Articles tagged “bhutan”

Tour Operators

Luxury Travel Companies’ Push for Extreme Experiences

Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at extreme luxury adventure trips, hotels' AI labors solution, and Bhutan's push for longer tourist visits.

Rashaad Jorden | 3 months ago

Luxury Travel Companies’ Push for Extreme Experiences

Tourism

Bhutan Lowers Sustainable Fee To Boost Longer Stays From Tourists

Bhutan's commitment to high value, low volume tourism is underscored by its recognition that a sustainable development fee of $200 per person per night may hinder visitors from perceiving the true value of their experience.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 3 months ago

Bhutan Lowers Sustainable Fee To Boost Longer Stays From Tourists

Hotels

Hilton Links Brand Success to Workforce Happiness

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Hilton’s happiness equation, Delta’s South American boast, and Bhutan’s gold bounty.

Rashaad Jorden | 6 months ago

Hilton Links Brand Success to Workforce Happiness

Tourism

Bhutan Offers Duty-Free Gold to Offset Tourism Fee Impact

Bhutan is looking for the Midas touch for its tourism, quite literally. But will that make price-sensitive tourists disregard the otherwise high tourism fees?

Peden Doma Bhutia | 6 months ago

Bhutan Offers Duty-Free Gold to Offset Tourism Fee Impact

Hotels

Taj Hotels CEO on the Sweeping Strategy Behind Delivering Best-Ever Financials

Taj parent Indian Hotels Company has a lot going on, all in a good way. CEO Puneet Chhatwal shares with us his plans for building on the 119 year-old legacy of this Indian institution.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago

Taj Hotels CEO on the Sweeping Strategy Behind Delivering Best-Ever Financials

Overtourism

Tourist Destinations Face Dilemma Switching From Quantity to ‘Quality’ Visitor Strategies

In the pursuit of higher quality tourists, destinations need to make sure they maintain a diversity of tourists and local businesses.

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 year ago

Tourist Destinations Face Dilemma Switching From Quantity to ‘Quality’ Visitor Strategies

Tourism

The Tourism Industry’s Half-Hearted Sustainability Efforts

Good morning from Skift. It's Friday, July 1 in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

The Tourism Industry’s Half-Hearted Sustainability Efforts

Tourism

Bhutan’s Reopening at Long Last May Be Spoiled by Higher Tourist Fee

You know travel is back when even the most-cautious country announces a no-quarantine reopening, even if it is three months down the line in September. But not before making it amply clear it wants to concentrate on quality tourists, rather than attracting droves to the destination.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago

Bhutan’s Reopening at Long Last May Be Spoiled by Higher Tourist Fee

Tourism

Daily Podcast: Sustainable Travel’s Shortfalls

Good morning from Skift. It's Wednesday, April 20, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Daily Podcast: Sustainable Travel’s Shortfalls

Tourism

Asia Tourism Wants to Finally Tackle a Dangerously Hot Situation

With the impacts of climate change already upon us, the tourism sector will soon be forced to take aggressive actions to curb its carbon emissions. Because inaction is increasingly not an option.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Asia Tourism Wants to Finally Tackle a Dangerously Hot Situation