Skift Take How are airline companies preparing to attend to the needs of the changed traveler and interfered with running environment as the world emerges from the Covid-19 crisis? Expect to see strategies for individualized worth, more options, and higher airline company control, as airline companies move on their special journey back to profitability. Accelya Accelya’s Air Transformation...
Skift Take A proactive position throughout the pandemic has landed Houston with a bumper H2 2021 of in-person events, a suite of brand-new attractions, and high hopes for the future of meetings and conventions in the city. Houston First Corporation “Our message for a while now has been that Houston is open for service,” said Michael Heckman, acting president and CEO of Houston First...
Skift Take Greener aircrafts and additional trucks understandably are in demand, however it’s still tough to believe its forecast has dipped by simply 0.5 percent compared to prior to the crisis. Matthew Parsons Plane shaved its projection for plane need by 0.5 percent compared to pre-pandemic projections on Saturday, balanced out by a brighter outlook for trucks as the world’s...
Skift Take As goes Amadeus, so goes the travel market. The travel tech company stated its June incomes were the very best because the pandemic began. That was another positive signal for the sector as a whole. Sean O’Neill, Skift Amadeus reported another quarterly loss as higher-priced worldwide air traffic hasn’t recuperated as quickly as domestic air traffic in the pandemic rebound...
Skift Take The American vaccination program has been so successful that the unthinkable even a few months back has actually happened. A lot for competence. Rafat Ali, Skift Lastly some relief for the much maligned American tourist after a year of being the bane of the world: immunized Americans will be enabled into European Union nations beginning this summertime, according to Ursula von der...
Skift Take Seizing smart, tactical chances coming out of the pandemic is leading of mind at Hyatt, naturally. But the Chicago-based business shouldn’t expect any deals in its potential European brand name hunt. The competition is too strong. Cameron Sperance Hyatt is almost back to success and planning a go back to a pre-pandemic growth target. The Chicago-based hotel company, which...
Skift Take Devastating news for many vacation hotspots that would have welcomed Americans with open arms this season. Matthew Parsons The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cautioned on Monday versus travel to Greece, Ireland, Iran, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other locations due to the fact that of an increasing number of Covid-19 cases in those locations. Other locations...
Skift Take This is more of a symbolic than substantive win for U.S. hotels. That said: growth is growth, and operators should be happy. Cameron Sperance U.S. hotel operators have reason to celebrate, but they shouldn’t get too cocky with this performance win. Revenue per available room — the hotel industry’s key performance metric — was up 5.7 percent last week from the same period in 2019...
Skift Take The Delta variation has set the travel recovery back with most U.S. airline companies eating modest pie after overly rosy outlooks in July. With business travel recovery delayed a minimum of 3 months, the industry intends to counter the tide of problem with some possible year-end, holiday cheer. Edward Russell, Skift The U.S. airline industry has rotated en masse far from what has...
Skift Take A cooled-off building market for hotels in the U.S. offers owners an opportunity to charge even greater rates during the recovery thanks to less provide in the market. But Marriott needs to show shareholders indications of development. Hello, Asia and Europe. Cameron Sperance The world’s largest hotel company has its eyes set on gobbling up international market share. Marriott...