Articles tagged “the netherlands”

Cruises

Amsterdam to Slash Cruise Stops in Half to Fight Mass Tourism

The Dutch capital's cruise stop cap and eventual relocation of its main terminal are part of an active approach toward combatting overtourism.

Amsterdam to Slash Cruise Stops in Half to Fight Mass Tourism

Podcasts

Amsterdam Bans New Hotels

Today's podcast looks at Amsterdam's hotel ban, Hyatt's Indian leisure travel, and new Apple technology in hotel rooms.

Amsterdam Bans New Hotels

Hotels

Pillows Hotels Makes a Boutique Play in the Netherlands and Belgium

It's no small feat for Loes Dingemans to grow a boutique hotel chain to six properties during a pandemic. But she may face high barriers to expanding the Pillows brand across Europe.

Pillows Hotels Makes a Boutique Play in the Netherlands and Belgium

Business Travel

Amsterdam Turns to Luxury to Allay Overtourism Concerns

When your destination is considered the ultimate hotbed of overtourism, what do you do to reduce crowding? For Amsterdam, the answer lies in luxury.

Amsterdam Turns to Luxury to Allay Overtourism Concerns

Tourism

Do the Netherlands Really Want Fewer Tourists? Depends on Who You Ask

Amsterdam has too many tourists. Amsterdam should welcome more flights. The Dutch city has become the perfect place to illustrate the competing and overlapping aims of a tourist economy.

Do the Netherlands Really Want Fewer Tourists? Depends on Who You Ask

Tourism

Europe’s Tourism Boom Is Slowing Down

Europe's pace of growth looks like it will take a step back this year. Hopefully this will coincide with a continent-wide reassessment of how it can better manage tourism.

Europe’s Tourism Boom Is Slowing Down

Tourism

Overtourism Countermeasures Include Limits on Cruise Ships and Short-Term Rentals

We've been talking about overtourism for a while now and it's good to see cities getting more creative when it comes to managing numbers. Visitors are going to keep coming to the likes of Barcelona, Dubrovnik, and Amsterdam, and therefore these places are going to have to get smarter about managing the flow of people, whether they already live there or not.

Overtourism Countermeasures Include Limits on Cruise Ships and Short-Term Rentals

Meetings

Repositioning Amsterdam as ‘Holland City’ to Attract More Conventions

This is the first time a convention bureau has launched an official website promoting a destination's intellectual software ahead of its infrastructure hardware.

Repositioning Amsterdam as ‘Holland City’ to Attract More Conventions

SkiftX

New Data Deck: State of Travel 2015, Europe

From overarching trends to the ever-increasing impact of mobile and online technology — and offering a deep look at what’s happening in every critical travel vertical — this is the state of the travel industry in Europe in 2015.

New Data Deck: State of Travel 2015, Europe