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Articles tagged “germany”

Hotels

Hopper’s New Leave-For-Any-Reason Option and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Hopper's decision to allow customers to leave for any reason will have consequences, hotels are increasingly accommodating electric vehicles, and Denver is becoming a new tech hub.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Hopper’s New Leave-For-Any-Reason Option and Other Top Stories This Week

Ground Transport

Germany’s Good Intentions of a 9-Euro Discount Transit Pass May Just Backfire

Germany wants more people to ride trains and buses this summer with a nine-euro pass. But a surge in riders may hit the physical limits of the country's transport infrastructure.

Edward Russell | 2 years ago

Germany’s Good Intentions of a 9-Euro Discount Transit Pass May Just Backfire

Short-Term Rentals

HomeToGo Buys E-Domizil for $45 Million In Homes Strategy Shift

Other than at exception-to-the-rule Google, metasearch has been on a downward spiral in vacation rentals for years. HomeToGo is turning itself into a series of booking sites instead, which just might work in that holiday home sector.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

HomeToGo Buys E-Domizil for $45 Million In Homes Strategy Shift

Tourism

German Resort Town Grapples With Growing Rift Around Russian Oligarch

Although Germans may be historically averse to getting involved in personal legal issues, the country needs to issues sanctions quickly against Russia or else more oligarchs will view it as a safe haven.

Tom Sims, Reuters | 2 years ago

German Resort Town Grapples With Growing Rift Around Russian Oligarch

Ground Transport

Deutsche Bahn Offers Ukrainian Refugees Free Travel and a Welcome in Berlin

Let's praise the German railway operator for offering free tickets anywhere within Germany to Ukrainian refugees. And props to Berlin for preparing public buildings such as the closed Tempelhof and Tegel airports to accommodate refugees.

Sarah Marsh, Reuters | 2 years ago

Deutsche Bahn Offers Ukrainian Refugees Free Travel and a Welcome in Berlin

Tour Operators

TUI Group’s Largest Shareholder Hit With European Union Sanctions

How will TUI Group respond to the European Union's sanctions against the tour operator's largest shareholder? The issue goes beyond any potential financial fallout and becomes one of corporate responsibility and the integrity of the TUI Group brand.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

TUI Group’s Largest Shareholder Hit With European Union Sanctions

Business Travel

TripActions Rolls Up Another European Travel Agency With German Acquisition

Mergers and acquisitions in the corporate travel space look set to continue, even after the roller-coaster year that was 2021. Now Berlin's Comtravo, a Microsoft-backed travel agency, is selling up.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

TripActions Rolls Up Another European Travel Agency With German Acquisition

Airlines

Frankfurt Airport Boosts Home Delivery of Retail Merchandise

Frankfurt Airport is ahead of many other airports in offering passengers home delivery of retail goods, abandoning its unnecessary mobile app, and unifying its customer databases for savvier marketing.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Frankfurt Airport Boosts Home Delivery of Retail Merchandise

Coronavirus

Germany to Mandate Quarantines on Travelers From UK

It's going to be a long winter as Omicron triggers lockdowns, and hospitals in some destinations get overwhelmed.

Andreas Rinke and Victoria Waldersee, Reuters | 2 years ago

Germany to Mandate Quarantines on Travelers From UK

Online Travel

TUI Gets More Digital in Aspiring for Reinvention

Travelers in many parts of the world are used to the online booking of build-your-own vacation packages, and others prefer to walk into a travel agency to plan. After many years, TUI is trying to embrace digital trends, and is modestly executing on a plan to get more online.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

TUI Gets More Digital in Aspiring for Reinvention