Growth Opportunity with Words of Wisdom from Marriott
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Blended Travel as a Huge Growth Opportunity with Words of Wisdom from Marriott

Call it bleisure or hybrid travel; then look at emerging segments like the work-from-anywhere digital nomads or workcations. Overall, the hotel industry for the rest of the 2020s will see a demise of the days of wholly separated meeting and events (...

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22 July 2024Hotel Mogel Consulting LimitedLeisure Travel
Blended Travel as a Huge Growth Opportunity with Words of Wisdom from Marriott