Clockwise from top left: Senior editor Christina Jelski; Travis Jay Wilson of the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina; Janien Huistra of the Renaissance Aruba; host Rebecca Tobin; and Anne Stingle of Rebel Hotel Company on a Folo by Travel Weekly episode focused on how bleisure and blended travel has changed hotels.
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The idea of a hybrid work-vacation trip -- "bleisure" in travel industry parlance -- was totally upended during the pandemic. With business travel on hold, many people began staying at business-oriented hotels for vacation trips. And many people began bringing work with them to resorts. Then when corporate travel did begin to return, it did so with a bleisure component - in some cases spouses and kids came along for long weekends or joined up for an extended vacation. And people on work-from-home or hybrid work plans became accustomed to traveling anywhere and adding in a few hours of work time.
Today host Rebecca Tobin leads the discussion on how these trends literally are changing the footprint of hotels and their amenities: From business suites Caribbean resorts to leisure-focused amenity packages for big city hotels.
Co-hosted by Christina Jelski, Travel Weekly's senior editor covering hospitality.
This episode was edited for length and clarity.
Guests:
Travis Jay Wilson, marketing director of the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Janien Huistra, director of sales and marketing for the Renaissance Aruba
Anne Stingle, head of sales, marketing and brand communications for Rebel Hotel Company.
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