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Imagine a guided tour, but instead of a luxury coach your transportation is a Boeing 757 outfitted with 50 first-class seats -- and the plane will fly you around the world in ultimate comfort to off-the-beaten-path locations to get rare glimpses of wildlife, immerse yourself in local culture and/or stay at famous, luxury resorts. This mode of travel exists, and though it's not cheap to buy a seat on one of these tours, it's a steadily growing niche.

Earlier this year, a handful of media and travel advisors were able to get a look at luxury tour operator Abercrombie & Kent’s private jet, which it uses for round-the-world tours for small groups of very discerning, pretty wealthy, travelers. In this episode, Ann Epting, A&K's senior vice president of private jet and special interest travel, and Rob Clabbers, the president of Q Cruise + Travel talk with host Rebecca Tobin about the type of traveler who books a private-jet tour, how the whole thing operates, the work that goes into planning and delivering an over-the-top private jet experience, the price of private-jet vacations and of course, the plane itself.

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Travel Weekly's cover story on private jet travel https://travelweekly.texterity.com/travelweekly/april_22_2024/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=2&folio=8#pg10

Abercrombie & Kent's fall private jet tour, "Wildlife and Nature Around the World" https://assets.abercrombiekent.com/pageflip/2024/Wildlife-Nature-ATW-PJ-2024/index.html

 

 
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The Seatrade Cruise Global conference in Miami Beach in April is a great time for cruise lines to break news, and its annual State of the Industry panel is where business leaders head to hear the latest about trends, straight from the CEOs' mouths.

In this episode cruise editor Andrea Zelinski and host Rebecca Tobin go over what was talked about from the Seatrade stage: Big ship orders, vacation demand, additions to the private island scene, and how tech upgrades have changed and improved the cruise experience.

This episode was recorded Thursday April 11 and has been edited for length and clarity.

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Windstar will expand its fleet https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Windstar-fleet-expansion

'Incredibly robust' demand drives NCLH's eight-ship order https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Analysis-NCLH-enormous-ship-order

Seatrade panelists talk about attracting new cruisers https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Seatrade-panelists-talk-about-attracting-new-cruisers

NCLH prepares to upgrade Great Stirrup Cay, but pier is top priority https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Great-Stirrup-Caye-expansion

The evolution of cruising's private islands https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/evolution-of-cruising-private-islands

Barbara Muckermann departs Silversea https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Muckermann-leaves-Silversea

 
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What do Taylor Swift, March Madness, Formula 1 and a tiny weekend festival in Florida have in common? They’re all events-based travel, a category that is bringing in a tidal wave of business. And travelers' passions for concerts, sports and meaningful travel experiences is totally reversing the way people research and plan travel -- as you'll hear here!

In this episode host Rebecca Tobin talks with senior editor Nicole Edenedo, Kier Matthews of On Location Experiences, a wholesale and hospitality supplier for sports and entertainment events, and Arival CEO Douglas Quinby about the types of events people are willing to travel for, who exactly is doing the traveling, how much they’re spending -- and how stans and fans are standing the travel-sales business on its head.

This episode was recorded March 18 and has been edited for length and clarity.

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Related reports

That's the ticket: Events travel hits the big time https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Tour-Operators/Events-travel-thats-the-ticket

On Location Experiences www.onlocationexp.com

Arival's research study "The Power of Events: How sports and performing arts drive tourism" (for purchase) https://arival.travel/research/the-power-of-events-how-sports-and-performing-arts-drive-tourism/

 

 

Arival research on sports and entertainment travel https://arival.travel/research/the-power-of-events-how-sports-and-performing-arts-drive-tourism/

On Location Experiences https://onlocationexp.com
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Wellness travel is entering a new golden era: Strong growth is predicted in the next three years, according to the Global Wellness Institute. So what does it mean to travel for wellness in 2024?

