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Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at Hyatt's junk fees, AI at Six Flags, and India's hotel occupancy recovery.
Rashaad Jorden | 4 weeks ago
News Blog
Six Flags said Tuesday that it plans to release generative AI tools in partnership with Google Cloud. The project includes tools meant to enhance visitor experiences and optimize business operations. The plan is to release AI chatbots on updated versions of the Six Flags mobile app and park websites later this year. Powered by Google…
Justin Dawes | 4 weeks ago
Six Flags, the largest regional theme park operator in U.S., has been attempting a business and guest experience turnaround under its new-ish CEO Selim Bassoul, who took over in Nov last year. And it beginning to see early results -- detailed in its latest earnings call -- that gives lots of lessons for the crush…
Rafat Ali | 1 year ago
Tourism
The pandemic slammed revenue at amusement parks, but it was a one-off problem. Looking ahead, operators must market the appeal of season passes to help cope with flatlining attendance.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 2 years ago
Jobs and reopenings. Those are two words the tourism industry hopes to repeat over and over again, as vaccines offer hope for a return to some kind of normal.
Nivedita Balu, Reuters | 3 years ago
Online Travel
The pandemic is handing an edge only to those rare theme park operators with cash cushions to invest in new tech.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago
Six Flags' big ambitions for international expansion are meeting economic reality. The theme park operator still finds potential in partnerships outside the United States, but expectations have to be adjusted.
Hannah Sampson, Skift | 5 years ago
Theme parks got more creative with loyalty and pricing, ramped up their building boom, and took steps to raise employee wages in 2018. One operator mounted a turnaround, while another struggled to meet expectations. Here are some highlights from a year of strategic twists and turns.
Six Flags still considers international licensing an important driver of revenue growth, despite some roadblocks along the way. Back in the U.S., where most of its parks are located, weather put a damper on quarterly earnings.
Business Travel
Six Flags' new loyalty program is as much about collecting visitor data as it is about rewarding visitors for their habits.
Grant Martin, Skift | 5 years ago
