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In Skift’s leading stories today, various travel CEOs express pessimism about a complete healing of business travel, a Bill Gates-owned firm becomes the majority stakeholder in Four Seasons Hotels, and Las Vegas emerges as the U.S.’ most popular company travel location.
Rashaad Jorden, Skift
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What Travel CEOs are Anticipating About the Permanent Return of Organization Travel: It’s difficult to get a real sense of what future company travel demand will look like up until international borders resume and people can go back to the workplace. But it is time to temper the optimism on any significant healing taking place by the end of the year. CEOs appear to lastly get this.
The Airline Failures and Bankruptcies Up Until Now in the Pandemic: Provided air travel’s grinding halt in 2020, and the impact of brand-new Delta version frightens, you might believe this list would be longer. Still, seeing the airline casualties together like this is quite shocking.
Costs Gates’ Company Is Now Controlling Stakeholder in Four Seasons Hotels: This is good news for those who like what Bill Gates as a partial owner has done to help 4 Seasons grow over the last few years. But there is still a great deal of uncertainty around when the market will be back to the kind of conditions that assist put heads in beds in one of these glitzy hotels.
Traveloka Taps Breaks on $400 SPAC Deal to Go Public: Are special function acquisition companies losing their shine? We’ll discover more in the coming months as other travel start-ups plan to go public.
Las Vegas Emerging This Fall as the Hottest Corporate Travel Location Despite Variant Concerns: The city is in tune with the pandemic procedure: after the travelers, next come business tourists. Las Vegas is edging towards healing, however Delta alternative concerns may ruin the celebration yet.
The New Wellness Imperative for Long-Haul Travel: It’s time to recognize long-haul travel for what it is: an endurance event. For those making the trip rather of the Zoom, there are brand-new imperatives that premium brands need to serve up to cater to these tourists. Hint: it does not appear like the high-end of the past.
Spain’s eDreams Odigeo Claims to Invest Absolutely Nothing on Marketing Its Flourishing Membership Plan: Like any online travel agency, eDreams Odigeo spends plenty on marketing to acquire brand-new customers, but is presently investing next to nothing outside its own channels on getting travelers to register for its “Prime” subscriptions. No YouTube or banner ads, however this might alter quickly.
Lufthansa Frequent Leaflet Program Tests a Direct to Customer Warby Parker Model: Lufthansa’s test partnership might or might not exercise. However what’s particular is that all significant travel benefits programs have broad chances to use their customer databases in manner ins which luxury retailers such as Aston Martin and Omega will in fact like.
Marriott CEO Sees Hotels Bouncing Back Rapidly After Delta Alternative Downturn: It is hard to be optimistic about fall hotel efficiency for companies like Marriott and Hilton– unless the lack of organization travel is somehow balanced out by higher-than-expected leisure travel.
9/11 Tours Are Big Service: For travelers, interest in 9/11 has actually never ever waned, however the pandemic has actually been hard on trips and shows. The massive media coverage of the 20th anniversary of September 11 will hopefully draw brand-new crowds for this big day.