In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin welcomed senior editors Robert Silk and Christina Jelski and news editor Johanna Jainchill. They delved into wellness-travel trips -- mindful surfing in Costa Rica, exclusive golfing at the new Sensei resort in California and a stay at a traditional wellness-themed resort -- that formed the basis for a Travel Weekly cover story about the myriad experiences that make up today's wellness-travel market.

Among our questions: What is “hard” and “soft” wellness travel? Is wellness travel expensive, or is that just a perception? And for the skeptics out there: What's the value in "wellness," anyway?

Episode sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Travel Insured https://www.travelinsured.com

Related reports:

Diving into wellness resorts: Three editors sample three takes on self-care https://www.travelweekly.com/Luxury-Travel/Diving-into-wellness-resorts

Wellness travel is still in demand, bringing new resorts to bloom https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Wellness-travel-new-resorts

 

 
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Since the door plug blowout on Alaska Airlines flight 1282, Boeing has been in the news constantly: A temporary grounding of the 737 Max 9, investigations and fallout from the Alaska flight, and also the problems of production delays and new orders. Airline executives, regulators, politicians and the flying public have all voiced concerns about Boeing -- all leading up to the resignation on March 25 of CEO David Calhoun, who will leave the company at the end of the year.

Host Rebecca Tobin tackles the Boeing situation with aviation editor Robert Silk and David Slotnick, the senior aviation business reporter at The Points Guy. In this episode: air safety issues, United chief Scott Kirby’s letter to passengers about an apparent string of incidents, why there’s a scarcity of new airplanes from Boeing and Airbus and what it means for flyers, and why airlines continue to place orders for new planes. And can you, should you, book away from a Boeing 737 Max jet?

This episode was recorded March 22 and has been edited for length and clarity.

Episode sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Travel Insured https://www.travelinsured.com

Related links from Travel Weekly:

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is stepping down https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Boeing-CEO-resigns-following-aircraft-mishaps

United CEO addresses string of incidents, says safety is 'highest priority' https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/United-Airlines-CEO-addresses-string-of-incidents

Boeing's delivery delays have big consequences for Southwest, CEO says https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Southwest-response-Boeing-delivery-delays

Report: DOJ begins criminal probe on door plug blowout on Boeing jet https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/DOJ-begins-criminal-probe-Boeing-door-plug-blowout

FAA audit faults Boeing quality control on 737 max https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/FAA-audit-Boeing-quality-control

Related links from The Points Guy

Boeing CEO, top executives to step down amid mounting quality control scandal https://thepointsguy.com/news/boeing-ceo-resigns-leadership-changes/

'Boeing needs to become a better company': Airlines slow growth plans amid frustration with planemaker https://thepointsguy.com/news/boeing-737-max-crisis-airlines-growth-plans/

'We own it': Boeing CEO accepts responsibility for poor quality control https://thepointsguy.com/news/boeing-quality-control-ceo-we-own-it/

What to know about the Boeing 737 MAX 9 and the MAX series https://thepointsguy.com/news/boeing-737-max-9/

United Airlines CEO addresses safety concerns in letter to customers https://thepointsguy.com/news/united-airlines-safety-boeing-ceo-note/
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On this episode we dig deep into spring-travel trends with Hayley Berg, a researcher at the travel company Hopper. Among our topics: Where people are going in March and April – Orlando and Vegas, yes, but also some places that might surprise you. How much people are willing to spend, and how airfare compares to previous years. We talk about types of spring break travelers.

And we talk about this year's unusual trends: Japan, the Paris Olympics, solar eclipse travel, set-jetting and dupes.

This episode was recorded Friday, March 15 and has been edited for length and clarity.

Episode sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Travel Insured https://www.travelinsured.com

Related reports:

Hopper's spring break travel report https://media.hopper.com/research/2024-spring-break-travel-outlook

Travel advisors reveal spring break trends (TravelPulse) https://www.travelpulse.com/news/destinations/travel-advisors-and-industry-leaders-reveal-top-10-spring-break-destinations-for-2024

Set-jetting podcast https://www.travelweekly.com/Podcasts/Folo/Why-are-travelers-inspired-by-movies-and-TV
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