Skift Take Despite its popular destinations, the Maldives is mainly off-limits to tourists with disabilities. But that will alter, thanks to Victoria Kruse, who’s leading a groundbreaking accessibility effort at Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences. Carley Thornell Hospitality veteran Victoria Kruse will never forget the moment an unique visitor had the ability to experience an environment...
Skift Take Lufthansa’s main message, “Diversity Wins,” communicated in such a light-hearted and celebratory tone, silently asserts the brand’s worth of acceptance, and its difference with some of Qatar’s inequitable stances. Samantha Shankman German flag carrier Lufthansa just recently launched an advertising campaign around the FIFA World Cup. As part of the effort...
Skift Take Although Covid-19 constraints have reduced up given that 2020, current undergraduate students are still ambivalent to pack up, move to a brand-new nation, and study abroad. Sonia Menken The experience of escaping a college school and traveling to a brand-new country to study together with a group of fresh classmates can be contributed to the long list of experiences that have actually...
Skift Take This is the minute TUI has actually been waiting for– a decisive swing back to vacation bookings and favorable cashflow. Matthew Pasons Holiday business TUI Group said on Thursday a surge in bookings from Germany had driven a recovery from the pandemic downturn and an easing of travel restrictions in Britain would include momentum. The German-based company stated reservations had...
In a matter of 3 hours on a lovely, crisp September early morning two decades earlier, the future of the travel market changed forever. As the world prepares to remember and honor the victims on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, the air travel business, in specific, still feels the effect deeply from that day when air traffic was eerily grounded. Even hotels still live with specter of...
Skift Take Excellent morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, April 12, in New York City. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Rashaad Jorden Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast discusses why Frontier Airlines triumphes no matter its acquirer, Marriott’s trick to success in Asia, and why short-term rentals are seeing success in retail sales...
Skift Take No one has cornered the market in enterprise software for hotels. This fractured sector creates opportunities for suppliers. One notable pitch is Shiji’s require “total circulation.” Sean O’Neill Shiji Group correctly wager that global hotel companies would move from on-premise to cloud-based tools. So what will the tech vendor bet on next? To discover, I...
It’s an unceremonious method to begin a brand-new job: sent to a remote cabin nestled away in the UK countryside for a three-day digital detox. However that’s exactly what one consultancy is providing for its new employees, as part of a larger business pattern that’s seeing more companies take advantage of the healing power of nature to promote staff members. It’s all...
Skift Take Hotels require to be where the customers are. Offering digital and alternative payment options is key to taking advantage of existing trends, and this indicates dealing with fintech players that have the ability to use these services by integrating into hotel tech systems. Wouter Geerts The payments sector is normally epitomized as an “enabler” of operating. But while...
Skift Take With closed borders New Zealand has avoided the waves of illness and death that have become the norm in other nations. Its continuing conservative method is horrible for tourist, however pretty good for keeping quality of life. Jason Clampet New Zealand on Thursday revealed a phased resuming of its border that has been largely closed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but...