Articles tagged “student travel”

News Blog

Indians May Have to Wait Till 2024 to Secure U.S. Visa Appointments

Indians wanting to visit the U.S., may have a long wait ahead of them as appointment slots for visas are not available anytime sooner than 2024. You heard that right — almost a two-year wait for visa appointments! A backlog of visa applications at the U.S. embassy coupled with consular staffing gaps created by the…

Peden Doma Bhutia | 7 months ago

Hotels

Majority Stake in The Student Hotel Chain to Be Sold to Singapore, Dutch Funds

Singaporean fund GIC and Dutch pension manager APG are placing a bet on hybrid hospitality with this deal. While private student housing is an old model, The Student Hotel cleverly optimizes how it sells its space to students, travelers, and professionals needing co-working space, depending on shifting demand.

Sean O'Neill | 9 months ago

Majority Stake in The Student Hotel Chain to Be Sold to Singapore, Dutch Funds

Business Travel

A Daughter of Nigerian Immigrants Helping Under-Represented Students See the World

Studying abroad doesn't have to be a pipe dream for young Hispanic and African Americans. Bola Ibidapo's Too Fly Foundation is on a mission to help young people overcome the barriers they face in their communities that prevent them from traveling the globe.

Rashaad Jorden | 12 months ago

A Daughter of Nigerian Immigrants Helping Under-Represented Students See the World

Travel Agents

Flight Centre Confronts Airline Commission Cuts

Flight Centre Travel Group is a global travel agency so it should be able to handle Air New Zealand and Qantas getting around to slashing travel agent commissions two decades after Delta Air Lines kicked off the trend in the U.S. It won't be without some pain, however.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Flight Centre Confronts Airline Commission Cuts

Hotels

Why This Hybrid Hospitality Brand Ripped Out Its Tech Stack

Einstein said space-time is warped by matter and energy. The Student Hotel has a big idea, too. It thinks about what it sells in a matrix of space and time. Hoteliers: Study up.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Why This Hybrid Hospitality Brand Ripped Out Its Tech Stack

Tourism

Daily Podcast: The Megatrends to Know for 2022

Good morning from Skift. It's Thursday, January 20, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Daily Podcast: The Megatrends to Know for 2022

Coronavirus

Australia Opens Borders to Some Vaccinated Foreign Visitors

Nearly two years into the pandemic, Australia is still fine taking things one step at a time.

Renju Jose, Reuters | 1 year ago

Australia Opens Borders to Some Vaccinated Foreign Visitors

Tourism

How International Students Won’t Be a Boost for the U.S. Travel Economy This Fall

While the travel exemption opens up opportunities for international students, the U.S. still has a long way to go to accommodate them. It begs the question of how much these students are willing to endure and how much more this will continue to hurt the travel economy.

Angel Adegbesan, Skift | 2 years ago

How International Students Won’t Be a Boost for the U.S. Travel Economy This Fall

Business Travel

The State Of Educational Travel In a World Gone Virtual

Overseas students bring in the cash, but specialist agencies are still exposed as the pandemic starts to bite.

Korey Matthews and Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

The State Of Educational Travel In a World Gone Virtual

Tourism

3 Charts on U.S. Adults’ Interests in Studying Abroad and Gap Years

If taking a year off to travel the world sounds too good to be true, it probably is. We don't doubt more people are interested or open to doing something like this than in the past, but for many people their bank accounts and bosses will keep standing in the way of this freedom.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 6 years ago

3 Charts on U.S. Adults’ Interests in Studying Abroad and Gap Years