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Tourism
Minneapolis has been working hard to convince its Minnesotans that it's come a long way from its darker days.
Dawit Habtemariam | 10 months ago
Taylor Swift's concert showed Chicago can host large events. But the city's tourism industry is still combatting negative images around public safety.
Although President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vehemently argues his country is safe for foreign visitors, the country's authorities need to do more than damage control to ease the concerns of travelers worried about their safety.
Dave Graham, Reuters | 1 year ago
The $5.5 million grant will obviously help, but Chicago faces a large uphill as it crafts a more inclusive tourism. It's facing historic racial inequalities that continue to keep many neighborhoods down.
Dawit Habtemariam | 1 year ago
Hotels
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at the travel industry’s latest innovators, Turkey and Greece’s Aegean squabble, and human trafficking in hotels.
Skift | 2 years ago
Online Travel
The travel sector should pledge to never pay ransoms to hackers. But it either can't or won't. So the ransom payments will go on, helping to fund the criminal development of evermore spectacular attacks.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago
It's not the worst idea to argue that you shouldn't pay for sex abroad more often than you pay for sex at home. And you don't need a politician to tell you this.
Skift | 11 years ago
Considering the reputation of both the hard-sell sales practices as well as how sales agents are treated in the timeshare industry, this arrangement seems like a poor match for everyone involved. Except, of course, the developer.
Airlines
If only there was a travel app that could help you plan how to flee from one of the more powerful intelligence agencies.
Associated Press | 11 years ago
Creating a culture intolerant of counterfeit goods will take years to accomplish, especially since vendors already found their way around a similar crackdown in 2008. New York’s reputation may be the main party to suffer when unsuspecting visitors are hit with a heavy fines.
Verena Dobnik, Associated Press | 11 years ago
