Articles tagged “skift research”

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at hotel environmental performance, U.S. airline labor struggles, and infrastructure needs at Middle East airports.

Progress has been made on environmental reporting by hotel companies, but major blind spots remain. The asset-light model being pursued by most large hotel companies jars with the need for greater oversight by head office to really track and improve emissions.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at travel industry recovery in Asia, CitizenM’s sustainability investment, and successful innovations in travel.

The Asia Pacific region, aided by the reopening of China and the Lunar New Year is on the path to rapid recovery. While China gets ready to travel again, the global tourism industry needs to catch up with the growing demand.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at the environmental performance of hotel brands, the vacation rentals labor shortage, and South Africa’s energy crisis.

We've covered the environmental performance of hotel companies before, but that research was due an update. Much has happened in the world, and — probably unrelated — hotel companies have become better at setting emission reduction targets and reporting of current performance. Let's continue that trend.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at hotel industry recovery, resilience of Ukrainian tourism, and a hotel boom in the Middle East.

A potential recession is on the horizon in the U.S., but we expect hotel performance to stay resilient in the face of economic uncertainty, buoyed by continued strength in the luxury segment - unlike what has been seen in prior downturns.

The travel industry started 2023 on a high note, both in terms of earnings and Skift’s proprietary health metrics. Read this and other highlights from this week in our Saturday news roundup.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at JetBlue's legal warning, ongoing broad travel recovery, and the booking startup for Gen-Z travelers.