Articles tagged “latin america”

Airline Weekly

Major Airline Trade Groups Object to Latin American, Caribbean Covid-19 Restrictions

3 years ago

Airline Weekly

Latin American Countries Urged to Coordinate Reopenings by Global Airlines Group

3 years ago

Online Travel

Despegar Believes Financial Tech Will Hasten an Online Travel Recovery in Latin America

Online travel brands can no longer count on paid marketing alone to drive growth as they try to penetrate developing markets. Despegar is ahead of its larger global rivals in embracing "fintech." It sees consumer loans as a way to appeal to many travel buyers who don't use banks.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Business Travel

A Superapp Betting on Corporate Travel During a Pandemic

Latin America's Rappi now offers business travel alongside things like takeaways, pet food and furniture. It doesn’t sound like a winning combination, but different parts of the world have different appetites for digitization.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

Coronavirus

Latin America’s Despegar Is on a Buying Spree Despite Pandemic Challenges

Despegar is playing the hand it's been dealt during the depths of the coronavirus crisis, and that means it will cut costs, ensure liquidity, and be on the prowl for opportunistic acquisitions to take market share.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Airlines

Why Being Grounded for Months Was the Best Pandemic Outcome for This Airline

U.S. airlines are flying all they can and selling cheap fares to fill planes. Copa was required by its government to do the opposite. It effectively stopped flying for months. It lost a lot of money in the second quarter, but perhaps not as much as you might think.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 4 years ago

Business Travel

From a WhatsApp Channel to Latin America’s Latest Online Travel Startup

Despite rising coronavirus cases and airlines on the brink of collapse, Milla Travel could still make its mark in a region that's long overdue for modernization in the travel management space.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

Online Travel

Despegar Salvages Its Acquisition of Mexican Travel Agency Best Day

Despegar, Latin America's largest online travel company, will pay much, much less than its original $136 million proposed price to buy Mexican travel agency Best Day. Expect similar tough haggling over deal terms by travel companies across the globe.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Coronavirus

Why Latin America’s Travel Recovery Might Lag the World’s

The only upcoming trip for many Latin Americans will be returning to their workplaces. A feckless U.S. and reckless China have prevented the world from coordinating a response to the pandemic.

Marcelo Rochabrun, Reuters | 4 years ago

Coronavirus

Despegar May Drop Its Acquisition of Mexican Travel Agency Best Day as Crisis Takes Toll

Despegar had offered to pay a premium for Mexico's Best Day in January, but today the two companies are strapped for cash due to the pandemic's destruction of travel bookings. This acquisition may be one of several deals across the sector imperiled by coronavirus.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago