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Coronavirus and Travel

News Blog

CDC No Longer Tracks Cruise Ship Covid Outbreaks

The Center for Disease Control has retired its Covid-19 Program for Cruise Ships, effective Monday. Under the program, the CDC monitored Covid outbreaks on cruise ships. Under the program's color-coding system, cruise ships were coded with colors indicating the number of positive Covid-19 tests among the crew who boarded within a 14-day span.  "While cruising…

Dawit Habtemariam | 2 years ago

Coronavirus

How Travel Companies Are Handling Covid-Related Refunds Now

Covid is still wreaking havoc on many consumers' travel plans, but some companies act like that's not the case, considering the loops they're asking travelers to go through to get a refund.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

How Travel Companies Are Handling Covid-Related Refunds Now

Cruises

The Highest Paid Cruise Industry CEOs

Everybody in the cruise business suffered during Covid except CEOs, it seemed. As passengers canceled or got sick, and workers got laid off, executive compensation topped 1,000 times the median worker's pay. Including tips.

Tim Mullaney, Skift | 2 years ago

The Highest Paid Cruise Industry CEOs

News Blog

Desperate Hotels in a Rush Left to Hire Inexperienced Staff

Heavily-understaffed European hotel brands are now scrambling to hire workers, left with applicants with no experience or even no track record, according to Reuters. Accor needs 35,000 employees in the 110 countries that it operates in. The hotel brand has been conducting trial initiatives to recruit people who have never worked in the industry, Reuters…

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

Startups

Borrow a Boat Raises $3.6 Million for Yacht-Rental Service: Travel Startup Funding This Week

In a quiet week for travel tech fundraising, highlights include a 3 million pound crowdfunding for a service that lets consumers rent a yacht to feel like, well, a yacht owner. Slowing venture capital returns may be a caution flag for deals later this year.

Tim Mullaney, Skift | 2 years ago

Borrow a Boat Raises $3.6 Million for Yacht-Rental Service: Travel Startup Funding This Week

News Blog

China Cuts Quarantine Time for International Travelers to 7 Days

The National Health Commission of China has slashed the quarantine time for inbound travellers by half. International arrivals will now only need to spend seven days in a centralized quarantine facility, and then monitor their health at home for three days, down from seven previously. Relaxing its stringent zero-Covid policy has already spurred travel industry…

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Airlines

U.S. to End Covid Test Requirement for Incoming Air Travelers

Airlines had been clamoring for the government to drop the pre-departure testing requirement for a long time, since they viewed it as a significant impediment to a complete recovery. Travelers aren't too sad about this development either.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

U.S. to End Covid Test Requirement for Incoming Air Travelers

Business Travel

Trip.com Sees Biggest Business Travel Growth in China’s Second Cities

As for future business travel hotspots in China, plenty of gems come up in a new report published this week by Trip.Biz, the corporate travel division of Trip.com. It offers agencies real insight into the minds of business travelers, as well as opportunities to grow in a country that's ready to rebound after strict lockdowns.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Trip.com Sees Biggest Business Travel Growth in China’s Second Cities

Tourism

U.S. Travelers More Concerned About Costs Than Covid for First Time Since Pandemic

Americans are now saying that financial factors trump health and safety worries when it comes to travel decision-making. While some are staying home because they can't afford it, those determined to travel are finding ways to work around higher prices.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

U.S. Travelers More Concerned About Costs Than Covid for First Time Since Pandemic

Business Travel

Is WeWork Missing the Golden Opportunity for Remote Working?

The co-working giant posted a $504 million loss for the first quarter of this year, although the figures are heading in the right direction. But has it run out of steam after setting right so many wrongs in the past?

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Is WeWork Missing the Golden Opportunity for Remote Working?