Skift Take With Asian destinations discovering to deal with the virus, recovery doesn’t appear as elusive. A brand-new Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) report goes to great lengths to explore how that recovery might play out. Peden Doma Bhutia International visitor arrivals into Asia in between 2022 and 2023 are forecasted to grow by one hundred percent, highlighting the usual S-curve...
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In Skift’s leading stories today, a brand-new report delves into the drawbacks of remote work, the U.S. executes brand-new travel requirements to fight the Omicron version, and hotels express issue about how federal governments might impact their recovery.
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Skift Take Singapore is playing a balancing act: Reopening the city-state larger to international travelers while Covid cases are spiking. It’s a fragile test to revive the tourist and business economies. Dennis Schaal Singapore welcomed on Wednesday the very first travellers under an expanded quarantine-free programme, marking a huge action towards the aviation center restoring its...
Skift Take There is still some weak point in the healing of the airline company sector, particularly in flight search levels and the prices power of airlines. Nevertheless, information from the Skift Healing Index shows that flight reservations and capacity are making major strides toward pre-pandemic levels. Wouter Geerts In Skift Research’s most current report, Skift Healing Index:...
Skift Take Great early morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, January 18, in New York City. Here’s what you need to learn about business of travel today. Rashaad Jorden Today’s edition of Skift’s everyday podcast talks about why travel representatives require to drop their reliance on selling cruises, the ongoing pilot shortage in the U.S. and beyond, and Canada tourism’s...
Skift Take Yes, 2021 truly is the year of the travel IPO. But in Oyo’s case, there’s a sense of seriousness after being struck harder than the majority of by the pandemic. Matthew Parsons SoftBank Group-backed Indian hospitality start-up Oyo Hotels and Rooms is anticipated to apply for an initial public offering (IPO) next week to raise around $1 billion, a source informed Reuters on...
Skift Take While guest traffic at Portuguese airports in the very first 4 months of the year went beyond pre-pandemic levels, the nation’s flag carrier is yet to collect momentum. Amrita Ghosh Portugal’s state-owned airline TAP brought 7.58 million travelers in the first half of this year, a 30% increase from a year ago however still a little below pre-pandemic levels even as tourist...
While the travel market is starting to bring back some of its losses due to the pandemic, it faces a difficult return in one sector– student travel. Remaining travel limitations, some visa obstacles, and fears over new Covid variations are keeping many trainees grounded in their home nations across the globe. The bright side is that beginning August 1, the United States will now extend its...
Skift Take In this video conversation from Skift Global Online Forum 2021, we speak with Carleigh Jaques, Elder VP, General Supervisor, Cybersource, a Visa Solution, about the changing nature of digital payments in the post-pandemic age. Visa This sponsored material was developed in partnership with a Skift partner. In this video: A Transformed Landscape: A deeper take a look at how the unique...
Skift Take Barcelona is trying to avoid limiting the growth of its tourism industry, yet again, balancing an economic reboot and residents’ needs. Failure might turn it into fresh territory for moving ahead with stricter policies as it looks to put its overtourism past behind it. Paula Krizanovic An innovative campaign by the Turisme de Barcelona Consortium, aimed at American travelers, recently...