Travel & Hospitality

How Luxury Brands Court the 1 Percent
Lately, the game of attracting very important clients, or VICs, has kicked into high gear, as brands are acutely aware that wealthy shoppers are hungry for both luxury products and elaborate experiences post-Covid.

How Luxury Brands Court the 1 Percent
Lately, the game of attracting very important clients, or VICs, has kicked into high gear, as brands are acutely aware that wealthy shoppers are hungry for both luxury products and elaborate experiences post-Covid.

The Future of Airport Retail
Travellers returning to the airport for the first time since the pandemic will find a different retail landscape awaits them past the security gate.

The Future of Airport Retail
Travellers returning to the airport for the first time since the pandemic will find a different retail landscape awaits them past the security gate.

How ‘Revenge Travel’ Will Impact Luxury Sales
From border re-openings to the repatriation of spending, several factors will shape how and where Chinese customers buy luxury goods in the coming years.

How ‘Revenge Travel’ Will Impact Luxury Sales
From border re-openings to the repatriation of spending, several factors will shape how and where Chinese customers buy luxury goods in the coming years.

Can China Save Travel Retail in 2020?
The decline in international travel has hit duty free retail hard this year, but sales to domestic travellers in China with nowhere else to go are booming in places like Hainan.

Can China Save Travel Retail in 2020?
The decline in international travel has hit duty free retail hard this year, but sales to domestic travellers in China with nowhere else to go are booming in places like Hainan.

What Luxury Can Do About the Tourism Crisis
The luxury business will feel the permanent effects of this unprecedented break in travel. In order to capture lost sales, the industry will need to evolve by rethinking marketing and distribution, from brick-and-mortar flagship stores to e-commerce experiences.

What Luxury Can Do About the Tourism Crisis
The luxury business will feel the permanent effects of this unprecedented break in travel. In order to capture lost sales, the industry will need to evolve by rethinking marketing and distribution, from brick-and-mortar flagship stores to e-commerce experiences.

Does the Fashion Industry Need to Travel as Much as It Does?
The escalating coronavirus pandemic has further exposed fashion's reliance on fuel, as mandatory travel bans require executives and creatives alike to rethink everything from staging far-flung events to hosting in-person meetings.

Does the Fashion Industry Need to Travel as Much as It Does?
The escalating coronavirus pandemic has further exposed fashion's reliance on fuel, as mandatory travel bans require executives and creatives alike to rethink everything from staging far-flung events to hosting in-person meetings.

LVMH Plans London Hotel and New Flagship in Experiential Push
BoF has learned that the French luxury group has plans for a Cheval Blanc hotel and associated restaurants, a spa and a flagship store that appears intended for Hedi Slimane’s Celine on Grafton Street in London’s Mayfair.

LVMH Plans London Hotel and New Flagship in Experiential Push
BoF has learned that the French luxury group has plans for a Cheval Blanc hotel and associated restaurants, a spa and a flagship store that appears intended for Hedi Slimane’s Celine on Grafton Street in London’s Mayfair.

How 1 Hotels Attracts Luxury’s Elusive Sustainably Motivated Consumers
The Brooklyn Bridge hotel is utilising new technologies and new marketing tactics to reach and engage luxury consumers whose spending habits are environmentally motivated.

How 1 Hotels Attracts Luxury’s Elusive Sustainably Motivated Consumers
The Brooklyn Bridge hotel is utilising new technologies and new marketing tactics to reach and engage luxury consumers whose spending habits are environmentally motivated.

LVMH to Buy Belmond Hotel Group for $2.6 Billion
The acquisition is one of Bernard Arnault’s biggest and comes as consumers shift spending toward trips, health clubs, restaurants and entertainment and interest in shopping malls dwindles.

LVMH to Buy Belmond Hotel Group for $2.6 Billion
The acquisition is one of Bernard Arnault’s biggest and comes as consumers shift spending toward trips, health clubs, restaurants and entertainment and interest in shopping malls dwindles.

The Anatomy of Travel Retail
Travellers account for 40 percent of global spending on personal luxury goods, with 12 to 13 percent captured through dedicated travel retail channels. Who is best positioned to capitalise?

The Anatomy of Travel Retail
Travellers account for 40 percent of global spending on personal luxury goods, with 12 to 13 percent captured through dedicated travel retail channels. Who is best positioned to capitalise?