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Tourism
Good morning from Skift. It's Thursday, May 19, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.
Rashaad Jorden | 3 days ago
Startups
Intercity bus booking may not be glamorous, but there could be a lot of opportunity in helping the multi-billion-dollar sector go online.
Sean O'Neill | 2 months ago
Tourism usually pushes up the inflation rate for the summer months in Argentina. The local government got the main businesses in the sector to freeze prices to avoid that — and to have proper development of the busiest season of the year. What are the implications?
Paula Krizanovic, Skift | 5 months ago
Business Travel
Why is a hospitality brand entering the recruitment market? The answer lies in its co-living division, because not everyone’s there just to party.
Matthew Parsons | 5 months ago
The Omicron variant wasn't stirring up as much anxiety as you'd expect among the tourism officials at this week's 25° Feria Internacional de Turismo de America Latina in Buenos Aires. Much of the talk was on the challenges of disparate border policies as destinations stay hopeful with their summer season arriving soon.
Buy-now-pay-later schemes help people get around soaring inflation, but they're now being banned for foreign travel as the country enters negotiations to pay off some of its debt. It's not good news for travel agencies, or pent-up travelers.
Matthew Parsons | 6 months ago
Online Travel
Online travel agencies were big players in travel search during the pandemic in major Latin American countries. There's a bright future for these booking sites in the region as travel restarts.
Angel Adegbesan, Skift | 10 months ago
Online travel brands can no longer count on paid marketing alone to drive growth as they try to penetrate developing markets. Despegar is ahead of its larger global rivals in embracing "fintech." It sees consumer loans as a way to appeal to many travel buyers who don't use banks.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 2 years ago
Airline Weekly
2 years ago
Coronavirus
The only upcoming trip for many Latin Americans will be returning to their workplaces. A feckless U.S. and reckless China have prevented the world from coordinating a response to the pandemic.
Marcelo Rochabrun, Reuters | 2 years ago
