Many of our travel research and marketing clients are starting to ask if they should be on Snapchat We are seeing a rapid rise in Snapchat usage and, not just in the youth sectors. With the rise, comes unique marketing opportunities to engage with yes, mostly Gen Z and Gen Y travellers, but an increasing number of 'older' travellers who are showing signs of taking up Snapchat. According to research from MoffettNathanson, Snapchat has already started to buck the stereotype. The firm found that the fastest-growing cohort of Snapchat users is … [Read more...]
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Why should businesses conduct tourism research?
One of the great founding narratives of business is that of the millionaire or billionaire who didn’t do any research because they had a great vision. The story is often supported by the Henry Ford quote that if he had asked the customer what they wanted they would have said faster horses. In this article, we will discuss why and how should businesses conduct tourism research. If anything in our ‘post truth’ world that story has got even stronger: for some people evidence no longer matters. And it is true, that there are occasionally … [Read more...]