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
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
ITB Berlin 2025
Messe Berlin GmbH, Messedamm, 22 D-14055, Berlin 4 March 2025 14:00 CETEvery year in March the world of international tourism gathers at the largest travel trade show, ITB Berlin.
Stephen Dutton