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Turkish Airlines Plans IPO and No-Frills Revamp for Regional Carrier
Skift Take A no-frills revamp for AnadoluJet would permit Turkish Airlines higher reach into the price-sensitive market. Also, initial public offerings appear to be back in favor in travel. Peden Doma Bhutia Turkish Airlines is considering joint endeavors and going publics for its cargo company and regional provider as it weighs up choices to grow both internally and through offers, the chairman...
CDC Encourages Americans Against Travel to Israel, Bahamas, Egypt and
Skift Take It’s a wonder whether the travel advisories from senior U.S. health authorities still have an effect as Omicron is now an international variant and vaccinated folks will travel if they wish to. Lebawit Lily Girma The U.S. Centers for Illness Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday recommended versus travel to 22 nations and territories due to the fact that of a rising number of...
Concur Co-Founder Is Back With Biz Travel Start-up Spotnana
A new startup is attempting to strip conventional innovation suppliers of their clout in business travel. In a surprise, the New York-based company Spotnana revealed on Thursday that organization travel star Steve Singh is its executive chairman. The New York-based startup officially introduced by closing a $34 million Series A financing round, led by endeavor companies ICONIQ and Madrona Venture...
Hotel Jobs Report Reveals Lots Of Workers Still Aren’t Returning
Skift Take Time to discover a brand-new talking point for incomes season. Significant hotel CEOs over the summertime blamed their hiring concerns on the truth furloughed staff members got an additional $300 in welfare from the pandemic relief bill. The advantages lapsed, and hotels are still having a tough time hiring. Cameron Sperance The 2nd consecutive month of weak task gains for the hotel...
Inflight Safety Videos With New Twists Greet Returning Flyers
Depending which airline you begin to fly again, gone are the days of the dull safety rundown as legacy airline companies are moving towards more fancy video montages, sometimes costing countless dollars to produce. But are innovative safety videos still a thing or has the pandemic altered the way airline companies produce inflight security videos? Air France’s newest onboard security video...
What 12 Hotel CEOs Were Paid in 2021
Skift Take Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast takes a look at hotel CEO pay, the Spirit-Frontier-JetBlue takeover drama, and surging short-term rental costs in the U.S. Rashaad Jorden Good early morning from Skift. It’s Monday, July 18 in New York City. Here’s what you need to understand about business of travel today. Listen Now Subscribe Apple...
LinkedIn and Slack CEOs Reduce the Future of the Workplace
The CEOs of the platforms that defined our working lives during the pandemic have actually laid out their vision of the future of work, and the long-term prospect for the workplace looks bleaker than ever. Slack changed most workplaces throughout worldwide lockdowns, while millions affected by coronavirus-related layoffs relied on LinkedIn to find their next job. Slack’s Stewart Butterfield...
Hertz Puts Bankruptcy Behind It With Transformational Plans
Skift Take Hertz’s brand-new ownership has grand plans to remake the automobile rental firm. Over the next couple of years, you’ll learn if that truly taken place depending upon your experience at an airport cars and truck rental counter near you. Dennis Schaal, Skift After shedding $5 billion of debt, car-rental firm Hertz has a chance to take advantage of its chances under new...
American CEO Says 5G Flight Disturbances a Thing of the
Skift Take In his final quarterly earnings call as CEO of American Airlines, Doug Parker quote farewell after 107 successive outcomes presentations since 1995. And he leaves American in strong shape with the airline having maintained its market-leading position in the U.S. and profitability anticipated to return later this year. Edward Russell American Airlines CEO Doug Parker is positive that...