Editor’s Note: Hjörtur Smárason announced on LinkedIn four days ago that Visit Greenland terminated his contract. How many people would be willing to take three flights and a boat ride to visit a restaurant? We’re about to find out, as Greenland embarks on a new chapter in tourism development. However, Visit Greenland’s CEO Hjörtur Smárason has warned the country has a difficult balancing act...
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In Skift’s leading stories today, Wyndham makes significant inroads in the all-inclusive resort sector, Delta Air Lines discusses why it hasn’t required its workers to get vaccinated, and South Korea launches an enormously popular tourism campaign.
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Skift Take Twenty airline companies and airports in Europe have actually declined Brussels’ plan to tax jet fuel to make it more costly relative to alternative fuels. Airlines are ideal to worry about competitiveness, but climate activists are wise to watch out for the lobbyists, too. Sean O’Neill An alliance of airline companies and airports called for changes to the European...
Skift Take The U.S.’s choice to extend restrictions yet again on border crossings reveals that heightened concerns over the Delta variation are being taken very seriously by this White Home. Edward Russell The United States on Friday extended the closure of its land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel such as tourist through September 21 regardless of Ottawa’s...
Skift Take Hotels would be wise to ditch the powdered dairy and distinguish themselves by lining up with local roasters for artisanal coffee programs. While that may come with a dip in instant earnings, cross-branding and foot traffic might ultimately improve residential or commercial properties’ bottom line. Carley Thornell It’s no surprise that coffee culture brings people together...
Travelers are going back to the skies and check-in desks as they make up for wasted time after more than a year of lockdowns. “Optimism about travel healing in the U.S. struck a peak this summer,” said Seth Borko, Skift’s director, research study and corp dev, in Skift’s July 2021 Health Score report. The pandemic changed the playing field around traveler habits and...
When Breanne Acio and her partner decided to stop briefly international travel to understand the U.S. better, they converted a moms and dad’s empty cargo van into a campervan that they might reside in while on the roadway. It was the summer season of 2017. “We removed for the very first time and as instructors, we invested a lot into this little home, and we have this vision people...
After in 2015’s dramatic shock to the hospitality environment, the market is welcoming growing indications of healing in 2021. But as hotels and operators attempt to capitalize on the awakening demand, they’re also acknowledging that new efforts need to be made if they’re to remain appropriate and lucrative in the transformed landscape. What lessons were discovered over the past...
In his first press interview because becoming CEO of TUI Musement a bit more than a month ago, it’s clear that Peter Ulwahn is attempting to use TUI’s trip operator tradition to benefit in developing the company’s trips and activities service– however that can be a mixed structure. Ulwahn pointed out in a Skift interview recently that an essential part of his program is...
Skift Take Operational software may sound dull, but it could become drastically profitable for Sabre once the crisis recedes and airlines and hotels resume investing in travel technology. Sean O’Neill, Skift Sabre said on Tuesday it has an opportunity after the pandemic subsides of beating its pre-crisis margins. Currently, the Texas-based travel innovation business is tweak its functional...