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Articles tagged “leisure travel”

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.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

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.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago

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?

Jamie Freed and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Reuters | 1 year ago

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

Business Travel

American Express Preps for Downturn Despite Boost From Travel Spending

Concerns about economic headwinds are real for American Express, but it is still forecasting a great full-year — thanks to surging leisure and business travel.

Mehnaz Yasmin and Niket Nishant, Reuters | 2 years ago

American Express Preps for Downturn Despite Boost From Travel Spending

Airlines

United Airlines Says Hybrid Work Will Drive Future Demand

United's Scott Kirby and Airbnb's Brian Chesky make for strange bedfellows. Both believe hybrid work models will lead to permanent changes in how their respective companies operate.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

United Airlines Says Hybrid Work Will Drive Future Demand

Hotels

Hotels Stick to Upbeat Forecasts Even With Concerns Over Cooling Demand

They say smart people can hold two opposing ideas in their minds and still function. So hotel executives must be geniuses, as they watch bookings stay strong while economic worries rise.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Hotels Stick to Upbeat Forecasts Even With Concerns Over Cooling Demand

Hotels

Hotels Redesign for Family Needs by Building More Spacious Suites

Bigger rooms and kid-friendly accommodations yield longer stays — but come at a higher cost for those booking them, and for hotel operations teams.

Carley Thornell, Skift | 2 years ago

Hotels Redesign for Family Needs by Building More Spacious Suites
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Hotels

New Report: How Hotels Can Evolve Their Loyalty Programs to Engage the New Leisure Traveler

As the global pandemic subsides, the hospitality industry is seeing a surge in leisure travel. To help hotels attract this growing segment with stronger loyalty programs, iSeatz has released its “State of Loyalty: 2022 Hospitality Ancillary Report”, with key insights into the competitive landscape of ancillary offers.

iSeatz + Skift | 2 years ago

New Report: How Hotels Can Evolve Their Loyalty Programs to Engage the New Leisure Traveler

Tourism

Saudi Arabia to Spend $1 Trillion Over a Decade to Build a Global Tourism Economy

With a goal to attract 100 million tourists a year by 2030, Saudi Arabia realizes that it will have to promote itself aggressively as a leisure destination. A trillion dollars looks pretty aggressive.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

Saudi Arabia to Spend $1 Trillion Over a Decade to Build a Global Tourism Economy

Online Travel

Camping Holds Its Own Even as Other Travel Comes Roaring Back

Travelers are still faithfully flocking to campgrounds, despite other forms of travel opening up. Now, variations of camping, like glamping and RVing, are replacing higher-maintenance leisure travel. They are also providing a new way to approach remote working.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Camping Holds Its Own Even as Other Travel Comes Roaring Back