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First we have to recognize that always it s a golden age of travel for someone There are consumers and retailers零售商 who are warmed by memories of heavy discounting as the economy unraveled拆散 散开 此指衰退in the waning months of 2008 Travel inventory 清单 might have looked distressed to the broader travel industry cruise ship cabins for under 30 a day and spending on travel might have seemed irresponsible to consumers who were nervous about continued employment but for those positioned to sell and seek bargains those were halcyon 平静的 days Good times 首先 我们必须认识到 对于一个人来说 这是一个旅行 的黄金时期 消费者和零售商的重贴现被作为 2008 经济衰 退的最后几个月的温暖回忆 旅行清单可能会让更广泛的 旅游业 游轮舱每天少于 30 美元 苦恼 而且 对于那些 对继续就业感到紧张的消费者来说 旅行支出似乎是不负 责任的 但对那些准备出售和寻求便宜货的消费者来说 那是一段宁静的日子 好时光 When it comes to the broader community of consumers and designers packagers marketers and retailers of travel products we would appear to be in a better place today In fact we are in what likely is still the early phase of an extended golden age of travel 当它涉及到消费者 设计师 包装更广泛的社区 营销和 旅游产品的零售商 我们似乎是今天的一个更好的地方 事实上 我们可能仍处于旅行黄金期的早期阶段 The World Travel and Tourism Council points out that the travel industry is outpacing global gross domestic product growth and that the industry is on track to become the largest in the world though no one has pinpointed exactly when Much of travel s traction is fueled by the rise of the middle and upper classes in Asia China in particular where opportunities for growth in every segment of travel are simply staggering 世界旅行和旅游理事会指出 旅游业是超过全球国内生产 总值的增长 行业有望成为世界上最大的 尽管没有准确 定位时 许多旅行的牵引力是由崛起的中产阶级和上层阶 级在亚洲 中国的推动下 特别是 在旅行的每一段成 长的机会是惊人的 On the domestic front our sister company PhoCusWright reported earlier this month that leisure travel grew 7 in 2013 roaring past the U S economy as a whole and with an encouraging bump 9 in the 45 to 64 age group And very encouraging millennials 千禧一代 ages 25 to 34 boosted their travel spend by 11 suggesting that a new generation of travelers will use increasing earning power to explore the world 在国内方面 本月早些时候 我们的姐妹公司 PhoCusWright 报告 休闲旅游增长 7 2013 呼啸而过的美 国经济作为一个整体 并以鼓舞人心的肿块 9 在 45 to 64 年龄组 和非常令人鼓舞的千禧一代 年龄从 25 到 34 增加了他们的旅行花了 11 这表明新一代旅客将增 加盈利能力探索世界 By this point in 2014 I ve already heard three renowned 有声 望的 economists say that conditions are ripe for at least two more years of solid growth economists do not by nature and training predict further out than two years I cannot find a credible contrarian to these rosy乐观的 forecasts The explicit message from all is to make hay while the sun shines There is naturally always the footnote that predictions are subject to change in the event of an unforeseeable massively disruptive occurrence But it s more than simple economic growth that makes me feel we re in an especially good place and likely to stay here awhile When it comes to technology we ve come to feel entitled to a fast pace of change but I m also seeing a tremendous burst of creativity in how technology is being exploited 到了 2014 我已经听过三位著名经济学家说 至少有两个 坚实的增长期已经成熟了 经济学家们从本质上和培训上 来说 预计不会比两年多 我无法找到一个可靠的逆势而 来的乐观预测 所有人的明确信息是在阳光照耀下晒干草 有 当然 总是预测是在不可预见的事件变化的注脚 大 规模破坏性的事件 但是不止是单纯的经济增长 让我觉 得我们是在一个特别好的地方 可能一段时间呆在这里 说到技术 我们已经感到自己有能力快速改变 但我也看 到了技术正在被开发的巨大创造力 I m most excited by mobile enabled innovations in the sharing collaborative economy that as proof of concept are now being mimicked模仿by hijacked by and co opted指派 此指被纳入 into the mainstream主流 travel industry Although every time I ve looked at Airbnb I end up viewing professionally managed apartments and every Uber driver I ve summoned is in fact a veteran of black car services these and the truly more collaborative models breathe new life into the industry on a daily basis 我最为兴奋的是 在共享 合作经济中 以移动为基础的创 新 作为概念的证明 现在被模仿 被劫持并被纳入主流 旅游业 虽然每一次我结束观看专业管理的公寓的时候我 已经看了空中食宿 和每一个我召唤的 Uber 司机其实是一 个资深的黑色轿车服务 这些和真正的更多的合作模式在 日常的基础上注入新的