Experts from diverse disciplines and industries get together under the umbrella of the think tank and cast an eye from their different perspectives on the travel market of the future.
The TUI think tank wants to hear opinions from future-oriented co-thinkers. Below, some of the creative minds from our network describe their impressions:
Jochen Schmalholz
BMW Group
The recognition of trends and the derivation of scenarios are a key prerequisite to preparing a company to meet the challenges of the future. I was impressed by the open, systematic way in which the TUI think tank faced up to the challenges and dealt with unconformable issues in lively debate.
Jochen Schmalholz
BMW Group
The recognition of trends and the derivation of scenarios are a key prerequisite to preparing a company to meet the challenges of the future. I was impressed by the open, systematic way in which the TUI think tank faced up to the challenges and dealt with unconformable issues in lively debate.
Dr. Christoph B. Melchers & Patricia Schulte-Moser
Zweieinheit — Institute for market & cultural research
In times of significant cultural upheavals, which are also evident in the changes in travel and the spread of social media, it is absolutely essential to think outside the box of routine business activities. The aim is to understand what is going on and what these developments mean for TUI in the future. Although that is complex and costly it will soon produce rich rewards.
Dr. Christoph B. Melchers & Patricia Schulte-Moser
Zweieinheit — Institute for market & cultural research
In times of significant cultural upheavals, which are also evident in the changes in travel and the spread of social media, it is absolutely essential to think outside the box of routine business activities. The aim is to understand what is going on and what these developments mean for TUI in the future. Although that is complex and costly it will soon produce rich rewards.
Stefan Edl
Facebook Germany
The TUI think tank is a pioneering initiative that delivers strategically important intelligence. The interdisciplinary make-up of the network generates new ideas. The working character produces concrete results.
Birgit Gebhardt
Trendbüro — Consultancy for social change
The think tank is a contemporary instrument for discussing relevant issues facing our society and exposing them to the expertise of successful group decision-makers, highly specialised academics and creative thinkers. The successful response to social and corporate challenges lies in interdisciplinary exchange within flexible networks – summed up in share & win.
Birgit Gebhardt
Trendbüro — Consultancy for social change
The think tank is a contemporary instrument for discussing relevant issues facing our society and exposing them to the expertise of successful group decision-makers, highly specialised academics and creative thinkers. The successful response to social and corporate challenges lies in interdisciplinary exchange within flexible networks – summed up in share & win.
Andreas Reiter
ZTB Zukunftsbüro
I regard it as an impressive signal to the markets that the market leader TUI is heading out on an expedition into the future of travel and is consequently developing tomorrow's attractive products. The future belongs to those who can constantly reinvent themselves and demonstrate sustainable discussion leadership.
Andreas Reiter
ZTB Zukunftsbüro
I regard it as an impressive signal to the markets that the market leader TUI is heading out on an expedition into the future of travel and is consequently developing tomorrow's attractive products. The future belongs to those who can constantly reinvent themselves and demonstrate sustainable discussion leadership.
Stephan Grabmeier
Deutsche Telekom AG
Increasingly, corporate development and individual learning are carried out via open networks with external stakeholders and internal staff. The TUI think tank is a good example of embracing partners and stimulating best practice exchange with other industries. This is the basis for generating more trust and collaboration.
Stephan Grabmeier
Deutsche Telekom AG
Increasingly, corporate development and individual learning are carried out via open networks with external stakeholders and internal staff. The TUI think tank is a good example of embracing partners and stimulating best practice exchange with other industries. This is the basis for generating more trust and collaboration.
Prof. Dr. Helmut Wachowiak
International university
Bad Honnef — Bonn
Who will be the holidaymakers of the future? Will the established structure of the travel industry remain? How can providers survive in the face of growing customer hegemony in a world of individualised mass communication? The meetings held so far show realistic future holiday travel, sales and marketing as well as customer communication scenarios and more. As such, the think tank is undoubtedly just setting out on its own extremely promising journey.
Prof. Dr. Helmut Wachowiak
International university
Bad Honnef — Bonn
Who will be the holidaymakers of the future? Will the established structure of the travel industry remain? How can providers survive in the face of growing customer hegemony in a world of individualised mass communication? The meetings held so far show realistic future holiday travel, sales and marketing as well as customer communication scenarios and more. As such, the think tank is undoubtedly just setting out on its own extremely promising journey.
Harry Gatterer
Zukunftsinstitut Österreich — International company for future and trend consulting
The travel industry has to change. It is as simple as that. The convergence of spheres of life will reshuffle mobility and travel needs. It is crucial to ponder the future today – to be able to develop and provide conceptual answers to social transition. What we in the Internet Generationperceive as change is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Harry Gatterer
Zukunftsinstitut Österreich — International company for future and trend consulting
The travel industry has to change. It is as simple as that. The convergence of spheres of life will reshuffle mobility and travel needs. It is crucial to ponder the future today – to be able to develop and provide conceptual answers to social transition. What we in the Internet Generationperceive as change is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Dirk Föste
RUF Jugendreisen / Trend Touristik GmbH
Communities and social networks have already irredeemably altered our society. We are talking about value communities that satisfy social needs and form opinion. People want to communicate, it is in their very nature. It is only logical then that the market leader has launched a think tank to analyse and draw conclusions on the basis of diverse view points on the future of travel and changing customer circumstances.
Dirk Föste
RUF Jugendreisen / Trend Touristik GmbH
Communities and social networks have already irredeemably altered our society. We are talking about value communities that satisfy social needs and form opinion. People want to communicate, it is in their very nature. It is only logical then that the market leader has launched a think tank to analyse and draw conclusions on the basis of diverse view points on the future of travel and changing customer circumstances.
Klaus Burmeister
Z_punkt The Foresight Company
Whatever the future brings, the unquenchable desire for a controlled escape from daily routine will remain. What will change are the travel means, holiday forms and destinations. Holidays and travel have and will reflect social patterns and lifestyles. The future belongs to those travel operators that are the first to identify and understand, participate in and shape the process of permanent change.
Klaus Burmeister
Z_punkt The Foresight Company
Whatever the future brings, the unquenchable desire for a controlled escape from daily routine will remain. What will change are the travel means, holiday forms and destinations. Holidays and travel have and will reflect social patterns and lifestyles. The future belongs to those travel operators that are the first to identify and understand, participate in and shape the process of permanent change.
