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Travel Industry Earnings Coverage

Don’t miss out on Skift’s in-depth coverage of earnings reported by public travel companies, including online travel agencies, hotel brands, airlines, and technology companies. Our earnings stories cut through the numbers to explain what’s really happening at companies and within the industry as a whole.

Airlines

Heathrow’s profits up on rising landing charges and Olympics traffic

Heathrow won't grow due to increased flights as it is operating at full capacity, but bigger planes like A380 with more passengers per plane.

Heathrow’s profits up on rising landing charges and Olympics traffic

Ground Transport

Zipcar’s Q4 profits triple before its pending acquisition by Avis

Cruises

Carnival’s woes continue as it expects hit on earnings due to cruise disaster

The company's stock price fell about 5 percent today, but wait until the ship hits the dock and the media attention on the passengers goes into overdrive, expect the stock to tank more.

Hotels

Hyatt’s international properties weigh down 2012 earnings despite U.S. growth

Hyatt's group business is still under pressure, and a recovery there would be key to a turnaround.

Hyatt’s international properties weigh down 2012 earnings despite U.S. growth

Cruises

Norwegian Cruise Line pleasantly surprised with 2012 profits

Norwegian overcame a troublesome year for the cruising industry after the Costa Concordia capsize. This bodes well for business with two new major ships coming to New York City and Miami harbors.

Norwegian Cruise Line pleasantly surprised with 2012 profits

Hotels

InterContinental Hotels improving on hotel sales and rate outlook

The chain's stock is rising based on hopes of getting details next week about the sale of assets such as the InterContinental New York Barclay in 2013.

Airlines

Westjet readies for Air Canada face-off after a highly successful 2012

Westjet is one of the carriers leading the way with bundles of services, which will surely show up for flyers of its new regional unit Encore to the tune of an expected C$80 million bump in revenue for 2013.

Westjet readies for Air Canada face-off after a highly successful 2012

Airlines

US Airways beat American Airlines by all passenger metrics in January

US Airways didn't do better than Delta, but it outranked acquisition target American Airlines by every measurement.

US Airways beat American Airlines by all passenger metrics in January

Hotels

Why Wyndham isn’t necessarily much of a hotel business

While some hotel companies are worried about disruptive vacation rentals, Wyndham did $125 million in the sector in the fourth quarter. While vacation rental revenue was flat and rates were down, Wyndham has a big hedge against that disruption.

Why Wyndham isn’t necessarily much of a hotel business

Skift Originals

Disney parks’ earnings get big boost from California’s Cars Land

Significant changes made to Disney’s domestic parks in 2012 drove profit increases in the first quarter of 2013, which suggests operations and attractions at its international properties need similar pruning before they begin pulling their weight.

Disney parks’ earnings get big boost from California’s Cars Land