2013 Archives

Media and PR

Three companies we admire in travel business information

Travel business information is a huge industry with mostly sub-standard and sub-scaled players. But these three stand out for their quality.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Vietnam pegs tourism growth to cultural festivals after unexpected drop in visits

Vietnam needs more than larger festivals to improve tourism; it must scrap single-entry visa fees, control price spikes, and promote internationally to keep up with its neighbors’ booming travel industries.

Vietnam News | 11 years ago

Skift Originals

Foreign tourism boards urge travel to Boston in wake of marathon bombing

It's a beautiful thing to see so many foreign tourism boards, whose interests lie elsewhere, express their support to the City of Boston as travel is the great uniter.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Pinnacle emerges from bankruptcy and moves to Minnesota as Delta subsidiary

Memphis mourns the loss of Pinnacle and and is outraged at Delta's broken promises. Delta's investments in Pinnacle, and its acquisition, highlight the growing importance of regional airlines to mainline carriers.

Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 11 years ago

Airlines

JetBlue’s Twitter team tweets support for gay NBA player Jason Collins

Any corporation that jumps into a hot social issue risks alienating customers, but the conversational and personal nature of social media allow brands to take a chance on controversy.

Michael McCarthy, AdAge | 11 years ago

Airlines

American Airlines to launch hourly service between New York and Los Angeles

American has until January to start this promised service, which should be enough of a lead time to gauge how well it will be received.

Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Airlines

New Virgin Atlantic uniforms to be designed by punk pioneer Vivienne Westwood

You know that optimism about airlines is higher when they start splashing out on new uniforms and high-quality talent to design them.

Kari Lundgren, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Tourism

“China Ready” is the new motto of Aussie tourism

It is the new reality in travel marketing, and Australia is equal or closer than Europe or North America for big part of Chinese visitors, depending on the location.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Bad news about air delays ending: Airports don’t have money for improvement

Stop-gap solutions are not just temporary, getting to these solutions means money has to come from somewhere else, and that hurts those other desperately-needed projects as well.

Alan Levin, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Airlines

Lufthansa’s surprise speed in ending strike will help reach year’s earnings target

Richard Weiss, Bloomberg | 11 years ago