Articles tagged “olympics”

Tourism

France Struggles to Wipe Out Bedbugs at the Airport and on Trains Before Olympics

Bedbugs at the airport and on commuter hotels is definitely lot a good look heading into the Paris Olympics next year.

Antony Paone and Geert De Clercq, Reuters | 2 months ago

France Struggles to Wipe Out Bedbugs at the Airport and on Trains Before Olympics

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Urges Parisians to Rent Out Homes During Olympics

Brian Chesky surely is not going to squander an opportunity for an enormous financial boost from the Olympics, an event Airbnb is a sponsor of.

Elizabeth Pineau, Reuters | 2 months ago

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Urges Parisians to Rent Out Homes During Olympics

Hotels

Ace Boutique Hotels Have a New Owner

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Ace Group’s sale, a new kind of Olympics tourism, and New Mexico’s decade-long tourism campaign.

Rashaad Jorden | 11 months ago

Ace Boutique Hotels Have a New Owner

Tourism

Olympics Organizers Mix Vacation Packages With Sports in New E-Commerce Concept

Get ready for a fusion of traditional French tourism and elite sports during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024. A lot of responsibility now rests with new hospitality provider, On Location.

Matthew Parsons | 11 months ago

Olympics Organizers Mix Vacation Packages With Sports in New E-Commerce Concept

Airline Weekly

What’s New on LAX’s $6 Billion Expansion Project Ahead of 2028 Olympics

Southwest Airlines appears set to make big gains from a planned expansion of LAX for the return of the Olympics to Los Angeles in five years.

12 months ago
What’s New on LAX’s $6 Billion Expansion Project Ahead of 2028 Olympics

Coronavirus

Beijing Hotels See Olympics Rate Surge While Other Chinese Cities Sputter

A largely closed-off international sporting event in China’s capital city means the historically fickle Olympic bump in hotel business is more likely to be an Olympic blip.

Cameron Sperance | 2 years ago

Beijing Hotels See Olympics Rate Surge While Other Chinese Cities Sputter

Tourism

Spectatorless Tokyo Olympics May Offer Climate Change Lessons for Green Tourism

The relative quiet in Tokyo over the next few weeks for the Olympic Games will be closely watched for what the loss of crowds means for the environment — and travel's future, pehaps.

Kanupriya Kapoor, Reuters | 2 years ago

Spectatorless Tokyo Olympics May Offer Climate Change Lessons for Green Tourism

Business Travel

U.S. CDC Eases Recommendations on Travel to 110 Countries and Territories

The CDC's recommendations are still somewhat confused, but the easing of these restrictions is a big step in the travel recovery.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 2 years ago

U.S. CDC Eases Recommendations on Travel to 110 Countries and Territories

Tourism

Tokyo Doctors Call for Cancellation of Summer Olympics

Pressure to contain the virus ahead of the Olympics is enormous, but only 3 percent of Japanese are vaccinated. In a bad omen, the World Economic Forum has canceled a planned August meeting in Singapore.

Antoni Slodkowski, Reuters | 3 years ago

Tokyo Doctors Call for Cancellation of Summer Olympics

Tourism

Tokyo Olympics Bans International Travelers From Summer Games

Postponing the Games was dramatic, and the empty stands will only highlight that fact. But we've seen over the last year that you can still have compelling and safe competitions under controlled conditions, which is much a better thing than an international superspreader event.

Reuters | 3 years ago

Tokyo Olympics Bans International Travelers From Summer Games