Pleased hump day, folks! It’s a short week and a skinny newsletter kinda day today. Let’s hit it: Choice Hotels’ prolonged stay play Sam Altman is back New Orleans failed experiment Just Your Cookie-Cutter Option Stay If you’re looking to catch up on the ensuing Choice-Wyndham takeover drama, I recommend you get the deets from Daily Lodging Report. But here we’re...
Skift Take Demand for summertime air travel is sky-high. However let’s be honest, these are still unsure times. The airline healing might continue to grow in a direct way. But it likewise might zig and zag. There’s no assurance the great times will last through the fall and winter. Brian Sumers In March 2020, then-United Airlines President Scott Kirby was the only airline executive to...
Skift Take Hawaii and Maui won’t see a complete tourism recovery if the general public view them as responsible for leaving the wildfire victims homeless. Dawit Habtemariam Maui locals voiced their aggravation with tourist promo at a community conference held by the Hawaiia Tourist Authority on Monday. Individuals were distressed about accommodating travelers as wildfire survivors are still...
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Skift Take Great early morning from Skift. It’s Monday, June 27 in New York City City. Here’s what you require to know about the business of travel today. Rashaad Jorden Today’s edition of Skift’s everyday podcast takes a look at Barcelona’s effort to manage tourism growth, Qantas’ efforts to handle a spike in traffic, and Kenya’s push for more cashless...
Skift Take Alina Peter is on the frontlines combating the increase of poaching in Africa. Here, she shares how she works, the situation on the ground, and why it’s important to weave science, native knowledge, and technical know-how to derail the growing commercialization of illegal poaching, all of which has deep ramifications for tourism. Colin Nagy The pandemic has actually had a...
Skift Take As nations around the globe continue to battle with Covid and its versions, other circumstances will likely emerge where the U.S. federal government cautions versus travel to Covid hotspots. Rashaad Jorden The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance (CDC) alerted on Monday versus travel to Turkey due to the fact that of a rising variety of COVID-19 cases because country however...
Skift Take Coronavirus continues to play havoc with the fortunes of airlines, and particularly those trying to get into new markets. Is a $30 million “buffer” enough to carry Flyr through to the other side? Matthew Parsons Norwegian airline Flyr, which introduced its first flight in late June, made far less income than anticipated in the third quarter and now plans to raise more...
Skift Take Optimism is in the air amongst United, British Airways, and other airline companies. Rightfully so. Sean O’Neill “By far the greatest and most impactful question being disputed is the question about service travel returning,” said United CEO Scott Kirby. “Put me firmly in the camp it is going to return in full.” Kirby made the remarks as part of a panel of...
Skift Take The effect of the stringent and prolonged incoming Covid screening policy in the U.S. should not be undervalued, especially when it concerns bigger service consumers. The ripple effect appears in Hertz’s latest outcomes. Matthew Parsons The relatively late removal of the Covid test requirement for U.S. arrivals in mid-June dented automobile rental giant Hertz’s business...