Coronavirus and Travel

In a year when the pandemic defined our coverage for its devastation to travel and, yes, at times, its opportunities, we asked Skift’s tireless reporters and editors to pick their favorite stories from 2020. Here’s an inside look at how those stories came to be, how they were reported, and what it was like to chronicle a year that none of us will ever forget.

The bean counters, meaning the financial experts, at all of the major online travel companies have their work cut out for them as they monitor and try to predict the shape and timing of any potential travel recovery. These companies need to be nimble, and hoard their cash.

It's difficult to pinpoint dates when a crisis has enveloped your industry, but here's 25 to help understand the year travel has endured.

On the eve of a new year, albeit with vaccines on the distant horizon for most of the world, Covid's curve is nowhere near flattened around the globe. What lies ahead for the industry is clear: pushing for tourism's restart while curbing flare-ups and stop-and-start scenarios.

The Singapore government is at it again — but as previous travel corridors have shown, it's risky business.

Leisure travelers proved there was pent-up vacation demand once travel restrictions lifted. Hotel owners need the corporate travel and events sector to follow suit in 2021.

The debate about how video conferencing will replace business meetings is too obvious. Next year we should be talking about money.

Want to build a new resort by the beach or acquire a five-star hotel downtown in a major U.S. city? Lenders are listening. But if you want to break ground on a roadside motel in a secondary market, you may be waiting for the bank to return your calls for several years.