2020 Archives

The various sectors of the U.S. travel industry favor former Vice President Joe Biden and shifted support from Republican to Democratic congressional candidates since 2016.

Ten travel startups collectively announced more than $167 million in funding lately. Concepts included the online booking of tour guides, tour packages, Vietnamese domestic travel, Indian hotels, and e-visas.

Allegiant said it saw the "end of history" on March 1, but its focus on domestic, primarily leisure flights gives it cause for optimism. Still, the airline doesn't think a meaningful recovery will occur until sometime next year at the earliest.

Booking.com's message to European regulators? Don't lump us in with Google when you go after Big Tech. It's so rare to see any public dustup between Google and Booking.com even though there have long been competitive tensions behind the scenes.

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water" was the tag line for the movie Jaws 2. But the words may apply to the cruise industry now, given surging infections in cities worldwide. Yet, if you've spent any time with frequent cruise-goers, you know they'll be back booking as soon as it's safe.

Wyndham snapped quickly back to profitability from pandemic losses, but there is still plenty of work ahead to get back to 2019 performance levels.

China is like no other place on Earth and Trip.com is like no other online travel agency. It offers lessons on how to build an industry-leading business and how to respond to our deepest crisis ever.

We checked in with about a half dozen airline tech startups. Generally speaking, they're blending realism with optimism.

It's time to look beyond outdated methods and create a new vision for the future. We've brought together visionary innovators and creative leaders for a day of inspiring talks and forward-thinking discussions at Skift's Design The Future online event. Join us to uncover new tools, tactics, and mindsets for the year ahead.

Booking Holdings' Glenn Fogel said the best thing he can do for his customers is be ready to meet their demands once travelers feel safe enough to start booking trips again in full.