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Articles tagged “labor”

Travel Technology

Ask Skift: What Is AI’s Impact on Travel?

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally altering how travel brands operate, and here's a look at a few ways the rapidly booming technology has already done so.

Rashaad Jorden | 9 months ago

Ask Skift: What Is AI’s Impact on Travel?

Short-Term Rentals

Inspirato Lays Off 6% of Workforce, Second Round of Cuts This Year

Inspirato's woes do not appear to be a reflection of the broader luxury sector. Perhaps luxury subscriptions, though, don't have as much value in the eyes of wealthy travelers as the company purports.

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

Inspirato Lays Off 6% of Workforce, Second Round of Cuts This Year

Airlines

United Airlines Pilots Get New Four-Year Contract

With a pilot shortage and minimum raises of close to 9% annually, it's nice to be a commercial airline pilot these days. Striking hotel workers in Los Angeles face totally different odds.

Rajesh Kumar Singh and Baranjot Kaur, Reuters | 10 months ago

United Airlines Pilots Get New Four-Year Contract

Skift Meetings

Second Wave of California Hotel Strike Impacts Additional Meetings 

As promised, a second wave of hotel worker strikes is underway in Southern California, impacting additional meeting and convention groups.

10 months ago

Tourism

Ask Skift: Why Is Summer Travel So Difficult?

The travel boom this summer doesn't actually mean the travel industry still isn't facing challenges, and here's a look at some factors that have complicated travel for millions of people.

Rashaad Jorden | 10 months ago

Ask Skift: Why Is Summer Travel So Difficult?

Airlines

Ryanair Pilots in Belgium Plan to Strike

Ryanair's pilots in Belgium are resisting a plan to give them fewer rest days. It appears as though they will take a couple of days off July 15 and 16.

Reuters | 10 months ago

Ryanair Pilots in Belgium Plan to Strike

Hotels

IHG Hotel Workers Launch Strike in Los Angeles Right Before July 4

When 96 percent of union members authorize a strike, you know they are feeling a lot of pain as wages haven't kept up with inflation.

Gabriella Borter, Reuters | 10 months ago

IHG Hotel Workers Launch Strike in Los Angeles Right Before July 4

Hotels

New Hotel Tech: Room Service Robots and Holograms

Maybe hotels should focus first on the basics, like getting on the cloud and ditching cable TV. But having fun products like robots is, at the very least, good for marketing.

Justin Dawes | 10 months ago

New Hotel Tech: Room Service Robots and Holograms

Airlines

United Says a New Pilot Deal Will Cost It $8 Billion

It's the season of pilot pay bumps as airlines have generated better earnings and employees expect their share of the success.

Reuters | 11 months ago

United Says a New Pilot Deal Will Cost It $8 Billion

Airlines

Highest-Paid U.S. Airline CEOs in 2022

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby replaced Delta's Ed Bastian as the highest-paid U.S. airline chief in 2022. Here's how much the industry's leading executives took home — as well as how their pay was calculated.

Kristin Majcher, Skift | 11 months ago

Highest-Paid U.S. Airline CEOs in 2022