2013 Archives

Announcements

Skift Business Traveler: Hilton’s IPO, Drinking on Delta and PreCheck Updates

Grant Martin, Skift | 10 years ago

Media and PR

Frommer’s Turns to Danish Metasearch Site to Help Revamp Frommers.com

This is the first step forward the Frommer's team has taken online since grabbing the rights to the name and series back from Google earlier this year. There are many more to go.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

5 Ways That 21st-Century Travelers Are Unlike Any We’ve Seen Before

Travelers' unstoppable move towards mobile booking and planning provides companies an enormous opportunity to stay in contact with customers on a real-time basis during every stage of a trip.

Samantha Shankman , Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

Fashion Startup Zady Targets Holiday Flyers With New Airport Pop-Up Shop

Airports are becoming destinations with luxury retail and local hotspots available to any flyer passing through. And they offer new brands a more temporary, affordable spot to gain awareness during heavy traffic times.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Health-Conscious Hotel Brand EVEN Launches Lifestyle News and Tips Site

This is a genius use of content marketing for the new hotel brand, which is providing useful information for its guests as well as creating a new source to attract new customers and raise brand awareness. Now it just needs to open one of the hotels.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Ground Transport

UK Plans to Sell Its 40% Stake in Eurostar Before Rail Company’s Biggest Expansion

Eurostar is preparing to expand routes to Amsterdam in 2016 giving the UK a limited amount of time to give up its shares. The UK is looking to raise cash and improve its domestic links.

Robert Wall, Bloomberg | 10 years ago

Cruises

Indonesia Sees 40 Percent Spike in Cruise Ship Passengers in 2013

Increased travel to the region, a booming cruising industry in nearby Singapore, and expanding ports are paving the way for the country's fastest growing tourism sector.

Nurfika Osman, The Jakarta Post | 10 years ago

Airlines

Skyscanner Debuts World Cup Flight-Finder Tool

Skyscanner is all about flights, and it has global reach so the launch of its Soccer/Football Flight Finder tool for the 2014 FIFA World Cup travel is a no-brainer.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

JetBlue Takes a Shortcut to Add Apple Passbook Capabilities

JetBlue really needs to devote more resources to its tech capabilities. It is finally getting around to it with its imminent satellite-based Wi-Fi, but the airline needs to stay on top of its game.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

The International Airlines That Already Offer In-Flight Phone Calls and Texting

The controversy about in-flight voice calls on U.S. airlines may be overstated. Foreign airlines have been allowing it for years, and there hasn't been a huge problem. Most passengers prefer texting and email anyway.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago