Marriott's Post-Pandemic Playbook and 18 Other Coronavirus Travel Stories This Week
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In coronavirus-related travel stories this week, Skift covered Marriott's strategy, the Skift Travel Tracker about consumer sentiment, how blocked seats on airlines and travel bubbles will impact business travel, and travel mergers that fell victim to the pandemic.
What To Make of Marriott’s Post-Pandemic Playbook: There is still a long road to a full economic recovery from coronavirus, but a short-term debt buyback offer and loyalty deals signal Marriott is designing a path to rebound from the worst of the pandemic.
More Americans Feeling Emboldened With 24 Percent Traveling in May: Skift Travel Tracker: Twenty-four percent of Americans traveled in May, up from 19 percent in April. However, a full travel recovery might take a very long time as more consumers start to realize Covid-19 is a longer-term battle.
Don’t Confuse Travel’s Reopening With Recovery: A Long Slog Lies Ahead: You can’t defy the laws of economics after so much value — and real — destruction across not just the global travel sector, but the human costs that continue to rise.
How Is United Airlines’ Loyalty Program Worth $22 Billion?: United opened some of the books for its MileagePlus program. It’s a highly lucrative operation, based mainly on sales of miles to third pa
