Articles tagged “afghanistan”

Business Travel

Hotels Are Deciding Whether Selling Co-Working Space Instead of Beds Is Worth It

Hoteliers will need to crack new metrics like desk occupancy, pricing plans and even social media credibility to help any co-working venture succeed.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

Hotels Are Deciding Whether Selling Co-Working Space Instead of Beds Is Worth It

Airlines

Aviation Insurers Hold Back on Afghanistan Flights After U.S. Troops Leave

Airline insurers want more security and proper air traffic control at Kabul's airport before restarting their coverage of commercial flights there. The concerns are understandable.

Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain, Reuters | 3 years ago

Aviation Insurers Hold Back on Afghanistan Flights After U.S. Troops Leave

Hotels

Airbnb Set to Provide Temporary Housing for 20,000 Afghan Refugees

While it's uncertain where the Afghan refugees will eventually be resettled, Airbnb's decision to house them temporarily will undoubtedly give them a new lease on life after being evacuated — and the homesharing giant PR bonafides.

Sanjana Shivdas, Reuters | 3 years ago

Airbnb Set to Provide Temporary Housing for 20,000 Afghan Refugees

Airlines

U.S. Airlines Ordered by Pentagon to Help in Afghanistan Evacuations

In a rare call to duty, U.S. airlines are being asked to do their patriotic part to help extract civilians in need.

Ruthy Muñoz, Skift | 3 years ago

U.S. Airlines Ordered by Pentagon to Help in Afghanistan Evacuations

Airlines

Airlines Reroute Flights Over Afghanistan as Kabul Airport Evacuations Continue

Missile attacks on commercial planes in recent years will be front of mind for many airlines. No risks will be taken in light of the escalation of militant activity across the country.

David Shepardson, Costa Pitas, Heekyong Yang, Ben Blanchard and Alexander Cornwell, Reuters | 3 years ago

Airlines Reroute Flights Over Afghanistan as Kabul Airport Evacuations Continue

Tourism

Afghan art museum pulls itself back together after civil war tore it apart

The Afghan museum has huge potential to draw art fans as the country looks to a day when it can more actively attract visitors and grow its tourism sector.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Afghan art museum pulls itself back together after civil war tore it apart

Tourism

Afghanistan lures adventure travelers with ski races and tourist-free slopes

Afghanistan’s lack of tourism is exactly what it has going for it right now as adventurers and seasoned travelers seek out niche destinations that are yet to be overrun with tourists.

Skift | 11 years ago

Afghanistan lures adventure travelers with ski races and tourist-free slopes

Tourism

State Department renews travel warning for Afghanistan as U.S. troops prepare to pull out

The travel warning issued Tuesday supersedes an earlier alert released in June 2012 in anticipation of extra-adventurous tourists looking to be the first inside the country without America’s overwhelming presence.

Skift | 11 years ago

State Department renews travel warning for Afghanistan as U.S. troops prepare to pull out

Airlines

Airlines start looking at Afghanistan, 5 more interested in starting operations

As the country hopes to move towards stabilization, it is worried about the right mix of locally-owned and foreign carriers, though fast growth aviation in such a difficult-to-navigate country may be the only way to spur the economy of Afghanistan.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Afghanistan’s Bamiyan site threatened again, this time by unchecked development

Bamiyan has gone through enough destruction, can the govt. step in to check the overenthusiastic development in the name of attracting tourists?

Skift | 12 years ago