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BA’s Brilliant New Ads Prove It: The Promise of Travel Is Divorced From the Awfulness of Flying

Here's the bad news, aka reality: the awfulness of flying these days has NOTHING do with the creative promise of travel described throughout the brilliant copy of this campaign.

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

BA’s Brilliant New Ads Prove It: The Promise of Travel Is Divorced From the Awfulness of Flying

News Blog

Only-Pay-When-You-Check-In Could Emerge As Alternative Amidst Flight Disruptions

If German lawmakers have their way, the advancement payment of air tickets could become a thing of the past, as a response to the huge disruptions of flights this summer across Europe, according to new proposed law in the German state of Lower Saxony. The local state minister renewed calls to introduce a "pay as…

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

Announcements

The Meaning of Connection at Work, In a Fully Remote World

Here's what our 10 year anniversary means to the folks behind the magic. The Skift Dream Team.

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

The Meaning of Connection at Work, In a Fully Remote World

Skift Originals

Don’t Create Company Culture: Lessons on Meaning of Work

Culture stems from the meaningful work we do, and each of us seeing the tangible in-situ effects of that work for the people for whom we create everything.

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

Don’t Create Company Culture: Lessons on Meaning of Work

Announcements

10 Lessons on 10 Years of Skift

F**k it, we’re still doing it.

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

10 Lessons on 10 Years of Skift

News Blog

It’s Official, A New $6 Billion Travel Retail Giant is Born: Dufry Buys Autogrill

This deal has been rumored and in the works for many months now: Switzerland headquartered travel duty free and retail firm Dufry has agreed to buy Autogrill from Italian billionaire Benetton family, creating a new $6 billion player in the travel retail market, reports Bloomberg. The combined group will have 5,500 outlets at around 1,200…

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

News Blog

Los Angeles Becomes One of the First U.S. Cities to Mandate Daily Hotel Room Cleaning

Los Angeles City Council has adopted a bunch a hotel workers protection measures, undoing some of the changes that happened during the pandemic such as foregoing daily hotel room cleaning. These measures come after intense lobbying and ad campaigns from the largest U.S. hotel union Unite Here. Most hotels in the city will be required…

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

News Blog

In a Fascinating Turn, Who Travels for Business Has Changed Post Pandemic

Not only is business travel back with some ferocity, how people travel for business -- and indeed leisure -- has changed. Amongst the most fascinating changes has been which departments within companies are now traveling and how that compares to pre-pandemic makeup of business travelers. Based on latest data from the corporate travel agency TripActions…

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

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SE Asia Dominates for Muslim Travelers Globally; Under-40s Driving Halal Tourism

South East Asia and Middle East regions continue to dominate in the ranking of Muslim-friendly destinations, according to the latest research and rankings by Muslim travel consultancy Crescent Rating along with its partner Mastercard. The report dives into how the under-40s global Muslim population is now driving the next phase of growth of what many…

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

News Blog

Short Term Rental Companies Rush to Fill in Airbnb’s China Void

After Airbnb decided to exit the local Chinese market, local players are rushing in: Tujia, Meituan, Muniao, Fliggy and Xiaozhu are large local Chinese online travel and short-term rental players that are reaching out to the local Airbnb hosts to migrate them to their respective platforms, according to this report. Tujia has set up a special…

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago