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Food, Beverage & Hospitality

Marketing to New Travel Tribes

The hotel industry is facing an era of change as new players disrupt the landscape and consumer preferences rapidly evolve. We look at marketing and advertising strategies used by brands to attract new breeds of travellers

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29 Jun 2016
BY: Susie Sell & Christian Ward
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