Skift Take Backed by significant travel demand, Booking.com is confident about travel returning to Asian destinations. Nevertheless, China’s quarantine and Japan’s resuming trepidations stand in the way of a full healing. Peden Doma Bhutia As countries in Asia-Pacific have been slower to open borders than other locations, the region’s road to healing hasn’t truly been a...
Skift Take Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Labor Day trip, Korean Air’s successes, and innovative hotel design. Rashaad Jorden Good morning from Skift. It’s Monday, August 22 in New York City. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Listen Now Subscribe Apple Podcasts|Spotify|Overcast|Google Podcasts Episode Notes Senior...
Skift Take Finca Cortesín has actually ended up being an acclaimed home in Málaga, Spain. But its operator will require a fresh playbook to draw guests to its new 17th-century palace in the mountains of Mallorca. Leslie Barrie The brand-new Grand Hotel Child Web, which opened last month, is set at the foothills of the Tramuntana Mountains on the island of Mallorca– and does not want to be...
Skift Take Abu Dhabi group Rotana is trying its hand at a casino in Georgia, on the other hand, gaming remains in the cards back home in the UAE. Josh Corder Abu Dhabi hotel group Rotana has a gambling establishment task in the works, and investment in the resort is open to anybody, starting at US$ 89,400 for a hotel space. Located in Georgia (the country not the U.S. state), the hotel is the...
Skift Take Repurposing unused square video footage to up the ante on experiential travel can give hotels the boost they require– especially throughout the off-season. Carley Thornell In high season, the drive for Bostonians heading to Cape Cod’s beaches and upscale resorts can take up to 4 hours. But in the off-season, those winding roadways are simply as barren as the trees...
Skift Take Today, a number of startups of interest to the travel sector announced more than $170 million in financing. Sean O’Neill This week, travel start-ups announced more than $170 million in financing. >> Hotel Engine, a corporate travel start-up that concentrates on hotel scheduling management, has actually raised $65 million in a funding round. Telescope Partners led the round in the...
Skift Take Local development giant Emaar loses five hotels. Marriott gets 3 as it continues to swell its portfolio and Kempinski gets 2, doubling its footprint in the city. Josh Corder 5 hotels under Dubai’s home-grown business Emaar Hospitality have been rebranded in one swoop today. Properties in prestige places such as The Dubai Mall (the world’s most significant shopping mall) and...
Skift Take Facing sanction challenges from the West, Russian travelers may simply find a prospective traveler location in North Korea. Peden Doma Bhutia Amongst the last countries to resume tourism activities post-pandemic, North Korea is set to welcome its first global tourists in February, marking the end of its border closure since January 22, 2020. And tourists, specifically in Russia, are...
Skift Take Southwest has actually graphically illustrated the bottom-line impact that postpones to the Boeing 737 Max program is having on its service. Gordon Smith Southwest Airlines is the current Boeing 737 Max operator to set out the scale of delivery hold-ups. In a filing Tuesday, the carrier stated there would be a reduction in the number of new aircrafts it will get in 2024. Southwest has...
Skift Take U.S. airlines will take part in a Senate oversight hearing mid-December on the industry. Expect questions about the use of U.S. government subsidies. Sean O’Neill U.S. airlines will take part in a Senate oversight hearing this month on the industry, an aviation trade group said on Friday, with lawmakers expected to quiz executives about how carriers used pandemic-related federal...