Articles tagged “business travel”

Southwest Airlines is doubling down on its business offering with fresh initiatives and new routes, including Houston, Chicago, Miami, Jackson, and Colorado Springs. As we get closer to a post-pandemic world, initiatives like these will help get business travelers back in the air.

Now that the investor winners and losers are clear, Hertz is tasked with the even harder job of retooling the business to adapt to a diminished business travel environement — at least in the short term.

Expedia is taking advantage of the travel recovery in the U.S., a region that is the company's strongest, while Booking Holdings got pinched for its weaker presence. Don't read too much into it. These are Covid-impacted developments, not protracted trends.

New research shows the impact Covid-19 has had on business travel in Europe and what business travelers want to see going forward. As we enter the recovery phase, travel providers need to consider making changes that will help these travelers feel more comfortable when they return to the skies.

There are no guarantees that Trivago will succeed in transforming itself, broadening its offerings to travelers, and becoming different enough from rivals to ensure its viability. But sitting still and not trying new things wasn't an option, either.

Skift recently hosted the Business Travel and Future of Work Summit. Download the post-event summary featuring executives from Microsoft, Fidelity International, TravelBank, and more.

JetBlue echoed the industry refrain that business flyers could return to the skies after a bumper summer leisure travel season. But the optimism hid a lack of details on its long-awaited London launch and a return to profitability without government relief.

Hotel group Accor has big ambitions in Asia for its co-working brand Wojo. But it probably shouldn't count on the region rolling out the red carpet for remote workers.