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Articles tagged “travel insurance”

Online Travel

Travel Insurance Gets More Innovative With This Startup Merger

New tech is enabling travel brands to upsell consumers with more targeted trip insurance policies. Think rain cancellation policies for camping or ski trips.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Travel Insurance Gets More Innovative With This Startup Merger

Online Travel

RV Rental Sharing Gets Boost From New $120 Million Investment for Outdoorsy

Investors are betting that the trend in renting RVs won't run out of gas after the pandemic wanes. They've funded Outdoorsy, an Airbnb-type service for recreational vehicles. Investors think the startup's new private vehicle insurance product will help accelerate the RV trend.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

RV Rental Sharing Gets Boost From New $120 Million Investment for Outdoorsy

Online Travel

Expedia Adds 25 Million Travelers to Loyalty Program in Challenge to Tripadvisor Subscription Plan

Expedia wants to help people find a new travel companion β€” namely Expedia. We've heard online travel agencies and others vow to become to become less price-oriented before, but fickle deal hunters will make that a tough pledge to fulfill.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Expedia Adds 25 Million Travelers to Loyalty Program in Challenge to Tripadvisor Subscription Plan

Coronavirus

Covid-19 Insurance Becoming Travel Must-Have

Coronavirus has created big opportunities for insurers of travel. But the continuing threat of new waves of the virus makes the business anything but a sure thing as hefty payouts could be the result.

Allison Lampert and Noor Zainab Hussain, Reuters | 3 years ago

Covid-19 Insurance Becoming Travel Must-Have

Online Travel

Travel Insurance Sales Could Be Supercharged Once Vacationers Return

Coronavirus infections are rising again in many Western nations. But some travel companies hope the impact on vacation planners will be far less than in previous surges, thanks partly to sales of new and more flexible travel insurance policies.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Travel Insurance Sales Could Be Supercharged Once Vacationers Return

Online Travel

U.S. Flyers Fuel a Boom in Catch-All Trip Insurance for Thanksgiving Travel

The number of trip insurance policies bought to cover the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend is up 170 percent, year-over-year. Masks are also a very effective kind of insurance.

Noor Zainab Hussain, Reuters | 3 years ago

U.S. Flyers Fuel a Boom in Catch-All Trip Insurance for Thanksgiving Travel

Online Travel

Travel Insurance Spending Up 40 Percent for Vacations Booked Later This Year

Many American travelers learned that their trips were not covered by standard travel insurance policies in the coronavirus fallout. As a result, insurers say spending is up on "cancel for any reason" policies.

Noor Zainab Hussain, Reuters | 4 years ago

Travel Insurance Spending Up 40 Percent for Vacations Booked Later This Year

Business Travel

Coronavirus Panic Outlines Limits of Most Travel Insurance

Airline and online travel agencies have been under fire from legislators in recent years for their travel insurance marketing tactics. In these trying times, these companies now more than ever must provide greater transparency into what their policies do β€” and don't β€” provide before consumers click the button to purchase.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 4 years ago

Coronavirus Panic Outlines Limits of Most Travel Insurance

Business Travel

Travel Advisors Face Daunting Cruise Business Shake-Up From Coronavirus

The coronavirus is dealing a blow to travel in general, but ship quarantines and other factors may be making cruise especially vulnerable. Travel advisors are scurrying to chart the best way forward for their worried clients.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 4 years ago

Travel Advisors Face Daunting Cruise Business Shake-Up From Coronavirus
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Business Travel

New Report: The Business Imperative for ‘Inclusive Hospitality’

Roughly one billion people around the world have special circumstances or needs that make travel more difficult than it should be. Now, leaders in the industry are calling for a more inclusive hospitality paradigm that better serves all travelers. It’s both the right thing to do and a huge business opportunity, experts said.

AIG + Skift | 5 years ago

New Report: The Business Imperative for ‘Inclusive Hospitality’