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Mac Lacy shares affinity travel trends and insights gleaned from breakout sessions at this year's Select Traveler Conference.
If the evening events for the Select Traveler Conference, held February 15–17 in Williamsburg, Virginia, were any indication, Virginia’s Historic Triangle will be the place for groups to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary this summer.
Mac Lacy shares how out of all the memorable lines in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”, that line is the one to give him pause.
For America’s 250th anniversary, Williamsburg, Virginia, is a top destination with its rich Colonial history. Part of Virginia’s Historic Triangle, it features immersive 18th-century sites and will host this year’s Select Traveler Conference.
I toured three delightful cities in Germany: Augsburg, Regensburg and Erfurt.
The biggest selling point of group travel is the group! Read more about the social impact of group travel and the breakout results from this year's conference.
A lot of fascinating data came from this year's Select Traveler Conference in Owensboro — and while that data represents only a snapshot of the industry, it’s a meaningful one.
More than 200 affinity travel planners and tourism industry professionals gathered March 9–11 in Owensboro, Kentucky, for the 2025 Select Traveler Conference, a meeting that has drawn delegates from around the world since 1996.
Trends happen quickly in group travel, and there are several you are probably acting upon for 2025 — or should be.
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