Articles tagged “viewpoint”

Tourism

Asia Presents Even Steeper Challenges for Female Travel Leaders Today

Asia's failure to tackle the issues preventing women from occupying more high ranking travel positions is just one of the reasons the continent is still struggling to make a complete recovery.

Liz Ortiguera, Bridge Experiences | 7 months ago

Asia Presents Even Steeper Challenges for Female Travel Leaders Today

Tourism

The Dolly Parton Solution to Tourism’s Labor Crisis

Travel companies — especially destination marketing organizations — need to heed lessons from the innovative approach at Dolly Parton's Dollywood on how to make employees feel valued. That's critical in attracting workers back to an industry still plagued by labor shortages.

Matt Stiker, Capital M Marketing | 8 months ago

The Dolly Parton Solution to Tourism’s Labor Crisis

Travel Booking

President Biden’s Plan to End Nuisance Airline and Resort Fees Is Dead on Arrival

President Joe Biden won't actually do anything about hotel resort fees, but by calling them out — and by blaming Congress for any inaction — he can still win with consumers ... who vote.

Gary Leff, View from the Wing | 8 months ago

President Biden’s Plan to End Nuisance Airline and Resort Fees Is Dead on Arrival

Tourism

What My 3-Week Trip to Vietnam Reveals About the Realities of a Carbon Footprint

Calculating the carbon footprint of a trip in Vietnam was a stark reminder of how flights and luxury hotels are wrecking balls environmentally.

Stuart McDonald, Travelfish | 8 months ago

What My 3-Week Trip to Vietnam Reveals About the Realities of a Carbon Footprint

Business Travel

What I Learned in Davos About Managing Travel’s New Complexity

Having spent the last six years of my career focused on the "journey," which is how all of us experience travel, solutions to the litany of requirements ahead are manageable. But today, our building blocks for managing tomorrow’s burgeoning global travel are only at a starting point.

Jeff Katz, Journera | 8 months ago

What I Learned in Davos About Managing Travel’s New Complexity

Hotels

What If Marriott Had Bought Disney

With apologies to the legacies of founders Walt Disney and J. Willard Marriott, sometimes reimagining history can be a fun exercise, and a reminder to be grateful for how things actually turn out.

Ronald Grover, Skift | 10 months ago

What If Marriott Had Bought Disney

Tour Operators

Why Tour Operators Are Emerging as Travel’s Most Vocal Leaders for Sustainability

The global focus on sustainability will be the catalyst for the asset light and human-focused tour operator sector going mainstream.

Tony Carne, Skift | 1 year ago

Why Tour Operators Are Emerging as Travel’s Most Vocal Leaders for Sustainability

Meetings

Did You Really Think We’d Stop Shaking Hands?

Humans are meant to be together, especially when it comes to conducting business. We yearn to see each other’s faces in person. And we want to touch and shake hands.

Carolyn Kremins, Skift | 1 year ago

Did You Really Think We’d Stop Shaking Hands?

Tourism

Why It’s Time to Pay More Attention to the LGBTQ Traveler

It’s a big risk to ignore the LGBTQ traveler. Why? Because this community is ready to reward the destinations and brands that pay attention to it.

Marc Graser, NMG Network | 1 year ago

Why It’s Time to Pay More Attention to the LGBTQ Traveler

Skift Originals

Expedia CEO’s Plea to Fellow Chief Executives to Step Up for Vaccine Equity

Despite decades of economic progress, it is forecast that more people will fall back into poverty post-pandemic than come out. Globally, children remain incredibly challenged to find proper education and socialization. And people are dying. It’s clear to me that the public sector cannot do this alone and it is time for the private sector to step up.

Peter Kern, Expedia | 2 years ago

Expedia CEO’s Plea to Fellow Chief Executives to Step Up for Vaccine Equity