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As other industries, the global travel and tourism industry has been facing - mense challenges and highly visible upheaval since the beginning of the new m- lennium. The International Tourism Exchange ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel trade fair, aims at pinpointing the most important challenges, identifying the trends and offering a platform to solve pressing problems. The ITB Convention Market Trends & Innovations has developed into a center of excellence and a driving force for the global travel and tourism industry, generating a much needed information platform. This compilation unites the highlights of the convention in articles prepared by renowned professionals and scientists from the industry. Readers may benefit from this comprehensive vision of the developments which are shaping the str- ture of the global tourism industry today and in the future. This book is indisp- sable for tourism and travel professionals and well as for academics and students analyzing current global tourism and travel trends. The first chapter takes up the issue of mega trends in society and in the ec- omy and analyzes their effects on the tourism industry. In highly developed co- tries, overwhelming demographical change is underway. Schröder and Widmann demonstrate how tourism businesses should adapt to the aging customer base.

Tourism --- Globalization. --- Forecasting. --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Holiday industry --- Operators, Tour (Industry) --- Tour operators (Industry) --- Tourism industry --- Tourism operators (Industry) --- Tourist industry --- Tourist trade --- Tourist traffic --- Travel industry --- Visitor industry --- Service industries --- National tourism organizations --- Travel --- Economic aspects --- Tourism. --- Regional economics. --- Geography. --- Human Geography. --- Tourism Management. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Economic Geography. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Management. --- Spatial economics. --- Economic geography. --- Human geography. --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Commercial geography --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization

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This book provides insights into important trends and future scenarios in the global tourism and travel industry. It analyses today’s challenges in the aviation and hospitality industry, in destination management, and in marketing and distribution management. New empirical data on general travel behaviour and the latest consumer trends are also presented. The contributors to this book are well-known individuals from important tourism, travel and consulting firms (e.g. BCD Travel, Öger Tours, Booz and Company, GfK, IPK International) and researchers from universities in Switzerland, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany. In addition institutes specializing in future research highlight important travel trends. Corporate social responsibility is one of the top themes to-be and therefore a focus of this book, offering insights into the concept of CSR, empirical data on consumer requests, corporate strategy issues and financial investment implications.

Tourism -- Forecasting. --- Tourism -- Management. --- Tourism. --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Management Theory --- Tourism --- Forecasting. --- Management. --- Holiday industry --- Operators, Tour (Industry) --- Tour operators (Industry) --- Tourism industry --- Tourism operators (Industry) --- Tourist industry --- Tourist trade --- Tourist traffic --- Travel industry --- Visitor industry --- Economic aspects --- Business. --- Economic geography. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Human geography. --- Business and Management. --- Tourism Management. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Economic Geography. --- Human Geography. --- Service industries --- National tourism organizations --- Travel --- Geography. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Commercial geography --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization

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Over the past two decades, through unprecedented levels of prosperity and changing values, luxury tourism has transformed into a new consumption pattern. This book analyzes the topic in detail with contributions from both recognized scientists and prominent executives in the luxury business. It shows how the concept of luxury has shifted from material to immaterial dimensions, and outlines new trends that will shape the luxury market in the future. The content includes carefully selected leading examples from the most important segments of the tourism market, along with concrete recommendations and best practices. Sharing unique insights, the book is a must-read for those working in the tourism industry, as well as lecturers and university students of tourism.

Tourism. --- Management. --- Luxury goods industry. --- Motivation research (Marketing). --- Branding (Marketing). --- Tourism Management. --- Luxury. --- Consumer Behavior. --- Branding. --- Brand name products --- Marketing --- Advertising --- Marketing research --- Motivation (Psychology) --- Research --- Industries --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Holiday industry --- Operators, Tour (Industry) --- Tour operators (Industry) --- Tourism --- Tourism industry --- Tourism operators (Industry) --- Tourist industry --- Tourist trade --- Tourist traffic --- Travel industry --- Visitor industry --- Service industries --- National tourism organizations --- Travel --- Psychological aspects --- Economic aspects --- Turisme --- Luxe --- Màrqueting turístic --- Màrqueting --- Riquesa --- Classe acomodada --- Consum (Economia) --- Empreses turístiques --- Indústria turística --- Operadors turístics (Indústria) --- Sector turístic --- Sector terciari --- Agències de viatges --- Allotjaments turístics --- Creuers turístics --- Ecoturisme --- Enoturisme --- Mapes turístics --- Planificació del turisme --- Política turística --- Turisme cultural --- Turisme d'aventura --- Turisme de masses --- Turisme de negocis --- Turisme esportiu --- Turisme gastronòmic --- Turisme industrial --- Turisme negre --- Turisme reproductiu --- Turisme rural --- Turisme social --- Turisme solidari --- Turisme sostenible --- Turisme urbà --- Viatges combinats --- Viatges en automòbil --- Assegurances de viatgers --- Dret del turisme --- Geografia del turisme --- Hoteleria --- Turistes

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This book offers insights into important trends and future scenarios in the global tourism and travel industry. Besides the general topics (aviation and hospitality industry, destination management, marketing, and distribution management) it analyses current challenges and impacts resulting especially from developments in social media, corporate social responsibility and eco-mobility. Sustainability in the global tourism sector and particularly eco-mobility is one of the top themes to-be and therefore a focus of this book. Among the contributors to the book are well-known notabilities from institutions such as the UNWTO and top executives of various segments of the tourism and travel industry. The articles are based on presentations and panel discussions presented at the world´s largest tourism convention, the ITB Berlin Convention.

Production management --- Business management --- Environmental planning --- Economic geography --- ruimtelijke ordening --- management --- sociale economie --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- Tourism. --- Management. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Sustainable development. --- Business ethics. --- Tourism Management. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Sustainable Development. --- Business Ethics. --- Business --- Businesspeople --- Commercial ethics --- Corporate ethics --- Corporation ethics --- Professional ethics --- Wealth --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Economics --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Holiday industry --- Operators, Tour (Industry) --- Tour operators (Industry) --- Tourism --- Tourism industry --- Tourism operators (Industry) --- Tourist industry --- Tourist trade --- Tourist traffic --- Travel industry --- Visitor industry --- Service industries --- National tourism organizations --- Travel --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Government policy --- Economic aspects --- Management