Articles tagged “retail”

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Airlines

New Strategy Guide: Why the Future of Airline Retailing Is Open

Airlines of all sizes are looking for smarter and more efficient ways to sell more products and services. A new strategy guide by Sabre explores how moving toward an offer and order retailing model will help them achieve this goal while maximizing revenue, operating with more agility, and improving customer satisfaction.

Sabre + Skift | 5 months ago

New Strategy Guide: Why the Future of Airline Retailing Is Open
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Airlines

Sabre’s Mike Reyes on Navigating the Future of Airline Retailing

Today’s airlines are challenged with maximizing revenue in the face of unpredictable booking patterns, widespread industry disruptions, and evolving traveler expectations. To stay competitive, they need to reconsider the travel retailing experience through the eyes of their customers and overcome limitations at key stages of the travel journey.

Sabre + Skift | 6 months ago

Sabre’s Mike Reyes on Navigating the Future of Airline Retailing

Tourism

Daily Podcast: Tourists Are Shopping Less, Experiencing More

Good morning from Skift. It's Thursday, May 19, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Rashaad Jorden | 10 months ago

Daily Podcast: Tourists Are Shopping Less, Experiencing More

Business Travel

Google Picks Prince Harry’s Travalyst for Emissions Data and More Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Google joins global partnership Travalyst, backed by Prince Harry, in an act towards sustainability, Europeans are set to make record summer travel numbers, and loyalty programs are being revamped across major and minor travel brands alike.

Mary Ann Ha | 11 months ago

Google Picks Prince Harry’s Travalyst for Emissions Data and More Top Stories This Week

Airlines

Daily Podcast: Frontier’s Win-Win Situation

Good morning from Skift. It's Tuesday, April 12, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Rashaad Jorden | 11 months ago

Daily Podcast: Frontier’s Win-Win Situation

Hotels

Startups Are Turning Hotels and Rentals Into Shops for Retail Goods

Weirdly, airlines are the upselling masters. But spacious hotels and short-term rentals have much more to cross-sell to travelers than any flying tin cans have. Calling all consumer brands and local artisans: Here's the new "product placement."

Sean O'Neill | 11 months ago

Startups Are Turning Hotels and Rentals Into Shops for Retail Goods

Travel Technology

Amazon Wants Travelers to Pay With a Hand Wave

Retailers like Amazon keep making everyday experiences more seamless, and that means that consumers will see an ever more glaring contrast with the travel sector's often outdated processes.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Amazon Wants Travelers to Pay With a Hand Wave
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Travel Technology

What the Travel and Hospitality Industry Can Learn From the Digital Retail Boom

The online retail explosion of the past year highlights just how crucial digital, streamlined solutions are to hospitality and travel businesses as they strive to stay ahead in a rapidly transforming landscape.

LS Retail + Skift | 1 year ago

What the Travel and Hospitality Industry Can Learn From the Digital Retail Boom

Airlines

Swiss Tax-Free Airport Shopping Firm Sold for $2.6 Billion to Private Equity-Backed Buyer

Have you ever claimed your value added tax back for things you bought during a trip to Europe? Then you probably used a Global Blue Tax Free Shopping service. If your airport line was endlessly long, you'll be amused to know it took nine months for Global Blue's sale to happen.

Joshua Franklin, Reuters | 3 years ago

Swiss Tax-Free Airport Shopping Firm Sold for $2.6 Billion to Private Equity-Backed Buyer

Business Travel

A Plunge in Tourism Is Hurting Luxury Retail in Europe

The fashion capitals of Paris, Rome, and Milan are awakening to a harsh reality. Chinese and other Asian tourists accounted for a crucial slice of the luxury retail sector’s sales in Europe before coronavirus, but those visitors aren't likely to return soon.

Silvia Aloisi, Francesca Piscioneri, and Christian Lowe, Reuters | 3 years ago

A Plunge in Tourism Is Hurting Luxury Retail in Europe