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Good morning from Skift. It's Friday, May 27, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.
Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago
Tourism
The Sri Lanka tourism chief’s resignation letter has enough warning signs for the country’s tourism industry. Now, if only someone is listening.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago
News Blog
That's according to M Shanthikumar, president of the Tourists Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, quoted in TTG Asia last week. He said these 80 percent booking cancellations have happened even though members “have tried to persuade visitors that it is safe to holiday in Sri Lanka”. This has happened even as turmoil has continued and…
Rafat Ali | 2 years ago
Airlines
Sri Lanka is struggling to provide fuel for its own citizens, so how can a government-run entity justify using the country's limited resources to power more aircraft?
Uditha Jayasinghe, Reuters | 2 years ago
Hotels
In Skift's top stories this week, luxury hospitality fails to live up to its longtime grandeur, corporate travel thrives in the first quarter, and Expedia Group appoints a Google executive to plot its advertising strategy.
Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago
Sri Lanka’s biggest inbound market — India — is turning towards alternative destinations. The current Sri Lankan political turmoil threatens to cripple the tourism industry, which is worth more than $3.6 billion to the country and is the third largest foreign exchange earner.
In Skift's top travel stories this week, Sri Lanka is reinventing its tourism future, airlines and global distribution systems made peace, Google faced a bevy of lawsuits, an airline launched in the middle of the pandemic, and Hilton proved that mergers aren't the only way to grow.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago
A Sri Lanka reopening may be imminent. More importantly, the destination is looking beyond Covid-19 to reposition itself yet again, taking lessons from the Easter Sunday bombings crisis to find its place in the tourism universe.
Raini Hamdi, Skift | 3 years ago
Business Travel
The peak tourism season in Sri Lanka starts in November. The country is reopening tourism slowly for now, and is catering to luxury travelers in high-end hotels where cleaning regimes are said to be the most rigorous.
Waruna Karunatilake, Reuters | 4 years ago
It’s too early to tell if Sri Lanka will eventually become a global tourism success, but a new marketing campaign under the government's new tourism-friendly leadership is a start.
Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago
