Cameron Sperance

Effective vaccines are one thing. Southwest and other airlines still need to gain the trust of event planners before they can bank on recovery momentum.

You know times are tough when a domestic airline with strong leisure roots like Southwest Airlines is in danger of breaking a half-century tradition of no layoffs or furloughs.

Independent hotel owners have a new pandemic survival strategy with the arrival of the Curator Hotel & Resort Collection. The big brands need to address grievances over their high costs in order to remain competitive.

Durban was a rare source of growth for South Africa's tourism economy in 2019, but leaders have to be vigilant against an early reopening of international borders sparking a case surge and becoming a drag on the region's reputation.

Don't look to the past in how to rebuild the travel industry's post-pandemic future. Look at everything from design to diversity to structuring events.

A revival of conventions and major events will help the hotel industry tackle its high unemployment rate, but federal stimulus is needed first while struggling businesses still wait for the virus to get under control.

Longer-term stays may buoy Extended Stay America through the pandemic, but the company aims to build up its business traveler base to garner greater profits post-pandemic.

More coronavirus economic relief is likely for the U.S. travel industry, but the virus needs to get under control before stimulus measures like travel tax credits get a receptive audience in Washington.

Service Properties Trust has to do what’s best for shareholders, and maybe that includes severing ties with Marriott and IHG. But don’t rule out a business traveler rebound, especially with a vaccine looking more likely in the new year.

Marriott's level of profitability is unheard of in the hotel industry at the moment, but some of the cost cutting that made it possible isn't permanent.