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Cruises
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Carnival's better earnings, Hong Kong's high cost for business travelers, and Traveloka's cash infusion.
Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago
The focus on returning passengers and relaxation of Covid-19 rules have helped the cruise company's recovery. The next step (and more challenging one) is to win over first-time cruise passengers.
Dawit Habtemariam | 2 years ago
Everybody in the cruise business suffered during Covid except CEOs, it seemed. As passengers canceled or got sick, and workers got laid off, executive compensation topped 1,000 times the median worker's pay. Including tips.
Tim Mullaney, Skift | 2 years ago
News Blog
That's according to a report in CNBC: in a very interesting move symptomatic of Saudi's super-sized ambitions in the travel sector, Carnival cruises is in early talks to sell its Seabourn ultra-luxury cruise brand to the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. Unclear so far if this is full sale of cruise line, or part-investment into Carnival.…
Rafat Ali | 2 years ago
Donald has had to deal with the biggest crisis ever to hit the cruise industry, and leaves the company in still-uncharted waters with an uncertain path to recovery.
Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago
Even with zero infections onboard, cruise lines are falling foul of strict protocols. They simply can't win.
Praveen Paramasivam, Reuters | 2 years ago
With the number of Covid cases reaching 64, or less than two percent of all those on board, Carnival Corp.'s AIDA Cruises has had to call time on the voyage. The cruise industry would have been hoping for a better start to 2022 than this.
Andrei Khalip and Miguel Pereira, Reuters | 2 years ago
Airlines
Old school travel companies still largely dominate in terms of stock market valuation, but there is no denying the disruption sparked by Airbnb’s debut on the stock market.
Cameron Sperance | 3 years ago
Business Travel
Cruise ships turned into floating harbingers of doom during the pandemic. Now they have a chance to reposition themselves for the remote working boom.
Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago
Coronavirus
After a long pause Disney has pencilled in a Bahamas cruise, but what kind of demand will it see with Florida's relaxed approach to inoculations?
Praveen Paramasivam, Reuters | 3 years ago
