Articles tagged “labor”

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at AirAsia’s superapp dreams, Turkey’s Russian angle, and employee mental health at hotels.

The U.S. hotel sector will this year finally surpass 2019 levels on a few performance metrics, according to research commissioned by the country's largest hotel lobby.

Why doesn't Google promote Google Travel as a one-stop shop? The layoffs at Google Flights show there's too much ad revenue in play on the Google.com side of the flights business to merit such an all-in approach.

Despite fears of a looming recession, luxury travel has been very strong. However, luxury subscription brand Inspirato has slashed its workforce and downgraded full-year guidance, seemingly hiding deeper issues within the company behind a veil of macroeconomic uncertainty.

It's clear that Vacasa's ranks were bloated, and that the company was not very well-run in recent years. Like several other now-struggling, newly public companies, Vacasa faces a challenging road ahead.

The Peninsula Hotels moved in the right direction to feature its talent as protagonists in its newest marketing campaign. Yet did the brand move too far by not including imagery of the properties themselves?

The labor vulnerabilities in travel that emerged from the shadows of the pandemic, from pilot shortages, to travel agents aging out, to low-earning wage workers choosing to opt out, have given rise to new strategies to fill the void.

American may be coming to regret its historic increase in regional pilot pay.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at hotel hiring in the U.S. in December, complicated air traffic through China, and one lifestyle hotel company’s efforts to stand out.

The latest jobs report is a brutal reminder to U.S. hotels that if they don't find ways to make positions in the industry more appealing quickly, they can kiss goodbye any hopes of a full recovery soon.