Articles tagged “accessible travel”

Bournemouth Airport, located in the United Kingdom, has launched a 'pioneering' 360-degree video experience aimed at assisting passengers with additional needs when preparing to visit the airport.

A growing middle class with high disposable income as well as the big fat wedding industry are fueling the Indian luxury hotels market.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at TikTok marketing challenges, sustainability and inflation colliding, and a Swiss hotel’s inclusive hiring.

Two out of three staff members at Martigny Boutique-Hotel in Switzerland are people with intellectual disabilities. We could all learn a lesson or two from the hotel's inclusive workplace and how the property maintains boutique standards.

Online travel agency Wheel the World, which serves travelers with disabilities, announced on Thursday that it's offering guaranteed accessibility and price match for hotel rooms booked on its website.

The tourism industry still treats amenities catering to seniors as another customer preference, not as a necessity. A lot of tourism businesses likely won't get serious until they see and hear about their failures to serve this lucrative demographic shift.

A great talk by Michael Swiatek, the chief strategy and planning officer at Avianca, who happens to be legally blind.

In Skift's top stories this week, Vacasa makes another round of layoffs, Accor's CEO defends its major corporate overhaul, and more Americans plan to cut travel spending.

In Expedia’s move to inch the travel industry toward equitability, the company is helping startups solve their own problems and learning from them in the process. And the startups are learning from each other, too.

Expedia Group has announced the first group of tech companies taking part in its new Open World Accelerator program.