Tour Operators
South African Travel Business Adapts to New Resident Tourist Trends
Curiocity, a South-African business that provides both tours and activities as well as hotel and hostel stays, needed to pivot post-pandemic. The switch reveals a new focus on domestic travel and Afro-tourism, driving a shift in its service design.
Jesse Chase-Lubitz|13 hours ago
Skift Take We are enjoyed be at the ultra-luxury Atlantis The Royal in Dubai for Skift Global Online Forum East this December. Nicole Meyer This year, Skift International Forum East provided by Dubai, will be held at the 5-star, ultra-luxury resort: Atlantis The Royal. We plan to welcome 300+ travel industry professionals and speakers to this renowned location on December 12-14. Join us as we...
Skift Take Ghana’s success in bring in members of the African diaspora to go to should drive its next-door neighbors to develop similar techniques. They can see there’s huge quantities of money to be made from a lucrative African American market re-energizing from the pandemic as travelers are eager for travel to the continent. Rashaad Jorden Origins tourism has experienced a...
Travel Innovation
Meta States Its Newest AI Design Competitors ChatGPT. We Checked it for Trip Preparation
Meta AI was useful as a starting point for discovering things to do in a brand-new destination– an enhancement from its very first design but nothing new compared to competitors. Beyond that, a standard search is far superior for trip planning.
Justin Dawes|4 hours ago
This sponsored material was created in collaboration with a Skift partner. What makes a tourist choice one brand name over another in a market overflowing with choices? The choice is based on more than just rate or convenience– it’s rooted in a brand’s capability to make individuals feel comprehended, valued, and rewarded. This deepening relationship in between tourists and...
Airlines
IndiGo Continues Premium Shift: New Digital Upgrades and International Growth
IndiGo’s strategy shake-up is evident as it moves from inexpensive basics to premium offerings, with business class, wide-body aircraft, and now in-flight entertainment.
Peden Doma Bhutia|1 day ago
Skift Take Today’s edition of Skift’s day-to-day podcast takes a look at lost luggage technology, a shipping container hotel, and a massive financial investment in Indian air travel. Rashaad Jorden Great morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, March 21. Here’s what you need to understand about business of travel today. Listen Now Subscribe Apple Podcasts|Spotify|Overcast|Google...
Skift Take Current U.S. travel information includes signs of optimism for 2022. Sean O’Neill Data from a couple of travel innovation vendors highlight the headwind for healing created by the omicron variation. Omicron knocked U.S. travel, but December didn’t witness the very same crash in domestic reservations for leisure travel that the U.S. saw when the delta variation initially...
Skift Take Excellent news for travelers, bad news for hotel owners. The U.S. hotel industry is seeing a (modest) decline in room rates after a current remarkable run-up in costs. Sean O’Neill Rising hotel space rates in the U.S. have stopped adding to wider inflation. Hotel prices decreased in December by 0.5% year-over-year. According to U.S. inflation information released on Thursday...
This sponsored content was created in cooperation with a Skift partner. With the easing of Beijing’s zero-Covid policy, mobile-savvy Chinese tourists are driving a resurgence in domestic hospitality bookings. According to STR, the gold standard for hotel performance benchmarking, China’s hotel average day-to-day rate exceeded 2019 levels during the seven-day Lunar New Year vacation...