Sean O'Neill, Skift
A strong job market means lots of consumers are spending on domestic travel. But rising wages and recently tightened rules on visas for seasonal workers are pressuring some sectors. We take a sector-by-sector look.
2 months ago
Vivian Nereim, Bloomberg
Foreign guests will certainly be able to interact with the locals when staying at Saudi hotels in the near future because only Saudis will staff the front desk and key management positions. It's a sign of the weakness of the country's economy, and could become a key issue for hotel owners if the tourism industry takes off.
2 months ago
Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift
Business travelers and commuters may be Amtrak's bread and butter, but many leisure travelers have decades of warm feelings for its sleeper cars, and the old-fashioned hospitality they afford.
9 months ago
Hannah Sampson, Skift
Carnival Cruise Line wants to deliver good beer and fun experiences to its passengers. That's where the brewmaster comes in.
12 months ago
Kyunghee Park and Kiyotaka Matsuda, Bloomberg
Low-cost carriers continue to disrupt the airline industry, and if legacy carriers like Cathay Pacific want to survive, they'll need to rethink their own business and service models.
1 year ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
Travel executives love to say that their employees are at the heart of their brands and they are on the front lines of the guest and visitor experience. Employees will toast to that notion, but hope they won't have to tussle with a robot or virtual assistant to prove their worth.
1 year ago
Rafat Ali, Skift
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2 years ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
U.S. tourism job growth is already projected to be smaller than the rest of the world without the full impact of some of the Trump administration's policies. The travel industry is asking for a seat at the table to convince Washington why that means bad news.
2 years ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
Much of the hiring that happened during the past four months was likely planned last year and before President Trump took office. Travel industry employers, however, don't seem shaken by the president's first 100 days and leisure, hospitality and aviation jobs growth have been leading the way so far this year.
2 years ago
Catherine Lucey and Scott Bauer, Associated Press
Highly skilled workers seeking to travel to the United States for work, and tech employers, in particular, will see some big changes as President Trump revamps the H-1B visa program. This is yet another program that would limit immigration -- in this case for students and other job-seekers.
2 years ago
Jason Clampet, Skift
We want to “Skiftify” the meetings and events industry. Are you up for it?
2 years ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
As much as we wish 2016 was a thing of the past, we took a look at the U.S. travel jobs growth for last year and found that while it wasn't all bad news -- and many jobs were added -- that growth wasn't as robust as the previous year because of global events and a litany of other factors.
3 years ago
