The Marriott-Accor Divide and 11 Other Coronavirus Travel Stories This Week
Photo Credit: An Accor property is shown. The leaders of Accor and Marriott disagree about the timing of a travel recovery in Europe. Accor
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In coronavirus-related travel stories this week, Skift covered the divergent views among Marriott, Accor, American and United about the shape of the travel recovery, the anguish of travel's lost summer, contactless tech as the next big thing, and how tour guides will be at the forefront of safety measures.
Marriott and Accor CEOs Disagree on How Quickly Europe’s Hotels Will Recover: As long as Europe can create a strong network of travel bubbles or reopen as much of the Schengen Area without coronavirus travel restrictions, its hotel recovery timeline may surprise hotel executives like Marriott's Arne Sorenson.
Contactless Tech Promises to Be Travel’s Next Big Thing: What’s Real and What’s Hype?: Low-touch is the new high-touch in travel. Companies may rapidly adopt some kinds of contactless systems in response to the pandemic. But which ones?
How Many Travel Reopening Guidelines Is Too Many?: Everyone wants travel to resume as safely and assuredly as possible.
