Skift Take A successful rollout of Accor’s self-driving lorries depends upon if– a very big if– city governments can agree to re-toggle their infrastructures. That’s a big ask for something pitched as a location to sip champagne and get a workout in the middle of city traffic. Cameron Sperance Europe’s largest hotel company prepares to take the visitor experience on...
Skift Take China’s national hotel efficiency sank in the middle of an Omicron rise that is grasping significant cities on the mainland as well as Hong Kong. However you wouldn’t know that based on the development interest in the area from significant business like IHG. Cameron Sperance Here’s a sampling of what the Daily Accommodations Report provided to its readers this...
Skift Take Germany wants more people to ride trains and buses this summer season with a nine-euro pass. But a rise in riders may strike the physical limitations of the country’s transportation facilities. Edward Russell Germany’s new 9 euro, or a little less than $10, transport pass this summertime is a good deal. Residents and visitors alike can leave their vehicles, or skip an Uber...
Skift Take JetBlue will lastly land in London in August. But with U.S.-UK travel still up in the air, can its upgraded service at cheaper-than-the-competition fares charm tourists as hoped? Edward Russell, Skift London is finally coming true for JetBlue Airways. Hot on the heels of the EU’s decision to resume to immunized travelers and those from so-called safe nations, JetBlue revealed...
Coping with the pandemic triggered travelers to reassess travel top priorities, and Marriott International utilized this as a beneficial opportunity to reimagine ways to cultivate commitment amongst clients. Mariott Bonvoy– the hotel chain’s loyalty program– is noted as one of the main components in the group’s recipe for success in Asia Pacific. “Marriott Bonvoy...
Skift Take European-style Québec City is both a captivating city location surrounded by natural charm and a location for development and activity in biomedical engineering– with one amazing application being making use of gold in medical treatments. Location Canada This sponsored content was produced in partnership with a Skift partner. Many people have actually taken Covid-19 tests in the...
Skift Take This is your PhD in travel, a remarkable read for those who want a deep dive into the most fascinating market on this planet. Rafat Ali This year, 2022, marks a decade of Skift, a years where travel has seen the highest highs and the unthinkable lowest lows. Through those years one thing that stayed consistent for those reading Skift: our yearly franchise on Megatrends that define...
When Bola Ibidapo discovered her pal Brandon Miller was raising cash to help young students get passports, she immediately told Miller she was eager to provide assistance. “Before you know it, we’re talking and exchanging our own experiences about what it was like to be black, young and abroad and how it shaped our viewpoints,” Ibidapo stated. “I shared, when I was abroad...
Skift Take Debate over fees and consumer protections will continue as the Senate works on its own version. Lex Haris The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to pass legislation that would raise the necessary commercial pilot retirement age to 67 from 65 and make other air travel reforms, with the Senate now set to consider its own step. The vote in the Republican-led House was 351-69...
Backed by a constant development in the tourist sector, demand for short-term rentals has actually increased significantly among tourists to the United Arab Emirates and a great deal of it relates to post-Covid travel choices paired with remote work alternatives. And then, obviously, there is the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup in Qatar this November that will...