Cameron Sperance, Skift
U.S. hotel industry employment has improved by 11 points since April, but a stalled recovery and fading summer has analysts cautioning of a pending winter jobs decline.
10 hours ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
All of the world's consumers and businesses will suffer if governments turn the internet into a "splinternet." Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel is one of rare U.S. public figures to say this out loud.
11 hours ago
Airline Weekly
Airline executives call the pandemic the worst crisis in air transport’s century of existence. And when you look at Copa Airlines’ second-quarter results, it’s easy to see why they say that. The Panamanian carrier reported that its second-quarter passenger traffic fell a stunning 99.7 percent.
12 hours ago
AWS Travel and Hospitality + Skift
In this report, Skift and Amazon Web Services explore the state of digital transformation in the travel and hospitality sector, providing a benchmark for executives to follow as they gauge their own progress with this critical discipline.
4 days ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
A crisis makes reputations. Sabre's top bosses have seen the pandemic render useless their old playbook for handling a collapse in demand. They have to get creative.
13 hours ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Tripadvisor has no easy path to better growth rates and profit. But in good news, consumers are returning to its brands to plan trips, and revenue will likely follow over time.
16 hours ago
Cameron Sperance and Sean O'Neill, Skift
"A fashion executive and a tech geek walk into a hotel bar ..." But instead of being the start of a bad joke, this is the start of a good story about creativity during a crisis.
24 hours ago
Korey Matthews, Skift
Etihad has created a new onboard role to help travelers feel more comfortable — and safe — during this challenging time.
1 day ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
This week, startups relevant to the travel sector announced more than $24 million in funding. Their very startup-y sounding names are Airside, Breezeway, and Delightree.
1 day ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
A hotel price war hasn't materialized as some dreaded. Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel sees an opportunity to prove the value of his brands as a source of demand for hotels and managers of alternative accommodations.
1 day ago
Cameron Sperance, Skift
If you can't make a long-haul trek to Paris this summer, why not just a short hop, skip, and a jump to a roadside hotel two towns over? That mindset seems to be working in Choice Hotels' financial favor.
1 day ago
Doina Chiacu and David Shepardson, Reuters
The U.S. may have lifted a blanket global travel advisory against visiting foreign countries. But that doesn't mean countries around the world are ready to welcome American travelers back while coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S.
1 day ago
