Tourism
Locals in Spain’s Canary Islands Rally to Limit Tourism
You know how sometimes you go on vacation and think, “Wow, this place is great, I wish I could live here!” Well, it turns out the people who actually live there might be thinking, “Wow, I wish all these tourists would go away.”
Dawit Habtemariam | 6 hours ago
Skift Take Travel companies slashed marketing budgets last year as travel in the majority of the world became an unknown future. Now that the recovery has begun, they need to double down on marketing investment to drive recovery and growth. Haixia Wang, Skift Research When the pandemic started and travel was immediately put on pause last year, marketing budgets were among the first to undergo...
Skift Take Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Vacasa’s new CEO, post-pandemic habits of Indian tourists, and a new batch of women-led tour operators. Rashaad Jorden Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, August 25 in New York City. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Listen Now Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube | RSS Episode Notes Tour...
Skift Take Reporter Srividya Kalyanaraman will help Skift up its game in the always-bustling short-term rental industry. Skift There are few sectors in the travel industry subject to more of the rat-a-tat-tat pounding of deals, product launches, tactical competitive moves, and business developments than the global short-term rental industry, and that’s why Skift has decided to expand our...
Skift Take Etihad is betting that as passengers return to flying, sustainability will be more of a concern. The Abu Dhabi-based airline is allowing passengers to offset not just their flights but even how much they drive and their use of air conditioning through its new green loyalty program. Ted Reed Etihad Airways on Wednesday launched a green loyalty program, moving ahead in an emerging global...
Skift Take Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at marketing safaris to modern families, measuring hotel performance, and leadership roles for women in hospitality. Rashaad Jorden Good morning from Skift. It’s Monday, March 27. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Listen Now Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Google Podcasts Episode Notes Hotels...
Skift Take For this special guest edition of the Skift Podcast, the Airline Weekly team speaks with Accenture about the future of business travel. Madhu Unnikrishnan For this edition of the Airline Weekly Lounge, Accenture’s Emily Weiss, global travel lead, and Scott Davidson, managing director-travel industry, talk to Airline Weekly editor Madhu Unnikrishnan about how different business travel...
Skift Take Watch a full session from our recent online event devoted to hotels and hospitality, and post-pandemic marketing strategy and planning. Skift Live The recent Skift Hospitality and Marketing Summit brought together leaders from all levels of hotel operations to look at the critical consumer trends, marketing strategies, shifts in the guest experience, operational hurdles and labor...
Skift Take Today’s podcast looks at cameras in Airbnbs, Messi tourism in Saudi Arabia, and the decline of U.S. hospitality. Rashaad Jorden Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, March 12. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Listen Now Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts Episode Notes Airbnb announced on Monday it’s...
Skift Take Expedia’s B2B business has penetrated international markets through partnerships that its consumer businesses have been unable to reach. Competitors are watching and are trying a similar tack. Dennis Schaal Is Expedia Group’s $25 billion B2B business diluting its consumer businesses, including Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo, or is it a big advantage for the Group? The...