As we kick off 2018, leading accommodation provider Oaks Hotels & Resorts is looking towards the year ahead, and with a bevy of travel trends set to prevail and influence travel plans, the calendar is shaping up to be a busy one for Aussie travellers.From savvy executives extending corporate trips, to young travellers yearning for the unknown, and cross-generational families seeking fully fitted out accommodation, the next 12 months will see an upswing of trends emerge across a broad spectrum of markets, according to the hotelier. Having swelled in popularity in recent times, Oaks Hotels & Resorts is anticipating that 2018 will be the year that bleisure travel booms. Aptly named, bleisure travellers are business executives who are ditching the traditional rule of mixing work with pleasure by extending their business trips in order to explore their host destinations, squeeze in some down time, and achieve the ever-elusive and highly sought after work-life balance.Oaks Hotels & Resorts’ Director of Marketing and Brand Loyalty, Mrs Kira Klein, commented, “Our central, city properties located in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and even regional Queensland, are seeing a number of business delegates lengthen their stays to enjoy the local sights and experiences. We’re also seeing many companies supporting this movement by encouraging their employees to maximise their time away, bookending their work commitments with a few days of R&R.”While Oaks Hotels & Resorts’ CBD locations will continue to appeal to corporate travellers and holidaymakers seeking mini city getaways, the younger generations are set to take a slightly different course with their travel plans come the New Year, opting for destinations that are more off-the-beaten-track.This year saw an upsurge of millennials traveling to holiday-spots based on their “Instagrammability”, but Oaks Hotels & Resorts is predicting that 2018 will see quite the contrary, with more young people increasingly yearning for
