Skift Take Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks more detailed at travel’s coronavirus recovery, Airbnb’s optimism, and Hilton’s extended-stay moves. Rashaad Jorden Great early morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, May 24. Here’s what you need to understand about the business of travel today. Listen Now Subscribe Apple...
Expedia’s CEO on the Great Opportunities in Travel
Skift Take Listen to Peter Kern, CEO and vice chairman of Expedia Group, in discussion with Skift’s Rafat Ali. Jason Clampet The vice chairman and CEO of Expedia Group, Peter Kern, covered a lot of ground during his session at Skift Global Online Forum in New York City in September. Kern provided his viewpoint on mergers and acquisitions, innovation, and micro-services. He also laid out why...
The New Chinese Traveler Will Not Be Receptive to Old Marketing
Skift Take If and when outbound Chinese travelers return, they will be a post-pandemic variation of their previous selves with altered likes and dislikes. Old-school marketing may fail. Dennis Schaal Marketers beware: Prior methods of marketing to Chinese customers, consisting of tourists, will not work as well today since their choices altered throughout the pandemic. Trip.com Chief Operating...
a & o Hostels Idea: Take ‘Dirty, Ugly’ Structures, Make Them Sustainable
Skift Take a & o is part of the hospitality market that honors refuse, repurpose, reduce as the new motto in attaining its net-zero goal. And providing brand-new life to old buildings en route. Srividya Kalyanaraman One was an old dairy factory in Stuttgart. Another, an old bread factory in Salzburg. In Perfume, there’s likewise a previous headquarters of German federal intelligence...
Poland Now at the Center of Europe’s Low-Cost Carrier Competition
Skift Take It resembles a low-cost airline version of “Video game of Thrones,” however with more costs and less legroom. Jason Clampet Ryanair is aiming to double its organization in the fast-growing Polish market and broaden across eastern Europe over the next years, executives said, handling competing Wizz Air and opening a brand-new front in the battle of the spending plan airline...
Hotels Lean on Tech and Style to Embed Regional Culture
Skift Take Brand names that handle to supply a different experience for each visitor will win their commitment. It’s much easier stated than done. Matthew Parsons Hotels can no longer take an uniform technique to hotel design, professionals alerted on Thursday at Design the Future, a Skift online summit. With regional guests replacing transient tourists, hotel brand names require to...
Podcast: Google Travel Officer on Sustainability and Search
Skift Take Listen now to a discussion with Google Travel Handling Director Richard Holden at Skift Global Forum in September 2021 in New York City City. Skift Personnel Google will put an eco-badge of sorts beside a listing if sustainability-minded firms like GreenKey or EarthCheck have actually highlighted a hotel for its positive impact with environmental practices. Potential guests can even...
How Payment Developments Will Power the Connected Trip of the
This sponsored material was produced in partnership with a Skift partner. As the lines between business and leisure travel continue to blur, tourists desire individualized solutions that work for them in any context. Whether heading to a service conference, taking a trip abroad for a friend’s turning point birthday, or combining both experiences in one journey, today’s mixed tourist...
The Blogger Destigmatizing Mental Illnesses Through Travel
While traveling with her papa through Canada’s British Columbia and Alberta in the summer season of 2018, Meggie Tran, a world tourist since her very first aircraft ride at 10-months-old and a psychological health supporter for tourists, started experiencing weird behaviors that affected her taking a trip experience. Rather of taking in the beautiful surroundings as they drove on the Trans...
Podcast: Scheduling Site Winners and Losers
Skift Take Listen to Schaal and Borko go over the winners and losers to date coming out of the pandemic, and what it all ways for the future of online travel. Dennis Schaal Skift Research’s Online Travel Agency Factbook is your one-stop shop to understand the worldwide universe of online booking sites. We collected data on and constructed private profiles for the 11 largest openly traded...