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Articles tagged “qatar airways”

Airlines

Finnair Strikes Deal With Qatar Airways to Unlock New Markets

A logical tie-up from these oneworld airlines, and new northern gateways should generate some cash for both parties since the closure of Russian airspace.

Anne Kauranen, Reuters | 7 months ago

Finnair Strikes Deal With Qatar Airways to Unlock New Markets

Airlines

IAG Wants Other Companies – Not Just Airlines – to Use Its Avios Points

IAG's Avios points are coveted among people who want free or reduced-priced flights. A company might prefer to adopt its currency rather than start its own program. But IAG needs to invest in technology to make earning and burning a more attractive proposition for consumers.

Brian Sumers | 7 months ago

IAG Wants Other Companies – Not Just Airlines – to Use Its Avios Points

News Blog

David Beckham Kicks Off Qatar’s Latest Tourism Campaign

As the countdown begins to the Middle East’s very first Federation Internationale de Football Association’s (FIFA) World Cup, host country Qatar now has British soccer star David Beckham promoting the destination for a stopover break. The campaign features Beckham on a whirlwind trip to Qatar for 48 hours indulging in a wide range of activities…

Peden Doma Bhutia | 7 months ago

Travel Agents

Travel Agents’ New World and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, travel agents describe their changed roles, the highest-paid hotel CEOs are revealed, and Vancouver Island Tourism adopts a new tourism model.

Sonia Menken | 8 months ago

Travel Agents’ New World and Other Top Stories This Week

Business Travel

Remote Work Tech Startups Offer Quick Fix for Travel’s Labor Crisis

Governments around the world desperately need to fill vacant travel and tourism jobs. An emerging corporate-relocation-on-steroids model may help them staff up their airports and hotels, but may prove to be a short-term solution that fails to address more deep-rooted problems.

Matthew Parsons | 8 months ago

Remote Work Tech Startups Offer Quick Fix for Travel’s Labor Crisis

Airlines

Why Qatar Airways Is Preparing for ‘Pain’ During World Cup in Its Country

Qatar Airways will cut flying, and may lose money, during the World Cup in Doha later this year. But that may not matter as the country seeks to boost its brand with the event.

Edward Russell | 8 months ago

Why Qatar Airways Is Preparing for ‘Pain’ During World Cup in Its Country

Airline Weekly

Qatar Airways Chief Suggests Brexit Factor in London Heathrow Issues

Britons may have another thing to blame on Brexit: the flight delays and cancellations plaguing airports in London and across the UK.

8 months ago
Qatar Airways Chief Suggests Brexit Factor in London Heathrow Issues

Tourism

The Price Hong Kong Tourism Pays for Insisting on Strict Covid Measures

At a time when most destinations around the world are opening to unvaccinated travelers, Hong Kong is still pussyfooting around shortening the seven-day hotel quarantine period. Think it's time to live with pandemic? Try telling that to Hong Kong.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 9 months ago

The Price Hong Kong Tourism Pays for Insisting on Strict Covid Measures

Business Travel

Daily Podcast: Business Travel Ignores Inflation

Good morning from Skift. It's Wednesday, June 1, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Rashaad Jorden | 10 months ago

Daily Podcast: Business Travel Ignores Inflation

Tourism

Qatar May Give Preference to World Cup Ticket Holders Over Other Tourists

At a time when every destination in the world is throwing its doors open to foreign tourists, accommodation-strapped Qatar may have to deny entry to ticketless tourists when the World Cup kicks off in the country in November.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 10 months ago

Qatar May Give Preference to World Cup Ticket Holders Over Other Tourists