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Coronavirus and Travel

Coronavirus

How Travel Companies Themselves Are Taking Coronavirus Precautions

Travel companies are having to adapt not just to a new world for their customers, but for their staff too. This might be a temporary change, but when things return to normal, will our working habits revert as well?

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 4 years ago

How Travel Companies Themselves Are Taking Coronavirus Precautions

Airlines

Cathay Pacific Cuts 147 Roles in Vancouver Base Closure

Cathay Pacific has been hit very hard over the past year. First, from the Hong Kong protest movement and second, the coronavirus outbreak. Its managers are going to have to make some very tough decisions over the coming weeks.

Reuters | 4 years ago

Cathay Pacific Cuts 147 Roles in Vancouver Base Closure

Tourism

Are Singapore’s Tourism Players Creating a Model for a Post-Virus World?

There’s no fixed playbook in responding to an unprecedented global health crisis like coronavirus, but Singapore is a good one to watch when it comes to crisis management and tourism recovery.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Are Singapore’s Tourism Players Creating a Model for a Post-Virus World?

Tourism

Thailand Outlines $3.2 Billion Stimulus Package as Tourism Falls 50 Percent

Economies like Thailand's — which were already flagging but still had tourism as a bright spot — stand to lose the most from the virus outbreak.

Kitiphong Thaichareon, Reuters | 4 years ago

Thailand Outlines $3.2 Billion Stimulus Package as Tourism Falls 50 Percent

Hotels

Myopia, Spin and the End of the Hotel Industry’s Winning Streak

Just weeks ago, the trend was for hotel companies to give guidance that didn't include coronavirus fallout with the expectation that analysts would bless them. How in the world do you trust guidance that doesn’t include the biggest negative impact of the year?

Alan Woinski, Skift | 4 years ago

Myopia, Spin and the End of the Hotel Industry’s Winning Streak

Online Travel

Latin America’s Despegar Will Have to Navigate Coronavirus Currency Impact

Coronavirus has caused turmoil in the global financial markets, which has devalued several key currencies and made foreign trips costlier. But devaluation may also make potential acquisition targets cheaper for Despegar, the region's largest online travel agency.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Latin America’s Despegar Will Have to Navigate Coronavirus Currency Impact

Tourism

Promoting Tourism in the Time of Coronavirus Is a No-Win

Tourism marketers are facing somewhat of a conundrum: The optics of tourism campaigns during widespread panic can fall flat, but failing to market low-risk destinations may make a bad problem even worse.

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

Promoting Tourism in the Time of Coronavirus Is a No-Win

Airlines

Flybe Becomes the First Airline to Die Because of Coronavirus

If this coronavirus panic drags on, we may see otherwise healthy airlines go bust. But that is not the case here. Flybe was in trouble well before coronavirus.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 4 years ago

Flybe Becomes the First Airline to Die Because of Coronavirus

Tourism

Battered Asia Travel Sector Exits High Season to Regroup for Eventual Recovery

It’s likely to get worse before it gets better for the Asian tourism industry. But forward-thinking players will know to take advantage of the current downtime to meet the pent-up demand for travel once recovery comes — which may not be far off.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Battered Asia Travel Sector Exits High Season to Regroup for Eventual Recovery

Tourism

Why Asia Is Still the Future of Travel in a Post-Coronavirus World

Understanding the geopolitics of Asia and how it intersects with the world will make you understand why travel is resilient — and why its center will continue to be in Asia — in a post-coronavirus world.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 4 years ago