What do your favorite jeans have to do with the future of travel?
Travel has been through more than its share of ups and downs over the past three years. And as travel planners and promoters look to the future, forecasting trends isn’t easy. In this episode, Gather and Go host Brian Jewell shares how the history of blue jeans sheds can help us understand cultural trends that will impact the tourism industry in the coming years.
His presentation, Travolution: Cultural Trends That Are Reshaping Tourism, was delivered April 19, 2023 at STS Domestic Showcase in Huntsville, Alabama. We’re sharing the entire talk in this episode. Don’t forget to scroll down for links to many of the resources and past episodes he mentions.
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Download The Presentation Slides
Brian’s talk included lots of helpful data. Here’s a copy of the presentation slides with links to underlying research sources.
Podcast Episodes Mentioned in This Talk
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Equalizing Opportunities in Tourism with Stephanie Jones
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Key Moments From This Episode
3:35 — How tourism is like your pants
9:54 — Finding travel trends in the midst of trauma
14:07 — Affordability: How rising prices are changing the travel landscape
15:23 — The upward trajectory of hotel pricing
23:13 — Community: How America’s friendship crisis impacts tourism
28:28 — The value of travel for building relationships
31:22 — Diversity: How travelers want to see themselves reflected on trips
38:17 — How much do travelers value diversity?
40:28 — How travel can change culture for the better
About the Podcast
Gather and Go with Brian Jewell is a podcast that helps group travel leaders plan, promote and lead better trips. Each episode reaches thousands of professional tour operators and travel agents and the volunteer group leaders they work with, as well as destination marketers, museum leaders, church travel leaders and other tourism enthusiasts around the world. Each show includes a featured conversation with a smart and influential travel leader. You’ll also hear travel news, road tips and more. New episodes are released about twice monthly.
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