Lisa Omagari

Though the travel industry has been in hibernation for most of 2020, the year may yet close out on a promising note. For TRIBE Hotels, a forward-thinking approach from their 2017 launch to now, amid a rapid global expansion, is paying off despite the pandemic, proving an eye on the horizon can help operators through even the toughest of times.

In this Skift Aviation Forum video we hear from Mike Appleton, president, Hotel Connections and Travelliance, about how the company is helping to simplify the logistics of aviation flight crew scheduling and traveling.

Travel brands looking to rebuild their payments ecosystem in the wake of Covid-19 need to embrace change, partner for success, and ring-fence their finance, marketing, and customer experience teams.

The rush to enable remote working in response to the pandemic has exposed some travel companies to cyber attacks and phishing campaigns. Looking toward a post-recovery future, business teams will need secure and frictionless connectivity as they begin to travel again.

Jean-Francois Lalonde, an associate professor at Université Laval in Québec City, studies computer vision and artificial intelligence. He’s also playing a leading role in attracting and hosting events within Canada’s technology sector.

As the hospitality sector charts a path to recovery, every penny counts. When it comes to maximizing advertising spend, it helps to work with a channel that offers a wide choice of bidding models and the ability to maximize returns through granular operations management.

Regional innovators like Cathy Hogan, an expert within Canada’s natural resources and ocean technology sectors, are continuing to drive the future of meetings, tourism, and economic development within Canada.

In this conversation from Skift Global Forum, we hear more about how United Airlines and Formation are using technology to quickly learn from and adapt to the evolving needs of travelers during Covid-19.

In this breakout session recording from Skift Global Forum executives at Ingenico ePayments who discuss the evolution of Global Payments in the Covid-19 era and what the future holds.

In this conversation from the 2020 Skift Global Forum, we speak with Choice Hotels and Amazon Web Services about the state of digital transformation in the travel and hospitality sector.