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 we’re going to talk about how these trends literally are changing the footprint of hotels and their amenities: From business suites at Caribbean resorts to leisure-focused amenity packages at big-city hotels.

Co-hosted by Christina Jelski, Travel Weekly’s senior editor covering hospitality. www.travelweekly.com/christina-jelski

Guests: 

Travis Jay Wilson, marketing director of the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/sandt-marriott-marquis-san-diego-marina/overview/

Janien Huistra, director of sales and marketing for the Renaissance Aruba https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/auabr-renaissance-wind-creek-aruba-resort/overview/

Anne Stingle, head of sales, marketing and brand communications for Rebel Hotel Company. https://www.rebelhotelcompany.com/portfolio

This episode was edited for length and clarity. 

Related articles:

Google data highlights the growing interest in blended trips https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Technology/Google-data-shows-interest-blended-trips

Working on vacation: Bleisure's flipside https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/The-flipside-of-bleisure-working-during-vacation

Business hotels make room for leisure: https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Making-room-for-leisure

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 we’re going to talk about how these trends literally are changing the footprint of hotels and their amenities: From business suites at Caribbean resorts to leisure-focused amenity packages at big-city hotels.
Co-hosted by Christina Jelski, Travel Weekly’s senior editor covering hospitality. <a href="http://www.travelweekly.com/christina-jelski">www.travelweekly.com/christina-jelski</a>
Guests: 
Travis Jay Wilson, marketing director of the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina <a href="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/sandt-marriott-marquis-san-diego-marina/overview/">https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/sandt-marriott-marquis-san-diego-marina/overview/</a>
Janien Huistra, director of sales and marketing for the Renaissance Aruba <a href="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/auabr-renaissance-wind-creek-aruba-resort/overview/">https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/auabr-renaissance-wind-creek-aruba-resort/overview/</a>
Anne Stingle, head of sales, marketing and brand communications for Rebel Hotel Company. <a href="https://www.rebelhotelcompany.com/portfolio">https://www.rebelhotelcompany.com/portfolio</a>
This episode was edited for length and clarity. 
Related articles:
Google data highlights the growing interest in blended trips <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Technology/Google-data-shows-interest-blended-trips">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Technology/Google-data-shows-interest-blended-trips</a>
Working on vacation: Bleisure's flipside <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/The-flipside-of-bleisure-working-during-vacation">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/The-flipside-of-bleisure-working-during-vacation</a>
Business hotels make room for leisure: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Making-room-for-leisure">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Making-room-for-leisure</a>

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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they&rsquo;ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Hosted by Rebecca Tobin, managing editor of Travel Weekly

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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week. 

In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about.  

You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do. 

Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

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