New Sites and Apps Aim to Dispel Confusion About Travel Restrictions Worldwide
Who isn't confused about the ever-changing pandemic-related restrictions in place? It's good to have some more tools at hand to sort things out.
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.
Airports Push for New Contactless Tech and Automation as Budgets Shrink
The airport sector needs to invest in contactless tech and automation through the challenges. A recent product contest with vendors and a new accreditation program may help airports make progress.
Will Las Vegas Resorts Survive a Year of No Conventions?
Can the show go on in Sin City while so many events and conventions can’t? Sure — if you have a few billion in the bank to tide your resorts over for a year.
Airbnb and Vrbo Significantly Outperformed the Hotel Industry But for How Long?
Short-term rentals may be outperforming the hotel industry through the peak summer leisure season, but a fall downturn in family vacations could extend the drag on performance to platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo.
Hotel Leaders Issue New Call for Federal Aid as Leisure Travel Lifeline Winds Down
Tweaks to existing federal programs could assist the U.S. hotel industry survive the worst of the economic fallout from coronavirus. But Washington gridlock continues to keep industry stimulus out of reach.
Accor and SBE Begin Global Expansion of Delano Hotel Brand Despite the Pandemic
The worst time ever to launch a global expansion of an iconic luxury hotel brand? Maybe not, if you are players like Accor and SBE with enough capital and Delano brand awareness.
Extended Stay America Outperforms Other Hotels by Doubling Down on Longer Stays
Repositioning properties to function more like apartments than hotels is a financial savior for Extended Stay America.
IHG Still Signed One New Hotel Deal a Day in the First Half of 2020
If you’re looking for signs of the pandemic’s negative impact on the hotel industry, IHG’s ongoing pace of hotel deals and openings isn’t it.
Marriott CEO Bemoans Work-From-Home Policies Impacting Trajectory of Hotel Recoveries
Marriott may be encouraged by recovery signs around the world, but it also can't afford for corporate clients to keep in place stay-at-home work policies and meeting bans until the middle of 2021.
Hotels Aren’t Putting People Back to Work Like Other Industries
U.S. hotel industry employment has improved by 11 points since April, but a stalled recovery and fading summer has analysts cautioning of a pending winter jobs decline.