Emi Urabe and Isabel Reynolds, Bloomberg
The hotel and restaurant industries may rely on guest workers, but in Japan, fewer of them will be available and people are watching how companies treat those workers as well.
2 days ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
The United States thankfully had fewer hurricanes this year. But because of that good news, some hotel markets are posting occupancy drops because fewer people needed them this year. That's likely indicative of how soft those markets were before the storms hit.
2 days ago
Justin Bachman, Bloomberg
Few people want to order the cheapest product, right? The airlines hope to use that psychological trick — along with heavy restrictions — to discourage customers from booking their bargain-basement airfares.
2 days ago
Visit San Antonio + Skift
The city of San Antonio realizes that collaboration of its private and public sectors is key to attracting high-tech companies and large-scale events.
6 days ago
Justin Fox, Bloomberg
The story is always a little more complex than the headlines suggest, although it probably doesn't do the United States much good having a President who offends and insults millions of people.
2 days ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
Pot tourism has become a big business in places like Colorado where marijuana has been legalized. Caribbean tourism officials wish local governments would legalize the drug to get pot tourism experiences and events on the map.
3 days ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
It will be interesting to see if Lola's fortunes change as its partnership with American Express Global Business Travel ramps up. We're quickly finding out how big a market there is for the variety of apps catering to business travelers from small- to medium-sized companies.
3 days ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Tiqets tackled the hard problem of helping many museums that lacked tech savvy to adopt modern sales techniques. Now it's seeing a payoff. In other news, events tech company Headbox and online travel agency Sastaticket raised money.
3 days ago
Alan Levin, Bloomberg
To repeat what we've said before, it seems like operators were caught off guard about some advanced functionality on the Boeing 737 Max. This is both odd and unusual.
3 days ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Would Airbnb and Uber, for example, be truly better off as public companies? It's unclear because they both have access to tons of money already. But they would both certainly be better equipped to spin their own narratives.
3 days ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Jet2 has big ambitions for its leisure travel division and Brexit, plus other factors, have the potential to derail things. It makes planning for the future very difficult.
3 days ago
Patrick Gillespie, Bloomberg
Argentina's currency crisis might be good news for international bargain-seeking visitors, but Argentine citizens are seeing their own trips grow too expensive.
3 days ago