Articles tagged “lockdowns”

Tourism

Chinese Outbound Travel Will Look Like This When It Eventually Returns

Prepare now or get left out when the Chinese outbound tourist wave returns in 2023, says China Outbound Tourism Research Institute. Considering the country's staunch zero-Covid policy, the timeline seems a little too good to be true.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

Chinese Outbound Travel Will Look Like This When It Eventually Returns

Online Travel

Google Sees Travel Searches Jump Sixfold Over Covid Rules Confusion

As travel demand picks up helter skelter, depending on the destination and trip mode, travel advertising has returned as a strong piece of Google's business. Among the companies that have emerged from the pandemic with momentum, you can place Google in the upper echelon.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Google Sees Travel Searches Jump Sixfold Over Covid Rules Confusion

Coronavirus

European Hotel Recovery Threatened by Lockdowns

Hotels in Europe were only just getting the wind back in their sails, and now it looks like the recovery momentum could quickly stall over governmental responses to the Omicron variant.

Cameron Sperance | 3 years ago

European Hotel Recovery Threatened by Lockdowns

Coronavirus

Hotel Industry Faces Omicron Variant With Concerns About Travel Bans

We’re still weeks away from knowing just how much of an impact the Omicron variant will have on the travel industry. But companies can already discern just how much of a role government can have in altering the course of recovery.

Cameron Sperance | 3 years ago

Hotel Industry Faces Omicron Variant With Concerns About Travel Bans

Travel Agents

Travel Agents Book Multiple Trips for Clients at Same Time to Hedge Against Covid Closures

Even if some travel agents don't foresee trip-stacking becoming a long-term practice, the ongoing uncertainty about future restrictions and closures may mean they'll have to resort to the tactic longer than they expect.

Rashaad Jorden | 3 years ago

Travel Agents Book Multiple Trips for Clients at Same Time to Hedge Against Covid Closures

Coronavirus

Oyo Furloughs Thousands of Employees Globally Except for India

Oyo put in place a substantial number of furloughs — likely in the thousands — and there are probably many more to come after the India lockdown ends. The Oyo that emerges will look different than the rocket ship of a year ago. Withdrawing from certain markets will certainly have to be under consideration.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Oyo Furloughs Thousands of Employees Globally Except for India