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Tourism
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at the UAE’s huge tourism push, Washington, D.C.’s new airport link, and repatriation of African artifacts.
Rashaad Jorden | 4 months ago
Hotels
Entrepreneur Sheila Johnson has been steadily expanding her luxury hotel empire. Some call her business, which has lately generated buzz, an overnight success that's been 17 years in the making.
Sean O'Neill | 5 months ago
Airlines
Waterfront-to-waterfront flights between D.C. and New York would be cool. They're not likely anytime soon.
Edward Russell | 11 months ago
Airline Weekly
Ethiopian had expected to be further along in its recovery by now, but that's not stopping it from adding back flights to the U.S., the latest of which is a route to Washington, D.C. The carrier plans to fly about 85 percent of its pre-pandemic capacity this summer.
12 months ago
Business Travel
The tech giant’s latest tinkering with office policies will likely chip away further at the legacy carriers' traditional corporate travel volumes.
Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago
The nation's capital has officially reopened — it's pushing for domestic visitors from neighboring states for now, and counting on public and private sector initiatives on the road to recovery, until international travel returns.
Lebawit Lily Girma, Skift | 2 years ago
2 years ago
D.C.'s convention business projections aren't looking good. As a political epicenter, dealing with how convention planners respond to politics is not new for the city but the current administration makes it a particularly tough sell.
Dan Peltier, Skift | 4 years ago
Protests and marches are a phenomenon that D.C. tourism officials never asked for but are forced to reckon with. It's an ongoing reckoning that the city's tourism board is still figuring out in the digital age, and other destinations are taking cues.
Dan Peltier, Skift | 5 years ago
Meetings
The mayor and economic development leaders in Washington, D.C. are using SXSW as a platform to promote how the city supports female and minority entrepreneurs, more so than most U.S. cities.
SkiftX + Skift | 5 years ago
