#Trending - Hotel Rooms Are Getting Smaller, 2022 Hospitality Trends, Hotel Chain Launches Alcohol-Free Beverage Program, And The End Of Mass Tourism?

An educator in Europe has a really interesting take on the future of tourism considering things like COVID, the economy, carbon offsets, virtual reality, and more. There seems to be a shift in hotel operations from the size of guest rooms to the implementation of new beverage programs. Read all about this and more in our three-minute read below.

Hotel Rooms For Business Travelers Are Getting Smaller

The pandemic and the way people now work and travel have caused some hotel chains to rethink space allocation. As many properties work to reinvent themselves, hotels are ceding more space to public areas, with corporate guests and local remote workers looking for desks or a place to hold a meeting. Read more in Skift here.

2022 Hospitality Trends From Famed Swiss Hotel School

Two hotel professors from the famed Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne have just published their findings for 2022 hotel trends. They include traveling less/staycations, solo travel, and virtual and augmented reality. They dare to tease the death of the travel agent and the rise of the independent traveler who is decreasingly seeking lavish displays of wealth, preferring instead to spend wisely, purposefully, and make a positive impact on the world. Read more in HospitalityNet here.

Major Hotel Brand Launches Alcohol-Free Beverage Program

As we inch toward "Dry January," when many people try to go sober for 31 days — and keeping in mind many people decided to give up alcohol altogether after indulging a bit too much during the pandemic — one major hotel brand has embraced the shift by launching an alcohol-free beverage program. Hyatt has introduced its Zero Proof, Zero Judgment beverage program to offer more alcohol-free beverages to several hotels across its brands. Read all about it in Business Traveller here.

The End Of Mass Tourism As We Know It?

Here's a thought-provoking article on the future of mass tourism. As new barriers to tourism emerge, there is a discussion on whether the senior set will continue to travel due to ongoing health concerns of COVID, whether the shrinking middle class can afford to travel at all, and with ongoing travel restrictions if people will just want to stay home more (demonstrated by the ongoing surge in staycations). Check it out in Adam Travels here.

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