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Americans Prefer Road Trips to All Other Forms of Travel

Survey Reveals That Americans Prefer Road Trips to All Other Forms of Travel, That Summer Is Their Favorite Season For Hitting the Road, and That 60 percent Do Not Travel Internationally

Summer is here, and, according to new data from Ebates most Americans will be taking the opportunity to hit the highway.

The Ebates Summer Survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults, conducted online by Propeller Insights on behalf of Ebates in June 2018, revealed how, where and for how much Americans will be spending their summer vacations.

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U.S. Business Travel Thriving As Travel Expands for 100th Straight Month

Travel to and within the U.S. grew 3.6 percent year-over-year in April, according to the U.S. Travel Association’s latest Travel Trends Index (TTI) – marking the industry’s 100th straight month of overall expansion. Though the raw numbers are in positive territory, the U.S. continues to trail other global travel heavyweights in capturing share of the booming international travel market.

The most noteworthy component of the April TTI was domestic business travel, which grew for a fourth consecutive month—the first four-month win streak for that segment since January-April 2015. Forward-looking bookings and searches for business travel appear to be on an upswing as well, leading to a strong business Leading Travel Index (LTI)—the forecasting portion of TTI.


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What is Tourism’s Future

Hello, we’d love to invite you to attend the 2018 GWTTRA conference on the Future of Travel and Tourism: Land, Sea, Air.

The conference is being held at the Seattle Airport Hilton April 8,19,20th. The conference is sponsored by Longwoods International, Dean Runyan Associates, Las Vegas CVA, and the Washington State University School of Hospitality and Business.

Some of your top industry futurists speakers include:

Mathew Lindsey, Expedia

Kent Craver, Boeing Aircraft

Steve Cohen, MMGY

Sol Rashidi, Holland America International

The early bird conference special price ends March 30th, so make your booking now.

The Seattle Airport Hilton room block is nearly sold out, Your group rate will be $164 single or double per night. To book your room you can call: 1-800-HILTONS and using the group code TTRA.

Or book using this link, so make your reservation now!! We look forward to seeing you in April!!!

Sincerely,

John Hope-Johnstone
Manager
GWTTRA.com
Phone: 541 829 0037

 

Americans Pick Their Favorite Destinations

Oh, smaller towns and cities, how we love you. You offer us an escape from the buzz of traffic, buildings that block out the sunset, and hectic, high-speed attitudes. And don’t even get us started on your killer charm and good looks.

We know you’re out there, and we want to celebrate you. That’s why Expedia polled 1,000 Americans to determine their favorite medium and small towns to visit in the U.S. They reviewed all the nominations and pinpointed the most frequently mentioned cities, towns, and villages to provide you with America’s favorite places to visit.

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News & Activities

Research Roundtable with Jordan Bohlander, Project Manager and Technical lead for Dean Runyan Associates (moderator)

Session: Challenges and Opportunities for Destinations and Researchers in a Disrupted, Post-Covid Marketplace

What are the post-Covid challenges that communities are facing? What opportunities are there for Travel Research professionals to add value as the travel industry navigates its road to recovery? Travel industry veterans Ralf Garrison, Dave Belin, Tom Foley, Carl Ribaudo, and Barb Taylor-Carpender discuss their work with pandemic-inspired think tank, The Insights Collective, focusing on the industry challenges and “teeing up” opportunities for travel tourism research to add value to travel-dependent communities throughout the West.

 

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CALLING FOR ACADEMIC PAPERS

Do you want the opportunity to present your research to world renowned leaders, practitioners, and educators of the travel research community?

Submit your papers for our academic research summit and join us on October 19-21 in Skokie, Illinois for the CenStates/Greater Western TTRA Joint Chapter Conference!                   

The Greater Western Chapter (GWTTRA) and the CenStates Chapter of the Travel & Tourism Research Association (TTRA) are joining together for a joint conference in October 2022 in Northern Chicago.

The conference will provide a forum where attendees from academia, destination marketing organizations, government agencies, consultants, marketers, and other travel industry professionals can meet to discuss, present, and learn about cutting-edge research and practices.

There will be an academic research summit during the conference, where attendees can present their cutting-edge research. 

Submit your proposal to:  [email protected]

BRIEF OVERVIEW

We will consider all proposals that reflect scholarship in travel, tourism, and hospitality. Academic papers will be double blind reviewed and accepted papers will be published on the GWTTRA Proceedings web site (if desired by the authors).  Submissions require an abstract of up to 500 words (see details below).  

This conference is open to original work, work in progress and work presented at other conferences or previously published. 

Presenters do not need to represent the CenStates or GWTTRA chapters.  They may come from anywhere in the world. 

 

 IMPORTANT DATES

September 9, 2022 (5:00pm PST)

Proposal due date

September 23, 2022

Notification of acceptance

 All proposals will be double blind reviewed.

 

SUBMISSION DETAILS

All proposals should be sent to:  [email protected]

Subject: GWTTRA proposal

There are two types of submissions:

  1. 20-minute presentation: for completed research only
  2. 10-minute presentation (“speed presentation”): for research in progress or summaries of Research, with more time for discussion and feedback

Presentations should be focused on empirical research.

 Submission requirements:

  • Each submission should include two documents:
    • Title page (including author names & affiliation)
    • Main document (without author names)
  • The main document should meet these criteria:
    • Main body up to 500 words (excluding figures, tables, & references)
    • Include figures/tables in the manuscript, rather than at the end
    • Use 12-point Times New Roman font (single spaced)
    • Use 1-inch margins on all sides.
  • Participants are limited to a maximum of 2 proposals.
  • Presentation room will include a screen with projector or monitor and computer.
  • At least one author must register for the conference and present at the conference.

 

QUESTIONS

Please direct questions to Academic Co-Chairs:

Dr. Woojin Lee – [email protected]

Dr. Matthew Stone – [email protected]

 

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Complete conference information can be found at: https://ttra.com/central-chapter/conference/

Registration is now open for the 2022 CenStates / Greater Western Travel and Tourism Research Association Joint Chapter Conference!