Vacation.com predicts babyboomer travel boom
Friday, January 12, 2007
(excerpt from article)
The leisure travel industry is about to boom thanks to the Baby Boomers coming of age and having more free time and the desire to travel, according to Lauraday Kelley, CTC, MCC, vice president Education & Training for Vacation.com.
Drawing from recent research by ASTA, the Travel Industry Association and Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell (YPB&R), Lauraday Kelley released Vacation.com’s Top Ten Trends for 2007 included Religious Travel as #7 on the list:
Religious travel will continue to be a growing trend as a large number of consumers are taking pilgrimages to religious destinations.
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