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HOSPITALITY ENCHANTS

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For the hospitality sector, the coronavirus has been a nighmarish guest. Our LinkedIn group Travel Investment Network is a forum for analysts, bankers, and investors to exchange views on future trends.

Businessman in Pool

Find knowledge. The depth of opportunity in this business, including hotels, medical tourism, and cruise lines, is a wide base for like-minded discussion. In the post-pandemic era, an industry-wide reset propels innovation. Leisure travel is rebounding, but the commercial landscape conceals uncertainty.

Extra: Dark Tourism

One of the fastest growing segments in the leisure business is dark tourism. Visiting destinations that provoke contemplation—such as the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Min City—spotlight our raw humanity. These trips can provide solace to those who grieve.

World Trade Center

Image shows skeleton of World Trade Center after 9/11 attack.
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Grapple with tragedy. In popular culture, dark tourism is aggrandized as the macabre. An example is the Jekyll and Hyde tour offered commercially in London. Our preferred definition centers on inward assessment, helping us to understand uncertainty, randomness, and catastrophe.