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...
Skift Take The monetary hit to Bali has been substantial, but after years of tourist-first development it is great to see leaders making a concern of the health of locals. Jason Clampet Indonesia’s federal government will wait until COVID-19 cases fall substantially prior to opening Bali to foreign tourists, the country’s tourist minister stated in an interview. The coronavirus...
Skift Take In this video from Skift Future of Accommodations Forum 2022, we hear from Noreen Henry, chief profits officer, Sojern, about how an always-on digital marketing approach driven by wise data can help capitalize on the current tourist behavior and patterns. Sojern In this video: Recently released trend report: A look at the essential insights drawn from the most recent trend report...
Skift Take Tripadvisor hasn’t made any decisions about Tripadvisor Plus, but the traveler membership program may reemerge in a different kind. Dennis Schaal Tripadvisor is considering revamping its Tripadvisor Plus membership plan, turning it into a totally free service in its initial stages, and then determining a more significant course to monetize it at some point later. CEO Matt...
Skift Take Critics have been stating for many years that Oyo required to get its home in order and to tamp down on its reckless growth plans. Whether that really happens or not will become clear over the next year or more. Dennis Schaal, Skift Oyo, the India-based budget hotel chain and booking platform, prepares to focus its development efforts on India, Southeast Asia, and Europe while pulling...
Skift Take Sri Lanka’s biggest incoming market– India– is turning towards alternative destinations. The existing Sri Lankan political chaos threatens to paralyze the tourist market, which is worth more than $3.6 billion to the country and is the third largest forex earner. Peden Doma Bhutia Plagued by a series of setbacks dating back to pre-Covid times, Sri Lanka’s tourism...
The pandemic left a crazy 18-month period of restructuring, refinancing and acquisitions in its wake– or as one expert put it, an “arms race.” As a result, a lot of the larger corporate travel bureau look vastly various compared to before the pandemic. They also have a brand-new set of top priorities, reflecting the altered and most likely much smaller sized trading landscape...
When the pandemic hit, the hospitality and tourism market in the Caribbean wasn’t just hurt by the lack of visitors. It was confronted with a larger problem: postponed payments from significant international tour operators, such as TUI and Virgin Holidays, for services rendered in the first three months of 2020. By May 2020, 69 percent of hotels had actually reported being owed from...
Skift Take Let’s applaud the German railway operator for offering complimentary tickets anywhere within Germany to Ukrainian refugees. And props to Berlin for preparing public buildings such as the closed Tempelhof and Tegel airports to accommodate refugees. Sean O’Neill Ukrainian refugee Anastasia said she has hardly slept in the 90 hours it has taken her to run away to Berlin after...
Skift Take The reality harms sometimes: Vaccine passports would be a reasonably practical way to improve worldwide travel, however Israeli data suggest that needing PCR screening, too, would be prudent. Dennis Schaal “Vaccine passports” that exempt immunized people from routine COVID-19 testing would allow lots of infections to be missed, Israeli information recommend. Researchers...