Skift Take Steve Kaufer had a great perform at Tripadvisor, transforming a business with a little office over a pizza shop in Massachusetts 20 years ago into a global, household-name brand. The problem for Tripadvisor isn’t necessarily who will replace Kaufer, but what innovations will it take to revive the company. Dennis Schaal After a more than 20-year run as co-founder and CEO of...
Skift Take There’s still time for the defiant group, which represents one percent of the whole labor force, to get jabbed. Otherwise, there’s plenty of candidates going to take their place. Matthew Parsons United Airlines stated on Tuesday almost 600 U.S.-based workers dealt with termination after failing to abide by the carrier’s vaccination policy. In early August, the...
Skift Take Hotels are not out of the woods yet. Marriott notched the very best financial showing of hotel earnings season up until now, however the Delta variant threatens the recovery all over– even in China, the company’s best-performing significant market last quarter. Cameron Sperance The travel recovery delivered a significant monetary win to the world’s largest hotel...
Skift Take The RUSSPASS app is a significant competitive step in increasing Russia’s appeal as a tourist destination. However no e-visa, no dice. The two must go hand in hand. Lebawit Lily Girma Taking a trip to and checking out Russia has actually been simplified for international travelers– at least, that’s the message the federal government is sending out with RUSSPASS, a one...
Skift Take Great early morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, January 20, in New York City City. Here’s what you need to learn about the business of travel today. Rashaad Jorden Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast takes a look at the yearly Skift Megatrends report, Sonder’s launching on the Nasdaq exchange, and the reason universities and trainees want study abroad...
Skift Take SeaWorld is immensely positive that travel will make a significant rebound soon since why would they offer more than $3 billion for Cedar Fair if it didn’t see the leisure and home entertainment sector rapidly approaching pre-Covid metrics. Rashaad Jorden SeaWorld Entertainment Inc has actually offered to purchase theme park operator Cedar Fair LP for $3.4 billion, according to a...
Skift Take CEO Johan Lundgren wants to take market share from the similarity British Airways and Air France-KLM as they restructure their short-haul operations, but is the cash enough to give it a headstart against Ryanair? Matthew Parsons British airline company easyJet stated it had declined a takeover offer on Thursday by Wizz Air and would raise $1.7 billion from shareholders to money its...
Skift Take Among Italy’s many attractive islands wants its celebrities and tourists back. Can Europe’s digital health passport plan provide them? Matthew Parsons Capri’s world has actually constantly been blue– the color of the water surrounding the Mediterranean island, a lot of its fishing boats and, the majority of notoriously, the light in its Blue Grotto. Now, the...
French catering group Sodexo stated on Friday it had sealed a deal to offer the renowned Paris cabaret Le Lido de Paris to Europe’s largest hotel group Accor, verifying a media report. “Sodexo confirms it reached a deal with Accor over strategies to sell Lido de Paris,” a Sodexo spokesperson said in an email to Reuters. Additional information were not instantly readily...
Skift Take Tripadvisor CEO Steve Kaufer told Skift that Tripadvisor Plus is “a super-high top priority for the company.” The program may find enthusiasts at the residential or commercial property level, but so far the biggest hotel chains do not seem jumping on board. Dennis Schaal, Skift Online Travel This Week After a number of months in beta, Tripadvisor’s new subscription...