With the COVID-19 pandemic preventing opportunities for travel, the travel and tourism industry has seen the rapid emergence and growth of several travel trends as people can now follow-through on their vacation dreams and book trips. These trends include traveling to see a concert, making more sustainable vacation choices, and looking for unique, once in a lifetime trips as opposed to more common and mainstream tourist destinations. This last trend has led to an increase in “surprise travel”.
In today’s business environment, there has been an increase in the number of businesses who have become Certified B-Corporations, or B-Corps. In order for a B-Corp to be successful in fulfilling its specific social and environmental missions, they must also be successful in turning a profit. And in order to attract investors, customers, and other important partners, a B-Corp must have a strong marketing team to convey what differentiates their business from other for-profit competitors.
Service is more prominent than ever. With more than 80% of jobs in the United States related to the service industry, quality of service is impossible to ignore. However, most companies struggle to strike a balance between service quality and cost with some notable exceptions. Known for both impeccable service and cost-effective strategies, Singapore Airlines and Southwest Airlines have discovered the secret to keeping customers happy with a sustainable cost structure.
In the world of Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music and Apple Podcasts, it would seem that radio is in trouble. The industry, which is heavily reliant on advertising dollars, experienced a 4% decrease in revenue over the past five years. Despite this decline, insurance and real estate companies still spent approximately $257.7 million on radio advertising in 2019. In 2020, Progressive launched the “Sounds of the Old World” radio advertising campaign, which may help prove that radio is not as dead as one might think.
For many, going out for dinner is a treat at the end of a long week of hard work. It’s a way to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life, to spend time with the important people in their life and connect over a good meal. Since the Coronavirus pandemic has forced many restaurants to close their dining rooms, it seems the most common solution for many has become delivery. In a year where so much of business remains in flux, Uber Eats seems to have found a way to capitalize on the resultant discomfort.
COVID-19 has brought a lot of pressure to the healthcare systems around the world, particularly on emergency services. However, this doesn’t mean that everyday ambulatory care ceases to exist. AdventHealth and Orlando Health have been in a tight race to provide top-tier medical services to the Greater Orlando area. One of the major current trends in healthcare is to create pavilions or health parks – one central location for patients to take care of all of their medical needs at once. The different approaches taken by the rival hospital systems in the Central Florida region illustrate two separate marketing tactics.
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