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News.com.au
3 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
New Gen Z work trip trend that would make Boomer's heads explode
Since Gen Zers started entering the workforce we have seen a rise of a multitude of different work trends, all focused around not letting work take of your life. It started with quiet quitting and bare minimum Mondays, before moving onto coffee badging and acting your wage. Now, the youngest working generation are taking things a step further. Rather than just focusing on work-life balance, they are now looking for ways their work can benefit them during their personal time. They are capitalising on perks like fully paid work trips by having their partner, a friend or even a family member tag along. It seems the younger generations have less reservations about mixing business and leisure, with the new trend fittingly dubbed 'bleisure' or 'blended travel'. And they aren't shy about sharing it either, with a rise in young people sharing their bleisure travel online. 'POV you take your bestie on all your work trips,' one TikToker wrote on a video. 'You hire me, you hire her.' Another showed a clip of her and her mum walking hand-in-hand, writing 'Normalise taking your mum on work trips.' Another video read: 'When your bf brings you on a work trip to NYC but he has to work all day while you enjoy the fancy hotel and explore the city.' While having a plus one tag along on a work trip isn't inherently problematic, it is the way some people are going about it that is causing controversy. A YouGov survey of 12,000 people commissioned by the Crowne Plaza hotel chain revealed that 74 per cent of employees would invite a family member or friend on a work trip, according to Business Insider. Shockingly, one in five admitted they had already done so and didn't tell their employer. It is the secrecy aspect that is the real issue with this new trend, according to recruitment specialist and author of Earning Power, Roxanne Calder. 'It's not the act of bringing someone that signals immaturity; it's doing it without transparency,' she told 'If your job funds the hotel room, there's a basic social contract in place.' Ms Calder said breaching this contract raises ethical questions and is not a good look professionally. 'Not telling your boss isn't clever; it's a failure to understand the power of trust in professional environments. And maybe the fact it is conducted in secrecy signals you might also sense it might boarder on being unprofessional,' she said. The act of bringing a plus one on a work trip isn't a new thing in and of itself, with Ms Calder saying what's new is the 'lack of shame about it'. Previous generations may have still done it, but it was done quietly and possibly with some guilt or awareness that they were bending the rules. 'Only in a generation raised to believe that every moment of their lives deserves to be shared, and preferably reimbursed, would this be considered a trend,' Ms Calder said. 'That shift isn't just cultural, it's psychological. Gen Z is the first generation raised to optimise experience as much as achievement. 'They don't view a career as a ladder, but as a landscape. And in that landscape, if you're travelling for work, why shouldn't joy come too?' HR specialist and founder of Corporate Dojo, Karen Gately, agreed that there has been a definite shift, with young professionals being more open about blending work and personal life. While the behaviour itself isn't unique to any generation, Gen Z are more comfortable challenging traditional boundaries. However, Ms Gately warned sneaking your bestie onto a work trip isn't without its risks, saying it could very easily lead to a breach of trust between you and your boss. 'If your employer finds out you've concealed this, it can damage your professional reputation and relationship with your boss,' she told A plus one could also prove to be a distraction from the main reason for the trip, which is to work. 'Even unintentionally, splitting your focus between work and personal time can impact your effectiveness,' she said. 'If you're disciplined enough to be focused on work when you're meant to be working, it can be OK. But if having your partner or friend with you is likely to distract you from achieving the outcomes you need to, it's not a good idea.' There are also insurance implications that need to be considered, with Ms Gately pointing out if your travel companion is injured or causes an issue it could complicate liability and insurance coverage. While for many, this trend may just be seen as a fun way of getting the most of your work life, Ms Calder said it also speaks to something larger. While the rise of hybrid and remote work has allowed employees previously unheard of flexibility, it also means workers are now more accessible than ever. Most people have access to work emails on their phones, making it easy to slip into the habit of responding out of hours. Is there a small 10 minute task that needs to be done over the weekend? Well you might as well log on at home and get it out of the way. Ms Calder said it is this type of overlap into people's personal lives that is driving young people to ask: 'If work shows up in my personal life uninvited, can my personal life show up in my work life by design?' 'Employers who treat this purely as a compliance issue will miss the point. And employees who treat it as a loophole to exploit miss the longer game: trust, maturity, and self-awareness will always outperform hustle masked as rebellion,' she said. In the end, the recruitment expert said it is not about whether we should ban or endorse blended travel. 'It is about having an honest conversation about boundaries, trust, and what professionalism means in a world where the personal and professional are increasingly entangled,' she said.
