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Articles tagged “travel”

Online Travel

What a Google Breakup Would Mean for Travel

Superapps and connected trips would take a hit if Google were forced to self-immolate. However, competition would flourish if authorities curtail Google bias.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago

What a Google Breakup Would Mean for Travel

Travel Technology

An Artificial Intelligence Remedy to Ease Traffic Jam Madness This Summer

Travel reports are revealing that people are going to be spending more time on the road this year than during any other pandemic year. One company is introducing a new technology to make sure people are actually spending that time in transit, not at a traffic light.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

An Artificial Intelligence Remedy to Ease Traffic Jam Madness This Summer

Online Travel

The Great Merging and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Skift founder and CEO Rafat Ali writes about the blending of work, travel, and personal lives, Ghana's decision to use celebrities to promote tourism emerges as problematic, and the labor shortage in hospitality enhances the need for robots in hotels.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

The Great Merging and Other Top Stories This Week

Airlines

Chinese Nationals Abroad Face Travel Frustrations Over Zero-Covid Policy

For the millions of Chinese citizens living outside of their country, the past two years have been arduous in being separated from family. Now that the rest of the world is opening up quickly, China's stringent zero-Covid policy is just to much to accept for many of these ex-pats.

Chen Lin, Reuters | 2 years ago

Chinese Nationals Abroad Face Travel Frustrations Over Zero-Covid Policy

Travel Booking

Travelers Plan to Alter Summer Travel Plans Because of Higher Prices: New Survey

Pent-up travel demand meets inflation. Here's what a new survey found out about how travelers plan to deal with higher prices.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Travelers Plan to Alter Summer Travel Plans Because of Higher Prices: New Survey

Airlines

Canada Will Keep Mask Mandate for Planes

Not wanting to toe the U.S. line, Canada decides to retain its mask mandate on planes, calling it a layered approach to keeping travelers safe.

Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters | 2 years ago

Canada Will Keep Mask Mandate for Planes

Media and PR

Delta Air Lines Surges to Top of Travel’s TV Ad Spenders So Far in 2022

It’s no secret that the pandemic’s extreme measures have turned advertising on its head, but travel advertising is moving back and forth in leaps, from TV to internet, then back to TV. In 2022, travel brands are showing even more dedication to television, countering all speculation that national TV is coming to an end.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Delta Air Lines Surges to Top of Travel’s TV Ad Spenders So Far in 2022

Online Travel

Uber as Next Travel Powerhouse? Highly Doubtful

If you think Dara Khosrowshahi is going to toggle a switch and turn Uber into the next Expedia or Booking, then consider the years-long effort Booking Holdings is putting into building "the connected trip." Who's going to plan a vacation and start with a rideshare app?

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Uber as Next Travel Powerhouse? Highly Doubtful

Coronavirus

Travel Industry Struggles With Sluggish Adoption of Real ID Driver’s Licenses

The bliss of finally being able to travel is making people oblivious to the Real ID requirement, which has been extended twice, and is now just around the corner. For travel advisors, it simply adds more to the pile of potential things that can go wrong.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Skift Meetings

Podcast: Travel as a Transformative Experience

This episode of Event Manager Podcast features Patrick Delaney, managing partner at SoolNua, sharing his views about the transformative power of travel, including why destination marketing requires an alternative view and how destinations have two masters, the visitors and the local communities.

2 years ago
Podcast: Travel as a Transformative Experience