Articles tagged “leisure travel”

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Hotels

Skift Webinar: Everything You Didn’t Know About Timeshares Today

It's time to discard everything you think you know about timeshares. Hilton Grand Vacations and Travel + Leisure Co joined Skift for a webinar dispelling the industry’s biggest myths and unpacking the appeal of modern shared vacation ownership.

Skift Webinar: Everything You Didn’t Know About Timeshares Today

Tour Operators

Australia’s Flight Centre Bolsters Online to Complement In-Store Sales

Flight Centre's recovery is on track as its results for the first half of the 2023 financial year show a thriving leisure market performance five times bigger than a year ago.

Australia’s Flight Centre Bolsters Online to Complement In-Store Sales

Hotels

The Blending of Everything in Travel

As your business and leisure trips get combined, so, too, will travel industry business models become blended.

The Blending of Everything in Travel

Business Travel

Blended Travel Comes of Age

The travel industry has acknowledged the pandemic led to a surge in people blending leisure with work. Now it’s got to figure out how to unravel the Great Merging to better serve this new and dynamic customer persona.

Blended Travel Comes of Age
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Travel Booking

New 2023 Research: Exploring Gaps Between Traveler Expectations and Industry Perceptions

As travel returns, Expedia Group’s Traveler Value Index 2023 examines the need-to-know changes taking place within the industry — from the perspective of both consumers and travel professionals — and provides actionable insights to guide decision makers in the year ahead.

New 2023 Research: Exploring Gaps Between Traveler Expectations and Industry Perceptions

Media and PR

Lufthansa Puts Diversity Up Front in World Cup Advertising Campaign

Lufthansa’s primary message, “Diversity Wins,” communicated in such a light-hearted and celebratory tone, quietly asserts the brand’s value of acceptance, and its disagreement with some of Qatar's discriminatory stances.

Lufthansa Puts Diversity Up Front in World Cup Advertising Campaign
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Business Travel

Executive Q&A: The Corporate Travel Trends Hospitality Brands Can’t Ignore in 2023

As work and leisure travel blend together, hospitality brands must adapt to this new landscape and evolve to meet shifting demands. Marriott International is leveraging its wide-ranging brand offerings for corporate and meeting customers, using its strength in technology, loyalty, service, and unique benefits to support today’s business travelers.

Executive Q&A: The Corporate Travel Trends Hospitality Brands Can’t Ignore in 2023

Airlines

Latin America’s Aviation Transformation and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Latin America's airline industry undergoes enormous change since the pandemic, Marriott debuts an extended-stay brand in the U.S. and Canada, and the United Arab Emirates lifts all Covid-related travel restrictions.

Latin America’s Aviation Transformation and Other Top Stories This Week

Online Travel

Seera Group Rides Saudi Arabia’s Efforts to Build Tourism to First Post-Pandemic Profit

The sweet sound of "profit" seems to be making a slow and steady return in the earnings calls of travel companies in the Middle East.

Seera Group Rides Saudi Arabia’s Efforts to Build Tourism to First Post-Pandemic Profit

Airlines

Airlines Tweak Schedules Toward Leisure Routes as One-Day Business Trips Falter

Was the one-day business trip ever the smartest decision on so many levels?

Airlines Tweak Schedules Toward Leisure Routes as One-Day Business Trips Falter