Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg
With extreme weather events like typhoons, it can be difficult to predict how much disruption they will cause. In this case, it looks like it will be a good few days before operations at Hong Kong International Airport are back to normal.
4 months ago
Ganesh Nagarajan, Pratik Parija, and Vrishti Beniwal, Bloomberg
For the rest of us who are not in this corner of India, count your blessings and give a thought for the suffering.
5 months ago
Richard Weiss, Bloomberg
Of course weather-related problems are out of a company's hands, but Eurowings is also suffering because of its very ambitious growth strategy.
7 months ago
Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press
Nearly 50 inches of rain fell in one 24-hour period in northern Kauai during part of an unusually wet winter and spring. The island needs to counter misleading news reports to make sure tourists keep coming, given that it is already at risk of being outpriced relative to newer hotspots like Okinawa and the eastern Philippines.
9 months ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
Extreme weather is the new normal. It’s changing destinations for the worse, and it’s not going to get better any time soon.
12 months ago
Dylan Griffiths and Boris Groendahl, Bloomberg
Ski resorts in Switzerland and Austria are seeing their most severe avalanche risk since the "avalanche winter" of 1999. This follows last year's extreme hurricanes in the Caribbean and parts of the U.S., and historic heat waves in parts of Australia a few weeks ago. We're not sure if there are any dots to be connected here, but it is worth asking the question.
12 months ago
Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg
Airports in the U.S. are working in overdrive this week to clear runways and treat ice between snow storms and extreme cold, and winter is far from over.
1 year ago
Gregory Katz, Associated Press
A major storm is impacting destinations across Western Europe, causing widespread damage and flight delays, as the East Coast of the U.S. braces for its own bout. The travel industry will need to adjust as climate change fuels more extreme weather.
1 year ago
Erik Wasson, Bloomberg
Congress' relief bill will add to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico's already extensive debt. There should be some other way to help the people of Puerto Rico without further hampering its government.
1 year ago
Associated Press
Tourists and many Puerto Ricans alike are desperate to get off of the island as U.S. relief efforts have been abysmal and shameful.
1 year ago
Michael Sasso, Bloomberg
Southwest rarely gets put in this position. Which makes us think that despite the high price tag, it is not going into the next quarter panicking about its performance.
1 year ago
Michelle Kaske, Brian K. Sullivan and Jonathan Levin, Bloomberg
With hits to Texas and Florida, Puerto Rico will have to make a case that it is worthy of the same — or more — support following the devastation. It should mobilize its strong base of tourists as advocates for its cause.
1 year ago