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Travel's Reopening and Coronavirus Recovery

The latest news about coronavirus recovery around the world and the reopening of travel and tourism in destinations around the world.

Skift Research subscribers can view the latest data about country-by-country recovery at the Skift Recovery Index. Data about public companies can be viewed at the Skift Health Score.

Coronavirus

UK to Ramp Up Travel Restrictions With Quarantine Hotels and 10-Year Jail Threat

Travel restriction enforcements like quarantine hotels in the UK shouldn't be seen as such a novel concept. They're a necessity in preventing the spread of new variants of the coronavirus — and should have been in place much earlier than now.

Sarah Young, Reuters | 3 years ago

Coronavirus

Marriott Adds 19 All-Inclusive Resorts in Caribbean, Central America in Leisure Travel Push

Global hotel companies like Marriott have to pursue business where they can find it during the pandemic recovery. That's a major reason to build out more all-inclusive resorts.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 3 years ago

Coronavirus

Accor Signals Luxury Will Come Back First With Delano Expansion in Paris

Accor's aggressive push into the high-end luxury and lifestyle hotel segments with brands like Delano and Raffles position the company well — if analyst predictions of an early luxury demand recovery actually materialize.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 3 years ago

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U.S. Hotel Jobs Recovery Stalls, Unemployment Rises

The slow winter travel season, delayed vaccination schedules, and people giving up on hotel jobs are pushing the hospitality sector unemployment figures up once again. More vaccines can speed up the recovery (the industry hopes).

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 3 years ago

Airlines

Loyalty Goes Both Ways in a Pandemic When Airlines Exit Markets

Many global airlines have reduced long-haul flights or exited markets altogether due to the pandemic, but more often than not their loyalty points have an expiration date. Now is a really good time for airlines to put customers first and adjust their valuable currency — or risk losing their loyalty.

Ruthy Muñoz, Skift | 3 years ago

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Hotels Hope Profits Are Cooking in the Ghost Kitchen Business

The pandemic has produced unlikely partnerships between the hotel and office sectors, but the longevity is up for debate. The ghost kitchen pairing between hotels and an outside food operator may actually stick for years to come, as it solves a pre-pandemic revenue loss problem.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 3 years ago

Tourism

The Top-Down Diversity Push That U.S. Tourism Desperately Needs Is Here

The first full-time, diversity-focused organization for U.S. travel launched this week as destination marketers, trade groups and publicists are also collaborating on solutions to equity, diversity and inclusion barriers in tourism. It’s long and shamefully overdue — but promising, since change begins from the C-suites down.

Lebawit Lily Girma, Skift | 3 years ago

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Phuket’s Tourism Businesses Plan Private Vaccination Drive in Hopes of Reopening Thai Resort This Fall

The resort island of Phuket is looking to vaccinate locals as it scrambles to welcome tourists after facing one of its lowest economic points in history. Worthy effort, but it's still too soon to see if it's enough to lure back travelers.

Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng, Reuters | 3 years ago

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European Airlines Flying Blind Into Summer Planning Amid Successive Lockdowns

European airlines are struggling with how to predict summer travel demand with time running out as the main holiday season fast approaches. They won't be alone.

Laurence Frost and Sarah Young, Reuters | 3 years ago

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Golden Nugget’s Parent Company Slated to Go Public at $6.6 Billion Valuation

Going public through a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, is a trend on the rise. It specifically helps the parent company behind Golden Nugget and Landry's free up cash and quickly take advantage of distressed acquisition deals rather than a protracted IPO process.

Niket Nishant, Reuters | 3 years ago