Hawaiian Airlines’ New Strategy and Other Top Travel Stories This Week


Skift Take

In Skift's top stories this week, Hawaiian Airlines is changing its distribution strategy, Sonder has a disappointing stock market debut, and Hilton unveils its plan to address the labor shortage in the hotel industry.

Throughout the week we are posting original stories night and day covering news and travel trends, including on the impact of coronavirus. Every weekend we will offer you a chance to read the most essential stories again in case you missed them earlier.

Hawaiian Airlines Surprises With Breakaway Distribution Strategy: For years, a handful of large airline groups outside of the U.S. have slapped surcharges on airfare sold via legacy technology. Hawaiian is the first U.S.-based airline to add distribution surcharges.

Sonder Underwhelms in Public Debut: Sonder's delayed stock market debut cam