Eastern Europe

United Kingdom

North America

United States

Oceania

Australia

Travel and Leisure

Behavioural Sciences

'Living With Less. A Lot Less.', The New York Times

'The Stuff of Families', The Wall Street Journal

'Americans Are Losing Confidence in the Nation but Still Believe in Themselves', The Atlantic

'World Values Survey'

'Work for post-materialists', The Economist

'Conceptual Consumption', Ariely and Norton

'Productivity Mindset and the Consumption of Collectable Experiences', Keinan and Kivetz

'Authentic outback experience drives cattle trek interest', ABC News

. '55pc luxury spending now experiential purchases', Luxury Daily

'Resonance Consultancy Releases Key Findings about U.S. Affluent Travel and Leisure in its 2013 Resonance Report', Luxury Institute

'Katy Perry Planning A Christmas 'Experience'', Entertainmentwise

'If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right', Dunn et al.

'Materialistic People Liked Less by Peers Than 'Experiential' People', Science Daily

'Money DOES buy you happiness after all - and the more the better, say economists', This Is Money

'Study shows experiences are better than possessions', Phys.org

'The Experience Economy', Pine and Gilmore

'Facebook, Twitter, other social media are brain candy, study says', Los Angeles Times

'Bands and Brands: Building Content, Communities and Commerce Via Live Music', Live Share

'To Do, to Have, or to Share? Valuing Experiences over Material Possessions Depends on the Involvement of Others', Caprariello and Reis

'Tough Mudder: The obstacle courses for adults that are now worth $250m', The Independent

'Getting to the Heart of the Appeal of Video Games', Science Daily

'Punchdrunk's The Drowned Man is theatre on a grand scale', BBC News

'Retailtainment: the future of shopping?', The Independent

'To Do or to Have? That Is the Question', Van Boven and Gilovich

'Event Marketing Investments to Outpace Economic Growth in 2012; New Survey Unveiled', PRWeb

'Experiential Marketing By The Numbers', Pro Motion

'Lightweight And Generous: UX and Manners', canalside view

'The Customer Experience Revolution', Bean and Van Tyne

'Consumers don't trust advertising, is social media part of the solution?', Econsultancy

'Global Advertising Consumers Trust Real Friends and Virtual Strangers the Most', Nielsen

'Advertising's New Medium: Human Experience', Harvard Business Review

As experiences – 'memorable events that engage people in inherently personal ways' – become the predominant economic offering, what are the implications for businesses and organisations?

The Great Escape: from product to experience