More travel executives get their mission-critical industry news from Skift than any other source on the planet.Tell me more
In early 2013, five months after Skift’s official launch, we predicted that last-minute hotel bookings on mobile phones would become the norm, and that paying fees for ancillary services, from checked bags to spa appointments, would become second nature.
Looking back — Covid notwithstanding — we did a credible job in highlighting our predictions of 13 pertinent travel trends, with some of our forecasts so on point that today the things we envisioned in 2013 are now merely taken for granted.
While we nailed many of the 13 Global Trends That Will Define Travel in 2013, we missed the mark on a few, and others are nuanced or require further explanation.