Skift Take Many hoteliers would rather not think of their payment tech, as long as it works. But payment practices are altering, therefore is payment tech. Hoteliers– and hotel tech vendors and investors– will want to be on top of these modifications, specifically now that earnings are reduced. Wouter Geerts Payment practices are in flux. Broadly speaking, money is on the decline...
Skift Take Tourism isn’t getting back to typical anytime soon, and this UBS report is a stark suggestion of that. Lebawit Lily Girma, Skift With travel reopening more widely this year given that the pandemic hit– especially in highly vaccinated The United States and Canada, the UK and the European Union– it might appear as though international movement is inching its way back to...
Skift Take In between Japan’s abysmal 20 percent vaccination rate and more than 1,000 everyday Covid cases, banning all spectators at this point is a wise move. Lebawit Lily Girma Even as a number of events in the run-up to the Olympics were cancelled and the variety of domestic viewers capped, Ryuichi Ishikawa had held on to hope that he would remain in the stands to cheer on Japanese...
Skift Take After investing in other business, ATPI plans to licence its software to other travel bureau through a brand-new endeavor called TripStax. But can it emulate the success larger rivals have had? Matthew Parsons, Skift Travel businesses respond in various ways to a crisis. In ATPI’s case, one reaction to the pandemic is to join the other mega-agencies that sell innovation to other...
Skift Take Tourist has actually been really advantageous to parts of Spain over the last years. However as it’s moved into the # 1 slot a few of its most-visited cities have ended up being poster kids for overtourism. Will it utilize this opportunity to reassess how it plans for a brand-new age of worldwide tourist? Nathan Allen, Reuters Spain expects foreign tourist arrivals to reach as...
Skift Take Vaccine passports, despite opposition in varying degrees around the world, is the right move for the cruise industry. It’s too much financial and reputational risk for cruise lines, let alone passengers, to on-board cruisers who aren’t jabbed. Tom Hals, Reuters Norwegian Cruise Line argued to a federal judge on Friday that Florida had banned “vaccine passports” to score...
Skift Take Thinking about that more employers are requiring staff to be immunized, it was just a matter of time before a major airline mandated Covid shots for staff members. However an important concern remains: How will business deal with staff that refuse to be vaccinated? Rashaad Jorden United Airlines Inc on Friday became the very first U.S. airline to need all its domestic employees to be...
Skift Take Opinions are split on the return of tourism to Phuket with travelers limited to government-accredited hotels and many small businesses shattered. Lebawit Lily Girma As Thailand’s government prepares to celebrate its reopening to foreign tourists this week, many businesses on the holiday island of Phuket aren’t so enthusiastic about the return of visitors. Phuket is a pilot programme...
Social video app TikTok is best known for animals performing tricks, people doing stylized and hip dance moves, and random events such as a baby being born mid-flight. But TikTok’s usefulness for travel marketing to Gen Z and younger millennials is becoming more apparent for U.S. travel brands who are seeing the success of foreign brands on the platform. Delta Air Lines this week launched its...
Skift Take In this dispute between Qatar Airways and Airbus over a paint job, might there be deeper issues beneath the surface? Alexander Cornwell, Reuters Qatar Airways said on Tuesday the surface below the paint on some of its Airbus A350s was deteriorating faster than expected and insisted it would not take more deliveries of the carbon-composite widebody jet until the problem was resolved...