Articles tagged “intrepid travel”

Tour Operators

Why Tour Operators Are Emerging as Travel’s Most Vocal Leaders for Sustainability

The global focus on sustainability will be the catalyst for the asset light and human-focused tour operator sector going mainstream.

Tony Carne, Skift | 1 month ago
Why Tour Operators Are Emerging as Travel’s Most Vocal Leaders for Sustainability

Tour Operators

Intrepid’s Darrell Wade on Why Sustainability Isn’t Easy

Wade bring years of on-the-ground work to the topic of travel and sustainability and his self-aware insights pull few punches.

Jason Clampet | 2 months ago
Intrepid’s Darrell Wade on Why Sustainability Isn’t Easy

Tour Operators

Tour Operators Are Travel’s Last Big Sector Ready for Digital Transformation

The tour operator sector feels like the hotel industry of yesteryear. With billions in market value hiding in plain sight, it seems primed to have its decade of intense innovation.

Tony Carne, Skift | 3 months ago
Tour Operators Are Travel’s Last Big Sector Ready for Digital Transformation

Tourism

Morocco’s Covid Policies Work Against Creative New Tourism Pitch

Morocco uses its latest campaign to promote a “true experience” of the destination with a funky twist. However, campaigns such as these need to be backed by tourist-friendly policies.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 3 months ago
Morocco’s Covid Policies Work Against Creative New Tourism Pitch

Tourism

Food Tourism Is the Perfect Entrée for Greener Travel

It’s Earth Day 2022, marking yet another year on this planet with our outward cries on climate change and way too empty preachings on practicing sustainability. We all know for greener travel, change starts from the top down, or in the case of food tourism, from the Earth up. So ... who is really doing something?

Mary Ann Ha | 4 months ago
Food Tourism Is the Perfect Entrée for Greener Travel

Tour Operators

Tour Operators Anxious for Japan Reopening and Other Top Travel Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, tour operators prepare for Japan to reopen to tourists this year, short-term rental properties in the U.S. become more expensive, and Booking and Expedia develop Super Bowl ads.

Rashaad Jorden | 7 months ago
Tour Operators Anxious for Japan Reopening and Other Top Travel Stories This Week

Mergers and Acquisitions

Intrepid Travel Acquires U.S. Tour Operator Wildland Trekking

The hard-hit tour operator sector is creating opportunities for consolidation, as some savvy players will use travel's recovery to seek out acquisitions to fill significant gaps in their portfolios.

Rashaad Jorden | 7 months ago
Intrepid Travel Acquires U.S. Tour Operator Wildland Trekking

Business Travel

Remote Workers Prompt Adventure Tour Operators to Switch Up Itineraries

Great news for destinations that can now welcome tourists who want to immerse themselves, rather than just tick off a box. At least until their next Zoom meeting, that is.

Matthew Parsons | 7 months ago
Remote Workers Prompt Adventure Tour Operators to Switch Up Itineraries

Tour Operators

Intrepid Travel CEO Calls for More Advocacy in Tourism and Less Fixation on Numbers

As travel revives, industry leaders must address their sector's impact on the climate and on local communities. Otherwise, the sector risks attacks from the media and becoming a "poster child of something pretty negative," says the top boss of tour operator Intrepid.

Sean O'Neill | 8 months ago
Intrepid Travel CEO Calls for More Advocacy in Tourism and Less Fixation on Numbers

Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines Bets on New Business Class Suites and 9 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Hawaiian Airlines bets a new business class cabin will attract leisure travelers, the UK is increasing taxes on long-haul flights, and Hilton gets an enormous boost from strong business travel numbers.

Rashaad Jorden | 10 months ago
Hawaiian Airlines Bets on New Business Class Suites and 9 Other Top Travel Stories This Week