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Cruises
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Carnival's excellent earnings, New York's new tourism pitch, and India's eased visa wait times.
Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago
Tourism
Tourism marketing slogans should stick to their domain when they try to spur locals to civic pride and action: focusing on what makes the destination so great to attract locals and visitors in the first place.
Dawit Habtemariam | 1 year ago
Tour Operators
The pandemic reluctantly drove operators towards online tech solutions to survive. Now in a strange reversal of fortune, those online solutions are holding their own, especially as the tours and activities sector gets back to pre-pandemic capacity. Travel 102 floors to the top of the Empire State Building Observatory and learn more.
Selene Brophy | 1 year ago
Hotels
Hyatt would boost its footprint in New York City and the lifestyle segment worldwide with this transaction.
Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago
Generator makes an intriguing case that there's an opportunity to target well-off millennial travelers looking for distinctive places to stay in cities where budget hotels with buzzy bars are scarce.
Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago
Technical advances in synthetic grass — and practical considerations behind installing and maintaining it — deserve a second look.
Carley Thornell, Skift | 2 years ago
News Blog
Theaters in New York's Broadway district can get rid of rules requiring theater-goers to wear masks beginning July 1, the Broadway League announced Tuesday. All 41 Broadway theaters will become "mask optional." Lifting the pandemic-era restriction wasn't an easy judgment call. "There are more people that want masks off than on, but plenty still wants…
Recent moves by MCR, JL Capital, Indian Hotels Company, and Generator show how developers pry their hotels into built-up destinations.
Business Travel
Reigniting corporate culture has become a priority, including meeting new hires or just training employees. In some cases it’s starting to eclipse traditional business travel, and the spike is about to hit budgets and resources that were trimmed during the pandemic.
Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago
Microsoft's news this week underscored a bigger problem: It no longer seems to be about how to cut carbon emissions, but rather how that gets counted.
