Skift Take Will Booking.com, Expedia.com or Vrbo create Super Bowl advertisements that everyone will be talking about in the days after the Big Video game? We haven’t seen them yet, but so far it sounds as if they are trotting out very predictable and familiar themes. Dennis Schaal Netherlands-based Booking.com, which will air its first-ever Super Bowl advertisement in the 4th quarter on...
Skift Take Cambodia is in its earliest phases of developing preservation throughout a precarious time. There are lessons to be learned in Africa, and David Steyn, GM of Shinta Mani Wild tented camp, is assisting to broker them. Colin Nagy In the developing story of global preservation, Cambodia, with its verdant forests and deep cultural history, is at an important inflection point: The nation...
Skift Take No tourists permitted till 2022 and now the hardline choice to lock down all of New Zealand after one, yes, one suspected Delta case. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern can not be a preferred amongst travel businesses in the country at this point. Tom Lowry Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put New Zealand under rigorous lockdown on Tuesday after the country’s very first coronavirus case...
Skift Take A somewhat abrupt statement as Kurt Ekert steps down just days before the consultation of a new CEO. This news doesn’t bode well. Matthew Parsons, Skift Travel management giant CWT has quickly changed its CEO, with Kurt Ekert stepping down. Michelle McKinney Frymire, currently its president, technique and change, and its chief monetary officer, takes the helm on Might 1, 2021. <...
Skift Take China, Peru, Argentina and South Africa didn’t sign up with the current wave of sanctions on Moscow over its intrusion of Ukraine. How will the rest of the world now see these countries? From a travel and tourism perspective, expect a severe reaction. Matthew Parsons Russia prepares to end limitations on flights to and from 52 nations after April 9, part of its plans to minimize...
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Skift Take The ongoing dip in travel enhances the message that small and medium companies are driving the recovery. At this moment, it seems like the multinationals will never go back to pre-pandemic levels. Matthew Parsons Executives at Ireland’s big center of multinational business are still only going on a small portion of the foreign service journeys they made prior to the Covid-19...
Skift Take Flight attendants feeling the impact of rowdy travelers are not feeling secured. If airline companies don’t want to lose these important workers, lose revenue and potentially set travel’s recovery back with canceled flights, more should be done by the federal government to ensure their safety. Ruthy Muñoz One in five flight attendants so far this year has actually been...
Skift Take For today’s podcast episode, Skift’s Dennis Schaal is signed up with by RVshare’s Jon Gray, UndertheDoormat Group’s Merilee Kar, and HomeAway’s Carl Shepherd to discuss their experiences throughout the development of online short-term rentals. Jason Clampet Holiday leasings have actually been around “forever,” however Skift’s recent...
Skift Take After wildfires ravaged Maui’s western area, the island as an entire appeared to show strength in hotel need. Plus, optimism at Hyatt, The United States and Canada’s leading hotel managers, and more news highlights. Sean O’Neill Here are the leading stories from the Daily Accommodations Report newsletter in the past week. Get news on hotel offers, advancement, stocks...