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Tourism
Getting tourists while they are young is critical.
Dawit Habtemariam | 4 months ago
Hotels
Premier Inn says it has gained pricing power as 10% of all UK independent hotels have closed in the past few years. More remarkably, it says repeat guests made 86% of its bookings this year. It's a direct booking champ other hoteliers could learn from.
Sean O'Neill | 5 months ago
News Blog
Generator Group, which owns or runs 21 hotels, gave a financial update on Monday that underscored the post-pandemic boom in travel. London-based Generator Group forecasted that it's on track to produce revenues of about $238 million (€225 million) this year — which would represent a 25% jump over the company's revenue in the pre-pandemic year…
Sean O'Neill | 6 months ago
With a turnaround artist at its helm, EasyHotel is finally poised for its long-awaited expansion. Recent investment in the company is a wager that affordability will matter more to some travelers than whether a hotel is Instagram-ready.
Sean O'Neill | 7 months ago
House-sitting platforms are in prime position to take advantage of surging travel demand. It's an affordable travel option for many compared to hotels and some short-term rental properties.
Doyinsola Oladipo, Reuters | 10 months ago
Short-Term Rentals
Airbnb's strategy boils down to this: Staying relatable to the typical 26-year-old could give the company an edge over rivals who often woo older travelers.
Srividya Kalyanaraman and Sean O'Neill, Skift | 11 months ago
Business Travel
Business travel is back, but managing costs is more and more challenging. As companies work to balance the need to get to in-person meetings with the objective of reducing overhead, a new report from Uber for Business offers a pathway to success.
Uber for Business + Skift | 11 months ago
Updates to fixtures, furnishings, and food can reinvigorate motels for the next generation. But you need to use a consumer lens, not just a developer's budget, to make the right design choices.
Carley Thornell | 1 year ago
Online Travel
Budget travel seems easier than ever with today's technology and the emergence of OTAs and home-sharing, but these trends have their own associated costs.
Sarah Enelow, Skift | 8 years ago
Airlines
Price-sensitive travelers would be well served by doing extra research to make sure they understand the true cost of bargain-basement prices.
Hannah Sampson, Skift | 8 years ago