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Business Travel

Booking.com’s Challenges With Tours and Activities Lead to Musement Partnership

Whether building tours and activities or vacation rentals, acquiring companies soon find out that this stuff isn't as easy as it looked. From confidential internal documents obtained by Skift, it's clear Booking.com found out that scaling experiences on its own wouldn't be a cakewalk, and it's turning to Musement to kick off a preferred partnership strategy instead.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Tourism

Investment Giant BlackRock Eyes Investing in Mexico’s ‘Mayan Train’ on Yucatan Peninsula

BlackRock is seeing the value of Mexican tourism. The long-anticipated Mayan train project could get a huge boost if the Wall Street giant moves ahead with an investment.

Raul Fernandez Cortes and Drazen Jorgic, Reuters | 4 years ago

Airline Weekly

The Corona Crunch

4 years ago

Airline Weekly

The Corona Crunch

4 years ago

Meetings

Groupize Expands Software to Manage Increasingly Complex Meetings Schedules

Companies looking to track events of all sizes in a single platform may have found a solution in the Groupize 3.0 platform. Rules can be a good thing — especially when it comes to automating employee permissions and budgets.

Lauren Ward, Skift | 4 years ago

Luxury

How a Women-Led Hospitality Team Is Paving a Path for Africa’s Next Generation

For Africa to realize a lot of its economic potential, especially within hospitality, elevating women to positions of leadership will help power and accelerate growth. Asilia's Dunia Camp in Tanzania, run by General Manager Angel Vendeline Namshali and her team of all women, is an example of this positive change.

Colin Nagy, Skift | 4 years ago

Airlines

Korean Air Warns That Coronavirus Could Put It Out of Business

As far as warnings go, this is about as stark as you can get. For Korean Air Lines, its very survival really depends on how long the coronavirus crisis lasts.

Reuters | 4 years ago

Business Travel

Large Middle East Travel Fair Postponed Until Late June

Unlike ITB Berlin, Arabian Travel Market is at least giving attendees enough time to make alternative arrangements.

Reuters | 4 years ago

Tourism

Shanghai Disneyland Partially Reopens as Coronavirus Infections Slow in China

Not only does Shanghai Disneyland's partial reopening signify that China has turned a corner in its virus battle, it also sends a glimmer of hope for Asia's embattled travel industry that things could be turning for the better soon.

Brenda Goh, Reuters | 4 years ago

Tourism

Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Pays Price for Gambling Itself Away

The day of reckoning has come for Sihanoukville as an exodus of Chinese nationals and other tourists occurs. A correction should follow, but can the once popular town regain its soul?

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 4 years ago