Category Archives: Hotels

Valuing Visitors To Your Destination: Say It With Flowers  

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Doug Gollan

  How much is a typical visitor worth to the places they visit?   According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, global tourism accounts for one out of every 10 jobs, meaning the stakes are high. Yet, all visitors … Continue reading →

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UHNWs Shell Out Big Money For Private Concerts

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Doug Gollan

The Super Rich seem to have no problem spending into the millions for 60 minutes of enjoyment when marketers create awareness and desire.  Look at your favorite rock star.   Greg Furman, the former CMO of Bergdorf Goodman who founded … Continue reading →

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What Do Billionaires Want?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Doug Gollan

Ledbury Research on behalf of Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) recently published a Billionaires Study in which they dredged through any information they could find on 250 of these 10 digit wonders from China, Middle East and Russia in an effort … Continue reading →

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What’s the Best Media to Market Luxury?

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Doug Gollan

What’s the Best Media to Market Luxury? Like baking a cake, it clearly is a mix of ingredients. A recent Boston Consulting Group Altagamma piece titled True-Luxury Global Consumer offered some insights. First, who was surveyed? The survey included 10,000 … Continue reading →

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Do The Super Rich Know What You Are Selling?

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Doug Gollan

Do The Super Rich Know What Your Are Selling? “The Super Rich already know us.” It’s one I hear quite a bit when I speak with purveyors of luxury goods and services. There is an urgency to get the word … Continue reading →

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“Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics”

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Doug Gollan

When I ran the numbers for The Top 0.1 Percent Spent $214 Billion on Lifestyle and Luxury in 2013 in leisure hotel and resort stays from our previous research it showed that these Ultra High Net Worth consumers spend over $12 billion annually … Continue reading →

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The Top 0.1 Percent Spent $214 Billion on Lifestyle and Luxury in 2013

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Doug Gollan

  Looking at research on luxury and lifestyle spending by Ultra High Net Worth families and layering it against recently released research on how much the Top 0.1 percent make, I estimate these 117,000 households contributed $214 billion to the … Continue reading →

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