Direct booking or not? – Twissen Season Report Summer 2016
Big hotels chains such as Marriott and Hilton launched direct booking campaigns in order to balance OTAs’ hegemony on hotel rates, promising cheaper prices. Meanwhile, Europe...
Experts call for sustainable tourism – Twissen Season Report Summer 2016
Venice is one of the most visited cities in the world and this summer residents demonstrated to be tired of some tourists’ behaviour. In order to protect their cultural herit...
Safety influenced travellers ways – Twissen Season Report Summer 2016
Terrorism this year deeply affected the summer season. Some European destinations suffered from it, in particular France, Turkey and Belgium, recording a decrease in international ...
Sharing economy faces Spanish rules – Twissen Season Report Summer 2016
Spain, in particular Barcelona, is tired of dealing with the practices of Homeway and Airbnb, and started to fine them. In order to guarantee a fair competitive scene, are other Eu...
Flying to Cuba – Twissen Season Report Summer 2016
Friendly relationships between Cuba and the USA really changed the international tourism scenario, introducing new opportunities of investments. This could represent a threat for E...
Pokémon Go! And the augmented reality – Twissen Season Report Summer 2016
Niantic mobile game Pokémon Go was the big summer creation, introducing the augmented reality at a brand new level. Hotels, bars, tourist accommodation facilities and tourist board...
Ryanair in Italy – Twissen Season Report Summer 2016
This summer, Ryanair decided to invest on Italian destinations and to adopt different policies on UK routes, also after the Brexit referendum. This has been already causing impacts...
Olympic Games in Rio – Twissen Season Report Summer 2016
The Rio Olympic Games generated big tourism and investment flows in Brazil. The next Olympic Games in East Asia are expected to impact on the economy of the region and provide new ...
Brexit – Twissen Season Report Summer 2016
The Brexit referendum, voted on last June, 23th, has been having a strong impact on the Travel & Tourism industry. Quotations of pounds influenced on tourism flows and fares, a...
TWISSEN SEASON REPORT SUMMER 2016
Twissen Summer Season Report is now available! Here you can find about: Brexit Olympic Games in Rio Ryanair in Italy Pokémon Go and the augmented reality Flying to Cuba Sharing eco...
Medical tourism taking over the market
It is foreseen a growth up to $ 143,8 billion by 2022 for “travel across international borders with the purpose of availing medical treatment of some form, which may or may n...
European millennials expect an immersion in local life while travelling
Youth travel has grown rapidly in recent decades as living standards in developing countries have risen. A recent analysis on a sample of 600 individuals carried out by the Spirit ...
ETC report underlines a resilient Europe as a tourism destination
The European Travel Commission‘s quarterly report, published on the last July and concerning the months from April to June, describes a dynamic scenario on the tourism market...
How to keep your UK tourists in times of Brexit
Impacts on tourism after Brexit vote are not still clear and this summer Britons will travel with a pound that fell 10% down to Euro and, consequently, a weaker purchase power. Wha...
Expedia’s slowdown in the last quarter: a warning for OTAs?
Market’s experts seem to be a bit disappointed in the quarterly report published on the last 28th of July by Expedia Inc, parent company to many travel & tourism industry...