European Travel Trends & Prospects Q2 2024

Chloe is a Senior Economist with Tourism Economics, specialising in European tourism forecast services. On top of forecasting, she takes a key role in European consultancy work including regular outputs for the ETC and STR. She previously worked on both the industry and macro services within Oxford Economics for seven years where she developed her skills in forecasting, modelling, data visualisation and bespoke consulting work.

Menno van IJssel is currently Project Manager in the research department of the European Travel Commission (ETC), a non-profit organisation responsible for the promotion of Europe as a tourist destination in third markets. In that capacity, Menno works on various research projects identifying key trends and opportunities for European tourism. Projects range from the monitoring of the short-term rental market across Europe, to sustainable tourism indicators, to assisting in the development of ETC’s Quarterly Reports. His passion lies in understanding how people travel, where they go, and for what reasons.

Prior to his work at ETC, Menno obtained a bachelor’s and master’s degree in the field of Tourism in his home country the Netherlands.

Alex leads STR’s AM:PM platform and is focused on integrating the product into CoStar. He began his career in New York, gaining experience in fixed income with Lazard, Merrill Lynch, and Scotia Capital. He then moved into the hospitality industry when he joined Expedia’s sales and development team, working in both their New York and San Francisco offices.  Alex subsequently moved to London for HotelTonight, with responsibility of managing partnerships with global brands and industry organizations.  He joined STR in August 2016.