Skift Take Current U.S. travel information includes signs of optimism for 2022. Sean O’Neill Data from a couple of travel innovation vendors highlight the headwind for healing created by the omicron variation. Omicron knocked U.S. travel, but December didn’t witness the very same crash in domestic reservations for leisure travel that the U.S. saw when the delta variation initially...
Skift Take Excellent news for travelers, bad news for hotel owners. The U.S. hotel industry is seeing a (modest) decline in room rates after a current remarkable run-up in costs. Sean O’Neill Rising hotel space rates in the U.S. have stopped adding to wider inflation. Hotel prices decreased in December by 0.5% year-over-year. According to U.S. inflation information released on Thursday...
This sponsored content was created in cooperation with a Skift partner. With the easing of Beijing’s zero-Covid policy, mobile-savvy Chinese tourists are driving a resurgence in domestic hospitality bookings. According to STR, the gold standard for hotel performance benchmarking, China’s hotel average day-to-day rate exceeded 2019 levels during the seven-day Lunar New Year vacation...
Skift Take The European Union’s guideline gives a glance into how the U.S. might implement its automated refunds policy– though there are key differences. Meghna Maharishi When the Biden administration announced airlines would be required to immediately refund travelers for considerably delayed or canceled flights, the airline industry claimed there were unanswered concerns. Are...
Skift Take There’s no indicator that these layoffs had anything to do with a softness in travel need. Dennis Schaal Expedia Group carried out a minimal number of layoffs that impacted two groups, one in item and tech, and another in personnels, according to a source acquainted with what took place. The layoffs were not companywide, and won’t significantly impact Expedia Group’s...
Skift Take Airbnb appeared to have actually started a wave of delistings for its travel experiences offerings, upsetting some operators. However, Airbnb has actually made it clear that it stays committed to the experiences business, with strategies to enhance consumer awareness of the category. Jesse Chase-Lubitz Airbnb seemed doing a larger-than-usual purge of its travel experiences offerings...
Skift Take The U.S. and Canada’s hotel markets each made considerable development in their recoveries from the pandemic. We likewise feature other significant news in hotel offers and advancement across the world. Rashaad Jorden Here are excerpts from Daily Accommodations Report from the previous week. If you’re not a customer, you need to be. Get news on hotel deals, development...
Online Travel Today Sonder wishes to interrupt the hospitality industry by greatly minimizing the costs of operating a hotel, however it is expanding its sales group to do things the brands do– provide corporations negotiated rates and attract groups. “This is a major location of opportunity for additional demand generation, as a lot of hotels depend upon company and group travel...
Skift Take Today’s podcast looks at Venice’s new velour rope, an AI shutdown, and China and Thailand’s new tourism agreement. Rashaad Jorden Excellent early morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, January 3. Here’s what you need to know about business of travel today. Listen Now Subscribe Apple Podcasts|Spotify|Overcast|Google Podcasts|Amazon Podcasts Episode Notes...
Skift Take The strategy does not in fact remove cleansing costs. Instead, it’s meant to avoid users from seeing an unforeseen rate dive just before check-out– probably the more frustrating problem. Justin Dawes Can Airbnb cleaning costs be removed? “Basically, yes,” said Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Chesky shared more details about the prepare for cleaning fees this week at...