Every year at this time of year we delve into our Preview issue: Every reporter on staff looks at his or her beat and, talks to their sources, reads at the tea leaves and tells our readers what to expect for the year ahead.

In this episode, we’ll look at what we think 2026 has in store for hotels, cruise, tours and river cruising. Host Rebecca Tobin's guests are senior editors Christina Jelski, who covers hospitality; Brinley Hineman, who covers tours and river cruising; and Teri West, who covers cruise.

Among our topics: The dominance of luxury travel in all segments, exciting new products to watch for land and sea and whether companies are bullish or bearish on 2026 bookings. 

These episodes have been individually recorded over the second part of December and have been edited for length and clarity.

Episode sponsor

This episode is sponsored by the Globus family of brands https://www.globusandcosmos.com

Related links

Travel Weekly's 2026 Preview issue https://www.travelweekly.com/preview-2026

 

Every year at this time of year we delve into our Preview issue: Every reporter on staff looks at his or her beat and, talks to their sources, reads at the tea leaves and tells our readers what to expect for the year ahead.
In this episode, we&rsquo;ll look at what we think 2026 has in store for hotels, cruise, tours and river cruising. Host Rebecca Tobin's guests are senior editors Christina Jelski, who covers hospitality; Brinley Hineman, who covers tours and river cruising; and Teri West, who covers cruise.
Among our topics: The dominance of luxury travel in all segments, exciting new products to watch for land and sea and whether companies are bullish or bearish on 2026 bookings.&nbsp;
These episodes have been individually recorded over the second part of December and have been edited for length and clarity.
Episode sponsor
This episode is sponsored by the Globus family of brands&nbsp;<a href="https://www.globusandcosmos.com">https://www.globusandcosmos.com</a>
Related links
Travel Weekly's 2026 Preview issue <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/preview-2026">https://www.travelweekly.com/preview-2026</a>
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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they’ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

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.