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Articles tagged “qatar airways”

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 | 2 years 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 | 2 years 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 | 2 years 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 | 2 years 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.

2 years 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 | 2 years 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 | 2 years 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 | 2 years ago

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

Airline Weekly

Airbus, Qatar Airways Paint Peeling Dispute to Go to Trial Next Year

Airbus and Qatar Airways will each get their day in court. Their long-running dispute over paint on A350 jets will go to trial in the UK next year.

2 years ago
Airbus, Qatar Airways Paint Peeling Dispute to Go to Trial Next Year

Airlines

Gulf Carriers to Operate Shuttle Flights to Doha for World Cup

Not only would the arrangement help ease pressure on Doha, which has been struggling with limited accommodation facilities for the World Cup, but could also boost Qatar's ties with Saudi Arabia and allies following the restoration of diplomatic relations by the four Arab states with Doha.

Andrew Mills and Maher Chmaytelli, Reuters | 2 years ago

Gulf Carriers to Operate Shuttle Flights to Doha for World Cup