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Good morning from Skift. It’s Monday, January 10, in New York City. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.
Rashaad Jorden | 2 weeks ago
Tourism
It's not obvious the world needs another payment method. But a points-based loyalty program tied to the new debit card may give Visit Mexico a tool to steer travelers to suppliers and locations that most need visitors. The idea is intriguing.
Sean O'Neill | 2 weeks ago
Mexico saw a surge of American and Canadian tourists over the holiday season. Good for the trade, but the country is paying the price now.
Diego Ore and Roberto Ramirez,and Laura Gottesdiener, Reuters | 2 weeks ago
Confusion over Covid rules and long lines of cars slowed family reunions on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico but this will sort itself out in coming weeks.
Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters | 2 months ago
Airline Weekly
Contrary to most of the airline industry, Volaris has emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic strengthened with a growing fleet and expanding share of its home Mexican market. The airline is focused on keeping costs low to lure more former bus riders and expanding into Central America.
3 months ago
Two of the world's busiest border crossings will soon get back to business, reopening the world to hundreds of thousands of vaccinated people a day who are traveling for pleasure, work, and family.
David Shepardson and Steve Holland, Reuters | 3 months ago
Teotihuacan near Mexico City has drawn visitors for decades. But archaeologists have just revealed more of their finds from under the ruins. In the future, they'll put these treasures on display.
David Alire Garcia, Reuters | 5 months ago
Online Travel
Argentina-based Despegar has broadened its geographic reach through acquisitions, and that has enabled the company to boast that seasonality factor has been eliminated from the business. While that statement is a stretch, it will be great for the company to take advantage of Mexico summers while Brazil winters.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 months ago
The conventional wisdom in the U.S. and Europe has been that business travel will be slow to recover easing out of the pandemic and that emerging markets in Latin America, such as Brazil, will have a snail-like rebound, too. Travel startup Casai is gambling that both ideas are wrong.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 months ago
Online travel agencies were big players in travel search during the pandemic in major Latin American countries. There's a bright future for these booking sites in the region as travel restarts.
Angel Adegbesan, Skift | 6 months ago
