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  • Europe captures a third of global leisure travel spending
  • Europe Captures One-Third of Global Leisure Travel Spending as Southern Europe Dominates the Summer Travel Season
  • Global Business Travel spending to hit record $1.71 trillion in 2026, while trips reach 1.84 billion

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travelpress.com /3 weeks ago

Europe captures a third of global leisure travel spending

Europe accounted for $1 of every $3 spent on global leisure travel in 2025, capturing $2 TN and reinforcing its position as the world’s leading leisure tourism region. That’s the b...

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hospitalitynet.org /3 weeks ago

Europe Captures One-Third of Global Leisure Travel Spending as Southern Europe Dominates the Summer Travel Season

WTTC data shows global leisure travel hit $6.15TN in 2025, with Europe capturing $2TN (one-third of total); Southern Europe leads growth, with Italy, Spain and Türkiye forecast to...

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insights.ehotelier.com /1 month ago

Global Business Travel spending to hit record $1.71 trillion in 2026, while trips reach 1.84 billion

Global business travel spending is forecast to reach a record $1.71 trillion USD in 2026, with the number of business trips worldwide expected

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hoteldive.com /1 month ago

Global business travel spending to hit record $1.71T in 2026: GBTA

Although business travel spending is increasing, the number of trips is growing at a slower rate, indicating corporate travel is becoming more selective.

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catererlicensee.com /2 weeks ago

Europe Captures One-Third of Global Leisure Travel Spending

As millions of travellers head abroad during the peak summer holiday season, Europe has reinforced its position as the world’s leading leisure travel destination, capturing... The...

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insights.ehotelier.com /3 weeks ago

Europe captures one-third of global leisure travel spending as Southern Europe dominates the summer travel season

As millions of travellers head abroad during the peak summer holiday season, Europe has reinforced its position as the world's leading leisure travel destination

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hospitalitynet.org /1 month ago

Why is Selling Leisure so Hard?

The global leisure economy is projected to grow from $5.5T to $9.57T, but operators face structural sales challenges rooted in consumer psychology, optional spending, and infinite...

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hospitalitynet.org /1 month ago

Travelers Are Redefining Value as Competition for Every Trip Intensifies

MMGY's 2026 Portrait of American Travelers Summer Edition finds 49% of Americans plan a leisure trip in 3 months, but spending has softened as travelers grow more selective about d...

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travelpress.com /3 weeks ago

GBTA taps into 2026 business travel spending trends

Global business travel spending will reach a record $1.71 trillion USD in 2026, with the number of business trips worldwide expected to surpass 1.84 billion, according the Global B...

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hospitalitynet.org /1 month ago

Wellness Tourism Trends: What's Shaping Travel and Wellness in 2026

The global wellness tourism market hit $990B in 2025 and is projected to reach $2.4T by 2035, driven by longevity travel, sauna culture, digital detox retreats, and a luxury shift...

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taipeitimes.com /1 month ago

Domestic travel trips, spending hit record highs in 2025

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globalnews.ca /1 month ago

Travel spending to U.S. fell by $3.3B in 2025 amid ‘Buy Canadian’ push

In total, Canadian travel spending to the U.S. equaled $18.8 billion in 2025, while spending on overseas travel came to $81.3 billion.

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insights.ehotelier.com /4 weeks ago

Over $1 trillion investment in Travel & Tourism signals a vote of confidence in the sector’s future

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today unveiled its latest Economic Impact Research (EIR): Global Trends Report, highlighting

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travelweek.ca /1 month ago

$3.3 billion drop in Canada-to-U.S. travel spend in 2025: StatCan

OTTAWA — Canada’s reduction in travel to the U.S. in 2025 topped 7 million fewer visits – and that was almost entirely offset by an increase in both domestic and overseas visits, a...

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hospitalitynet.org /1 week ago

Booking.com Reveals Travelers Prioritize Trips Ahead of Other Day-to-Day Expenses

A Booking.com survey of 1,332 U.S. travelers finds 84% view travel as a quality-of-life investment, with 68% cutting daily expenses to fund trips and 69% using flexible payment opt...

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thehindubusinessline.com /3 weeks ago

Live-event industry growth of 44% boosts travel and local economies

Travel is one among the major contributors in indirect expenses with outstation visitors accounting for nearly three-fourths of total spending

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hospitalitynet.org /6 days ago

Travel CEOs Leave White House With a 2030 Target: 100 Million International Visitors

U.S. Travel CEO Geoff Freeman, after a White House meeting with President Trump, calls for a target of 100M international visitors annually by 2030, projecting $81B in additional s...

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chriscruises.com /1 month ago

Travel + Leisure Acquires Two Resort Companies

The world of premium vacation clubs is experiencing an exciting phase of growth. The Orlando-based leisure travel giant, Travel + Leisure Co., has officially announced a massive 34...

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hospitalitynet.org /1 month ago

GBTA Convention 2026 Unites the Global Business Travel Industry to Connect, Learn, Innovate and Shape the Sector's Futur...

GBTA Convention 2026 drew 5,500+ attendees from 47 countries at McCormick Place, with the newly released BTI forecasting record global business travel spend of $1.71 trillion in 20...

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dmarge.com /1 month ago

Australians Are Overspending by $6.4 Billion A Year on Holidays, and Here’s Why 

There is a moment on every trip where the maths quietly stops mathing. The flights are paid for, the hotel is paid for, and a $40 cocktail has been reclassified in your head as a r...

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travelweek.ca /1 month ago

Solo stats, a new incentive and trend talk from long-time Morocco fan Intrepid Travel 

TORONTO — The solo travel boom is real. Globally the market was valued at more than US$550 billion in 2025 – and it’s expected to hit $627 billion in 2026. Not long ago, solo was a...

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scmp.com /1 month ago

China’s consumption has a new, fast-growing driver: local tourists

In the first half of this year, leisure travel within China exploded. As the summer travel season builds towards the Mid-Autumn Festival and the “golden week” that follows National...

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taipeitimes.com /1 month ago

Tourism spending booming: agency

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hoteldive.com /1 month ago

Hyatt sees Q2 RevPAR growth driven by luxury travel demand

Hyatt’s U.S. results “exceeded expectations,” with leisure travel remaining robust and the World Cup boosting group demand, per CEO Mark Hoplamazian.

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