Skift Take The Global Company Travel Association has had a rough ride over the previous 2 years. Its convention in Orlando later on this month represents an opportunity to turn a corner, and it wants to bring the industry along with it. Matthew Parsons It was one crisis after another. Grievances of misogyny, sexism, bigotry and bullying were made versus the leader of the world’s most...
Skift Take While it is simpler to take a wilderness getaway when you’re an autocratic leader with all the levers of power at hand, a pre-packaged tour with an official government recommendation uses a certain complacency as well. Jason Clampet Russians will be able to backtrack President Vladimir Putin’s footsteps in his cherished Siberian holiday areas under plans being developed by...
Skift Take When the top tourist destination in Southeast Asia, Thailand this weekend offered a GDP projection from its financing minister that definitely recommends the long pandemic depression may lastly be ending. Tom Lowry Thailand’s economy is expected to grow by 3% to 3.5% this year and 3% to 4% next year, assisted by increased exports and a pickup in the important tourism sector after...
Skift Take Airbnb has actually been a smart public relations practitioner throughout the years, and the volume of press releases the business produces every year is legion. Brian Chesky’s yearlong digital wanderer stint lines up with the business’s brand name story and marketing method. Dennis Schaal Online Travel This Week Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky hasn’t been shy...
Skift Take Passengers previously needed to reveal an unfavorable Covid-19 test performed within 3 days of departure. This brand-new assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance is about to make flying much more tough, and airlines require to get ready for a need shock. Matthew Parsons Air travelers to the U.S. will face harder Covid-19 testing rules, while more countries...
Skift Take Several of the recommendations presented by the International Energy Agency to reduce oil use may be popular with consumers. Nevertheless, one of the last things a lot of people thrilled by the massive easing of Covid measures around the world wish to do is take a trip less. Rashaad Jorden The International Energy Company (IEA) on Friday urged customers to take a trip less, share...
Skift Take Resorts in the East African country cut their prices to attract domestic tourists. It’s settling. Matthew Parsons Kenya’s tourism market has actually started to pull out of its deep Covid-19 induced downturn as regional travelers benefit from lower prices, the government said on Wednesday, but foreign visitor numbers are still well listed below pre-pandemic levels. The East...
Skift Take Now that the investor winners and losers are clear, Hertz is charged with the even more difficult job of retooling the business to adjust to a lessened organization travel environement– at least in the short term. Dennis Schaal, Skift In a court-sanctioned auction procedure, the Knighthead Capital Management, Certares Opportunities and Apollo Capital Management won a court...
Skift Take On the frontline of a global-local motion, software company Zoho’s rural revitalization idea could capture on. Matthew Parsons, Skift Worker at company software business Zoho can literally take pleasure in the fruits of their labor when they show up to work at its head office in Austin, Texas. That’s because it changed the 360-acre site into a farm at the start of the...
Skift Take It’s referred to as a tough policy, with airline workers having just over a month to get totally immunized, but shouldn’t this be the default policy? Matthew Parsons Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Thursday that all Hong Kong-based pilots and flight attendants would require to be immunized versus Covid-19 by Aug. 31 or risk losing their jobs, in one of the airline...