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Articles tagged “deep dives”

Tourism

Are Cultural Tours Built on Exploitation?

Cultural tours to communities of color involve many parties: travel advisors, tour operators, service providers, travelers themselves, and more. So who's responsible for making sure that a trip to an indigenous community or a historically black neighborhood is carried out ethically?

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 5 years ago

Are Cultural Tours Built on Exploitation?

Overtourism

How Bad Will It Get When Overtourism Meets Climate Change?

The effects of climate change and overtourism on global destinations will converge over the course of the coming decades. Leaders need to start planning now for a world defined by overcrowding and limited resources.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 5 years ago

How Bad Will It Get When Overtourism Meets Climate Change?

Online Travel

Skift Top Travel Startups to Watch 2019

We’ve pinpointed 25 of the most promising venture-backed travel companies. Check out our list to find a useful partner for your business.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Skift Top Travel Startups to Watch 2019

Business Travel

Inside the Clubby Business of Government Travel: A Skift Deep Dive

Navigating the world of government travel is so complex that it's hard for outside companies to handle it. And even if they can, opportunities are slim for getting big contracts with tens of billions of dollars up for grabs.

Isaac Carey, Skift | 5 years ago

Inside the Clubby Business of Government Travel: A Skift Deep Dive

Hotels

Hotels Have a Problem With Plastics: A Skift Deep Dive

The hotel industry is just waking up to the problem of plastic waste, but this is a two-way street. Hotels rely on this convenient, affordable material just as much as travelers do. The real struggle is turning newfound global awareness and municipal legislation into swift action.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 5 years ago

Hotels Have a Problem With Plastics: A Skift Deep Dive

Online Travel

Google Maps Is Ready to Transform the World of Superapps: A Skift Deep Dive

Consumers in the West reach almost reflexively for the Google Maps app as the service becomes a nearly ubiquitous utility despite a dearth of messaging and payments. Whether it evolves into the next superapp may depend on whether users really want a do-everything app and the mood of regulators seeking to break up big tech.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Google Maps Is Ready to Transform the World of Superapps: A Skift Deep Dive

Tourism

Ireland’s Tourism Success Is Under Threat by Brexit: A Skift Deep Dive

Whatever happens over the next few weeks, months, and years, Brexit has brought back some unpleasant memories and risks damaging the very united tourism that the north and the south in Ireland have worked so hard to build.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 5 years ago

Ireland’s Tourism Success Is Under Threat by Brexit: A Skift Deep Dive

Airlines

The Airline Industry’s Glass Ceiling Is Still Sky-High: A Skift Deep Dive

Aviation has terrible gender optics, and not just with pilots and engineers. The C-suite is nearly void of women for flimsy, unacceptable reasons. In this deep dive, women on the commercial side of aviation share how it feels to hit the glass ceiling in 2019, and occasionally break through.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 5 years ago

The Airline Industry’s Glass Ceiling Is Still Sky-High: A Skift Deep Dive

Online Travel

What India Reveals About the Future of Online Travel: A Skift Deep Dive

Surprising factors have delayed the coronation of MakeMyTrip Group as India's queen of domestic online travel. Paytm came out of nowhere to grab share, Oyo upended budget hotel distribution, Ixigo tried to make price comparison chic, and Booking.com outmaneuvered Expedia for premium hotel bookings. From this scrappy mix, online travel will find new lessons.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

What India Reveals About the Future of Online Travel: A Skift Deep Dive

Announcements

Skift Basics: 10 Essential Reads to Understand Global Travel

Skift deciphers and defines the big trends for professionals in the global travel industry. If you're new to it, or considering getting into it, you will be up to speed after reading these. We guarantee it!

Rafat Ali, Skift | 6 years ago

Skift Basics: 10 Essential Reads to Understand Global Travel