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Rosie Spinks, Skift
Given the longstanding critique of the cruise industry's business model, some critics were pleasantly surprised when U.S. Congress declined to give federal assistance to the industry back in April. Few noticed when the UK did just that as part of its Covid-19 corporate recovery package.
6 hours ago
Tom Hals, Reuters
Good riddance. Let's hope other frivolous suits get shot down, too.
22 hours ago
Helen Coster, Reuters
Cruise lines have a lot of work ahead to reassure passengers they're in safe hands after months of bad press. This partnership should help.
1 week ago
Rafat Ali, Skift
Let's start planning 2021, assuming most of our businesses get there ...
2 weeks ago
Wouter Geerts, Skift
To find the paths out of this crisis, more and better data really is key. We have added more data points to better track the travel industry’s recovery, but it's not particularly good news.
3 weeks ago
Skift
Right before coronavirus brought the travel industry to its knees, we released our Megatrends Defining Travel in 2020. We've gone back and looked at those trends through the prism of the pandemic. Check out how things have changed.
3 weeks ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
When will Carnival cruise again? Company execs seem to be saying our guess is as good as theirs.
4 weeks ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
On World Oceans Day, a coalition of activists is calling on the cruise industry to use this unprecedented long-term pause in operations as a chance to reform. But how likely is it that change will happen — and where will it come from?
1 month ago
Steve Scherer, Reuters
Fall foliage cruises through Canada are essentially a no-go this season due to the latest extension of a large cruise ship ban because of coronavirus.
2 months ago
Rafat Ali, Skift
We have to ask the hardest questions, and answer them, for the sake of hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens dead here in America and around the world — and the billions who are still alive.
2 months ago
Haixia Wang, Skift Research
When and how consumers will travel again might have a lot to do with how their lives are impacted by Covid-19. Our April travel tracker analysis delves into the details.
2 months ago
Rafat Ali, Skift
Our Reopening Timeline explains the when and the where of how the reopening and potential recovery of travel goes from here. Check it out at Reopening.travel.
2 months ago