Forbes
11-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Free Hotel Breakfast, Wine Tastings And Sleep Advice From Gwyneth Paltrow
Get ready for summer travel with these hospitality deals and promotions. As summer travel plans start to appear on the horizon, these hotels are adding some updates, upgrades and promotions to get the season started. And there are even more hotels to choose from to earn and redeem points, starting this week. From special dinners with vintners to staying in a limited-edition guest room, this is some of the latest news in hospitality. You can now earn and redeem Hyatt points at these luxe hotels internationally and in the U.S. World of Hyatt members can now start earning and redeeming points at a select number of The Standard and The StandardX hotels as they have begun being phased into the program. The first to join was The Standard, Ibiza with The Standard, London, The Standard, High Line and The Standard, East Village joining this week. Later this month, properties in Thailand, Australia, the Maldives and Singapore will join the program. A date for Bunkhouse Hotels to join World of Hyatt is yet to be announced. The new design concept for Crowne Plaza is available at Crowne Plaza Virginia Beach Town Center. Crowne Plaza's springtime Bring Your Bestie package taps into the growing trend to travel with a plus one on a work trip. Recent research from the brand in its new white paper, Leading the Charge in Blended Travel, found that the rise in 'bleisure' travel (combining business and leisure into the same trip) can be even more entertaining when traveling with a friend, spouse or family member. The special rate, available from now through May 12 and valid on stays through July 10, includes free breakfast, one signature drink each night, 1,000 bonus IHG One Rewards points and specially crafted itineraries in various destinations to help travelers and their 'besties' to decompress and relax together. Coming soon to select properties, new Crowne Plaza Socials will offer weekly activities for guests like culinary or wine tastings so fellow guests and can meet and connect. Also new is free access to FIIT, a fitness and movement platform, and BBC Maestro for special expert-led masterclasses on things like wellness, personal growth and wine appreciation. Under Canvas properties have individual tents, but also communal guest areas. World of Hyatt Credit Cardmembers can really rack up points this summer when staying at any Under Canvas camp and ULUM Moab when booking their stay through World of Hyatt. They will earn 20x points per dollar spent on stays from June 1 to September 7. Register before making your stay to be eligible for the promotion. These properties are in or around some of the nation's top national parks. The next-generation Heavenly Bed was unveiled in 2024. Westin is well-known for its sleep experience and for launching the Heavenly Bed years ago (and recently releasing its next-generation version across its network of hotels). Its new, three-episode online video series is a partnership with goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. It covers helpful tips for travelers to improve their sleep patterns. To complement its video content, Goop's website has a new Sleep Training Hub with travel-focused sleep content as well as access to Westin's newest Heavenly Bed products. The new Marinekko-designed guest room is only available for a limited time. Fans of the Finnish design brand can head for Walker Hotel Tribeca to experience the limited-time, Marimekko-designed hotel room. It features custom fabric from the new Marimekko x Blue Bottle Coffee collection as well as Marimekko linens and Iso Unikko covers. As a celebration between Blue Bottle Coffee's new brand collaboration, the room comes with a Blue Bottle coffee station and bespoke cups. Marimekko's mouth-blown Syksy glassware and their coffee table book, The Art of Printmaking, found out the offering. The room is available through May 25. Finnish coffee culture will also come alive at Blue Bottle Cafes, where 'korvapuusti' (a traditional Finnish cinnamon roll) and special Marimekko merchandise will be available. Guests can take part in a sacred soul blessing ceremony at Pura Batu Dalem's LXR property. LXR Hotels & Resorts is developing a new Pursuit of Adventure program across its properties with immersive on-property experiences and destination excursions that showcase each participating destination. They include things like a 'sea-to-table' yacht experience at the Ka La'i Waikiki Beach and a stargazing excursion at the Arizona Biltmore. Among the participating properties are The Royal Sonesta Washington, DC Capitol Hill and The Clift Royal Sonesta San Francisco. Sonesta Hotels' The Global Table by Sonesta program will join forces with Wines of Rioja at 40 U.S. properties to serve a menu of food pairings that go with the famous Spanish wine. Guests can also book special tasting events, some of which are hosted by the wine makers themselves, from now through June. Reiki in the redwoods is an experience available in California for guests and meeting attendees. The Wellbeing Collective Advisory Board for Hyatt focuses on 'holistic wellbeing offerings' for meetings and events. Made up of a group of industry executives, their focus will be helping properties find ways to balance the needs of group business while blending the wellness needs of travelers. Among the activities they can create are reiki in the forest or cooking experiences. The group includes Deepak Chopra M.D., author and specialist in integrative medicine using modern science wellbeing and Juliet Funt who created Hyatt's Mindful Meetings Guide.
