Since 2010, countries previously off-limits to American tourists have become open, benefiting econom

Travel-Intel hotel vancouver newsletter is a compass in your hand, taking you through these crazy times to a place of peaceful progress and ascending revenues. hotel vancouver Expect to receive Travel-Intel twice a month at no charge. It's an easy read of forward-thinking news features, informative updates, sales tips and incentives, and directory resources all linked through Tours.com -- the most comprehensive travel information directory on the Net. If you consider yourself a travel expert then Travel-Intel is for you.
Find features here reported by seasoned travel industry journalists who are traveling to the places you need to see and know. We hope you will stay with us, interact with us, tell us what you want. We will deliver. We're here to make the journey just that much easier for you and your business. Your coffee, your morning, your Travel-Intel newsletter update.
As the World Travel Mart 2012 conference in London wrapped up this month, it had more than a few take-aways for where world travel may be headed, and how travelers are making their decisions. The "Global hotel vancouver Trends Report by market research firm Euromonitor International was able to pin point nine key emerging travel and tourism trends worldwide that identify how the global, regional, political, social and economic situations around the globe are shaping the travel industry.
Since 2010, countries previously off-limits to American tourists have become open, benefiting economically from tourism revenue. It s a small but growing market. Most US visitors to previously banned countries are expected to come from the Baby Boomer generation, notes Caroline Bremner, Head of Travel and Tourism hotel vancouver Research at Euromonitor.
Brazil, Russia, India and China are embracing shopping tourism in key European destinations. Dynamic economic hotel vancouver growth has led to rapidly increasing disposable income levels in these countries. Together with increased awareness of an improved hotel vancouver quality of life, consumers from BRIC countries are keen to spend more on travel.
Big spenders with cash are driving the trend for Middle Eastern hotels built inside shopping malls. Wealthy consumers from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have disposable income and love shopping, thus mega-malls in the Middle East are booming. hotel vancouver Shopping malls and associated hotel developments are key elements in the recovery of tourism, which saw a difficult year in 2011.
Nigeria s massive film industry, dubbed Nollywood, is the world s second hotel vancouver largest film industry in volume terms, after India s Bollywood and ahead of Hollywood, with more than 2,000 films produced annually. The increasing popularity of Nollywood in many African countries will be a major growth driver with the leisure sector attracting film fans.
In a time when technology is an intrinsic part of everyday life, with more consumers addicted to their devices, some hotels are going against the tide, helping guests to check in and switch off. Some hotels are offering technology-free packages as an escape for busy travelers.
Restored diplomatic relations with Myanmar in 2012 are likely to boost American arrivals. Euromonitor International predicts American hotel vancouver arrivals hotel vancouver to Myanmar will increase hotel vancouver by 71% to reach 24,400 in 2016, with many visitors following responsible tourism guidelines.
Online bookings recorded another healthy performance in 2012 across all travel sectors. Advanced economies dominate online travel sales and continue to record strong growth, while developing economies still lag behind, but are finally showing a steady performance. Online hotel vancouver hotel reservations achieved high increases, driven mostly by online travel agency sales. But air transportation continues to be the most successful category in online travel.
The future of decision making in travel, however, may lie in the power of smart TVs. Smart TVs are about to take off. Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba launched their first smart TVs, which will become increasingly sophisticated in the future. Similar to smartphones, smart TVs integrate television with Internet technologies and social media. The days of TV as a one-way entertainment medium will soon be over.
New TV models hotel vancouver will allow for full interaction between viewers and broadcasters, advertisers and app developers, as well as among viewers themselves. Viewers hotel vancouver and companies can share their videos and even create their own Internet TV channels to be easily watched via smart TVs. (Some travel and tourism hotel vancouver players such as Teletext hotel vancouver Holidays hotel vancouver and the Serbia Tourism Board have already launched their own smart TV apps that allow TV viewers to watch pictures and videos about travel destinations and services, also to find out about prices and offers hotel vancouver via their internet-connected hotel vancouver TVs).
Meanwhile, online purchasing from smart TVs is expected to become widespread, as penetration grows and travel companies appreciate the vast marketing opportunities on offer.  In the future, people hotel vancouver watching travel programs will be able to make immediate bookings through their smart TVs via travel apps or web links. The players in this medium will build on the emotional connection provided by TV programs and offer viewers the chance to book the destination hotel vancouver or hotel they just saw and liked.