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The first series of the It’s a Journey podcast gave us more than just great conversations. It held a mirror up to the travel industry and asked some tough questions. With over 1,300 downloads already and a second series in the making, we’re revisiting those conversations, celebrating the impact of our first series and the stories that inspired it.
Destination marketing is facing a choice: scale back, or sharpen up. “Less but better.” That’s how travel writer Nina Karnikowski describes the way people are travelling now.
Are you starting to plan your 2026 PR and marketing budgets? You’re not alone. Autumn is traditionally the season for budget planning, and this year the challenge is greater than ever.
You might have noticed that Google search results look a little... different. Since May 2024, AI Overviews (those new top-of-search summaries) have rolled out across most queries. They pull in quick-fire answers from across the web and present them front and centre, often with no need for users to click through. That means the way people find travel brands is changing, fast.
We are over the moon to have won The Sunday Times Best Places to Work Award, for the second time. And, for the first time, we’ve been named Best Small Company in the Marketing and Advertising Industry category.
Originally published in 2019, we’ve revisited and updated this blog for Pride Month 2025 to reflect today’s cultural and industry climate. For travel brands genuinely committed to inclusivity, the opportunity and the responsibility to show up with care, courage and consistency has never been clearer.
Fresh from our recent webinar, Communicating Impact: Why, What, and How, we felt it was the perfect moment to put pen to paper and share some practical ways travel brands can, and should, communicate their impact.
Why does accessibility matter in travel? The fact that this is even a question is actually part of the problem. Why wouldn’t accessibility matter in travel? It should matter in every aspect of life – from public transport, to education, to social media, and beyond. Travel has always been lower in the pecking order, but some would argue that the change has started.
At Lemongrass, part of our mission has always been to foster authentic connections; building relationships with media, journalists and content creators, to help us tell the stories of travel brands. And for years, Twitter – now rebranded as X – served as a valuable way for us to do this.
The media landscape is constantly evolving, and one of the most notable shifts in the last year has been the increasing commercialisation of editorial content.
Back in 2022, as the world began to recover from the disruption of COVID-19, we found ourselves at a turning point. The pandemic had fundamentally altered the travel industry, how brands operated online and our business. It was the perfect time to reassess our strategies and redefine how we could add even greater value for our clients. This is how our Backlink Audits were formed.
As protests against overtourism continue to escalate around the world, many are unaware that overtourism is a symptom, not a cause, of a much deeper issue. While travelling abroad is widely assumed to support local economies, the reality is that tourism can often take more from a destination than it gives back. This is because the money you spend rarely stays in the destination itself, which is where the term “economic leakage” comes into play. Let’s explain…
From truly effective travel PR to data-led customer insights, we create measurable impact for our clients.
You want to do things differently, and so do we. We’re harnessing the strategic power of traditional and digital PR, combined with human insight and data.
To share where you’re going, and talk about how we can help you get there, contact our team.
