Stephen Dutton Global Insight Manager: Travel
düsseldorf
English
About Stephen
Stephen is Global Insight Manager: Travel and leads a team of commercially-focused research analysts to engage clients across the DACH region. Stephen also regularly contributes thought leadership pieces to Euromonitor's Passport and e.com platforms. He specialises in global trends and regional trends across Western Europe.
Expertise
Stephen is an expert in global foodservice, travel and the post-pandemic hospitality rebound. He also advises clients on B2B developments, supply chain disruption, and the European Green Deal. He explores key trends through reports and multimedia content. He also specialises in client engagements and speaks regularly at conferences across Europe. Stephen has a research background in services and payments, where he was involved in both direct research and commissioning for the US, Germany, Austrian and Swiss markets. As an experienced presenter, he engages clients regularly, at high-level conferences in the US and Europe, and has sat on and moderated many panels.
Recently Published Work
How Travel Learns from Crisis
20 Apr 26The US/Israel-Iran war has delivered the steepest shock to global travel since the pandemic. Over half of scheduled flights in the region were cancelled in the first two weeks, oil surged 30% to USD92.3 per barrel in March with projections reaching USD115 by July, and major hubs from Dubai to Doha saw capacity plunge by 55-85%. Yet every crisis reshapes the industry. The question is not whether travel will recover, but what strategic lessons will separate those that return stronger and gain a competitive edge in resilience.
Stephen Dutton
When Disruption Becomes the Baseline: Rethinking Travel for a Polycrisis World
11 Mar 26Geopolitical challenges are becoming ever more disruptive to travel operations. Rather than isolated incidents, they now serve as a stress test for a new operational baseline in which macro shocks – geopolitical, socioeconomic, and climate-related – are increasingly frequent and prone to cascading through global systems. In this era of polycrisis, resilience, corridor diversification, and digital seamlessness must become central to travel and tourism businesses’ growth strategies. The US/Israel-Iran war and its spillover effects on GCC countries is illustration of this disruptive risk.
An Hodgson
AI: A Turning Point in Global Travel
11 Dec 25WTM 2025 in London is one of the travel industry's largest annual trade events and this year, AI was on full display. AI is travel's next major turning point and it is supporting USD1.4 trillion in new travel spending over the coming five years.
Stephen Dutton