Articles tagged “safety”

Hospitality

Hilton Relies on a Former FBI Agent to Keep Its Hotels Out of Harm’s Way

Danger and risk come in a multitude of ways around the world. Hilton’s turn to the intelligence community for a revamped safety protocol is a smart one.

Cameron Sperance | 2 months ago

Airlines

U.S. Airlines Ground Portions of Their 737 Max Fleets to Check on Electrical Power Issue

The latest issue with the 737 Max that Boeing identified is unrelated to problem with the power system that led to the 20-month ban. Still, any issue with a plane's electrical power system is not trivial.

David Shepardson, Tracy Rucinski and Ankit Ajmera, Reuters | 8 months ago

Airlines

Disruptive Airline Passengers Face Harsher Penalties, Says FAA Chief

"Zero tolerance" sounds good, but flight attendants and other staff are still put in a terrible position where they are called on to both serve beverages and police terrible passengers. Can a few high-profile arrests make their jobs easier?

David Shepardson, Reuters | 11 months ago

EventMB

How to Keep Your Virtual Event Secure From Cyber Threats

1 year ago

Tourism

Thailand Tourism Looks to China to Start Down Path for Pandemic Rebound

Chinese travelers will eventually return to Southeast Asia, and how they are expected to behave in the near future will offer valuable hints to restart growth for Thailand’s devastated tourism industry.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 2 years ago

Airlines

Horizon Air Executive Sounds Alarm on Airline’s Safety Culture

Given the Boeing crisis, airlines need to be particularly aware of restoring the public's trust in commercial aviation's safety. Against this backdrop, an internal alarm at Horizon Air is especially worrying.

Associated Press, Associated Press | 2 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb Chief Operating Officer to Leave Her Post on the Cusp of Going Public in 2020

It's all about its anticipated public offering at Airbnb these days. Shore up the plethora of safety issues, make peace with regulators, and bring in seasoned operational executives that the Wall Street crowd will look favorably upon. Was Belinda Johnson a casualty in that push?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Finally Embraces Verified Listings After Halloween Deaths

Airbnb has avoided these policies under the guise of being just a platform, much like the rest of the tech platform companies. We just hope at some point that tragedies are not the only way to propel change that lots of stakeholders have been asking for all along.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 2 years ago

Airlines

Congress Grills Boeing CEO on 737 Max Safety Shortcomings

Many U.S. senators were aggressive on Tuesday toward Boeing's CEO, and for good reason. For months, company has downplayed its culpability in the two Boeing 737 Max crashes. That might be a good legal strategy, but it doesn't endear Boeing to elected officials. They expect accountability.

Julie Johnsson, Courtney Rozen, Ryan Beene and Alan Levin, Bloomberg | 2 years ago

Tourism

With Summer Tourism Comes a Spike in Crime in Barcelona

Tourists are often the target of petty crime, but the situation in Barcelona seems to be escalating.

Joseph Wilson, Associated Press | 2 years ago

Online Travel

TripAdvisor Pressured Into Making Additional Reforms to Support Sexual Assault Victims

If you think protest is futile, then you're wrong. Petitioners didn't think TripAdvisor went far enough to promote traveler safety, and they got the travel website to take stock of itself and make additional reforms.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago