{"id":187410,"date":"2025-11-10T18:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latteluxurynews.com\/?p=187410"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:57:26","slug":"ltc-reports-travel-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latteluxurynews.com\/2025\/11\/10\/ltc-reports-travel-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"LTC reports latest travel trends, including the rise of &#8216;gig tripping&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Luxury travel advisors are benefitting from various latest trends reported by <strong>Luxury Travel Collection <\/strong>(LTC) at last week&#8217;s Harbour Soir\u00e9e in Hong Kong for the group&#8217;s Global Business Owners. Speaking to around 100 Owner Members of LTC and partners, <strong>Nikki Glading, General Manager of LTC<\/strong> shared insight on what has the interest of the modern luxury leisure traveller in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glading said high-net-worth travellers are craving immersion over material experiences, seeking out &#8220;transformation over indulgence,&#8221; and demanding authenticity in what they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Experiences over possessions, and planning with purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Seventy percent of luxury travellers express frustration with travel standardisation, and they are looking for unique destination identities,&#8221; Glading said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Spontaneity is disappearing and being replaced by careful curation,&#8221; she continued, which leans heavily in favour or expert travel advisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As has been the trend among trends for a few years, &#8216;cool-cations&#8217; are popular with LTC&#8217;s clients too, such as Antarctica, Norway and Iceland, while solo female travel and multi-generational travel are continuing to be popular too. 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