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Articles tagged “portugal”

Airlines

Bailed Out Azorean Airline Sata Attracts Investor Interest

Anyone want to take control of a small Azorean airline? More than two dozen parties are crunching the numbers.

Sergio Goncalves, Reuters | 10 months ago

Bailed Out Azorean Airline Sata Attracts Investor Interest

Tourism

Portugal Notches Tourism Record in First Quarter

Portugal's record tourism points to a strong summer ahead for the country and Europe, as the world sprints back to normal.

Patricia Vicente Rua, Reuters | 12 months ago

Portugal Notches Tourism Record in First Quarter

Tourism

Skift India Daily: Air India, Indigo to Face Lawmakers About Soaring Airfares

Driven by rising jet fuel costs and capacity constraints, airfares are soaring. And yet, people are still flying.

Amrita Ghosh | 1 year ago

Skift India Daily: Air India, Indigo to Face Lawmakers About Soaring Airfares

Tourism

Portugal’s Golden Visas Draw Fire for Creating Uneven Living Standards

Young workers across Portugal, many in the tourism industry, are struggling to pay rents as foreign investment through visa programs has put real estate out of reach. One of the more visible targets of criticism, still: Airbnb.

Catarina Demony, Patricia Vicente Rua and Sergio Gonçalves, Reuters | 1 year ago

Portugal’s Golden Visas Draw Fire for Creating Uneven Living Standards

Tourism

Skift India Daily: Google Search Pages for Darjeeling Hotels Hacked by Fraudsters

The fast-paced growth of online travel bookings makes the tourism industry a ripe target for cybercriminals. Stakeholders must therefore deploy strategies and tools to guard the sector against data breaches and malicious attacks.

Amrita Ghosh | 1 year ago

Skift India Daily: Google Search Pages for Darjeeling Hotels Hacked by Fraudsters

Airlines

TAP Air Portugal CEO Sacked Over Irregular $500,000 Severance Pay Decision

CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener, as well as chairman Manuel Beja, have been fired by the Portuguese government over a $500,000 payment to former government official Alexandra Reis, who was previously an executive board member.

Sergio Goncalves, Reuters | 1 year ago

TAP Air Portugal CEO Sacked Over Irregular $500,000 Severance Pay Decision

Hotels

The Secret Sauce of Branded Hotels in the U.S. Market Recovery

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at independent hotel recovery, AirAsia's China hopes, and Portugal's potential short-term rental restrictions.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

The Secret Sauce of Branded Hotels in the U.S. Market Recovery

Short-Term Rentals

Portugal’s Proposal to Ban New Short-Term Rental Licenses May Hike Prices

The new proposals yet to be finalized may achieve the opposite effect, reducing short-term rental inventory in the long run while pushing rental prices up. The government should be cautious given tourism's significant 17 percent contribution to the economy.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 1 year ago

Portugal’s Proposal to Ban New Short-Term Rental Licenses May Hike Prices

Hotels

Portuguese-Owned Boutique Hotel Brand AlmaLusa Aims to Lure Travelers From Big Chains

The boutique brand AlmaLusa is betting that more tourists want to stay in places that deeply reflect Portuguese culture. It's testing whether luxury travelers care about authenticity rather than just location and amenities when picking hotels.

Leslie Barrie | 1 year ago

Portuguese-Owned Boutique Hotel Brand AlmaLusa Aims to Lure Travelers From Big Chains

News Blog

The Top Cities for Recent Car Rental Reservations

Global car rentals rocketed during the end-of-year holiday break, with more than three times the amount of seven-day bookings compared to the 2019 winter holiday period. According to data from global car-hire comparison site DiscoverCars, there were 12,646 seven-day reservations for the festive period, more than three times the amount in 2019-20, which saw 3,826…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago