Page 2

Articles tagged “pandemic”

Hotels

Investors in Kenya’s Hotels Now See Opportunities in Luxury Homes

The pandemic sparked a surge in investment in luxury houses. While that has increased property tax revenue for governments, the downside of such a boom is a lower number of guests for hotels still recovering from the crisis.

Harriet Akinyi, Skift | 2 years ago

Investors in Kenya’s Hotels Now See Opportunities in Luxury Homes

Airlines

Aviation’s Endless Hangover

Demand to fly is off the charts, but airlines are besieged with longtime issues and a bunch of new ones that have come to roost at the same time, never mind the lingering pandemic drag.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 2 years ago

Aviation’s Endless Hangover

Skift Meetings

Event Attendance Stalled at 65 Percent Post-Pandemic: As Good As It’ll Get?

The floodgates have opened, and travel is back, but where have all the event attendees gone? A number of factors have grounded them and kept attendance well below pre-pandemic levels.

2 years ago
Event Attendance Stalled at 65 Percent Post-Pandemic: As Good As It’ll Get?

Online Travel

The 10 Best Designed Tourism Websites in the World 2022

In a frantic attempt to avoid being left behind, official tourism organization websites are doing their best to catch up to the high expectations of the new traveler — tourists of the post-pandemic digital age.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

The 10 Best Designed Tourism Websites in the World 2022

Airlines

Southwest Pulls Back on Leisure Destinations to Refocus on Business Travel

Recently retired Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly once predicted 20 percent of the business travel market may never come back after the pandemic. But it's sure looking like that prognostication may prove too pessimistic. The carrier is seeing a faster return of road warriors than it could have expected.

Madhu Unnikrishnan | 2 years ago

Southwest Pulls Back on Leisure Destinations to Refocus on Business Travel

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

Tourism

Mask Mandates Disappear and More Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, major U.S. airlines didn't hesitate to lift mask requirements, travel numbers in Japan begin steadily rising, and a hotel in South Carolina offers insight on how to create a disability inclusive workforce.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Mask Mandates Disappear and More Top Stories This Week

Airlines

Turkish Airlines Super Bowl Ad Connects With Deep Travel Emotions

So many Super Bowl ads strive for this level of emotion, to tap into deeply felt, pent-up or even repressed sentiments during a certain moment in history. The Turkish Airlines ad, getting aired during the tumult of a pandemic, will connect with people, and is so on point for the airline.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Turkish Airlines Super Bowl Ad Connects With Deep Travel Emotions

Airlines

U.S. Airline CEOs Support Lifting Mask Mandates and 8 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, several U.S. airline CEOs argue that federal mask mandates are no longer necessary, Amazon is enabling travelers to make payments using their palms, and numerous pandemic travel myths are debunked.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

U.S. Airline CEOs Support Lifting Mask Mandates and 8 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

Tourism

10 Big Questions I Have on the Future of Travel Post-Pandemic

These are strangely precarious and hopeful times. These are the big questions I have as travel is poised for a big recovery, even as some answers have emerged in the last year.

Rafat Ali | 3 years ago

10 Big Questions I Have on the Future of Travel Post-Pandemic