05 Jan
Travel

Unpacking TUI’s New Hotel Strategy

TUI Group

A TUI Blue property. TUI Group intends to open up its new online ecosystem to independent hotels. TUI Group

Skift Take: Not only is TUI making a big bet on its own branded hotels, it wants to try and get independent hotels onto its new digital platform. How many are really going to want to get involved, and might it be better to try to fix its underperforming tour operator division?

— Patrick Whyte

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05 Jan
Travel

Delta Air Lines Employees File Lawsuit Over Uniforms

Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines unveiled new uniforms in 2018. Some workers say they make them sick. Delta Air Lines

Skift Take: This is an odd one. All kinds of people in all industries wear uniforms. Most of them without problems. Yet flight attendants at three different U.S. airlines have claimed in recent years that their uniforms have made them sick. What’s going on?

— Brian Sumers

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05 Jan
Travel

New Santa Fe Museum Struggles With Displacing a Historic Chicano Mural

Morgan Lee / Associated Press

A piece of the “Multi-Cultural” mural whose creation was headed by artist Gilberto Guzman is seen in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. The iconic Chicano mural painted by Mexican-American artists is scheduled for destruction in 2020 to make way for a new contemporary museum, generating a debate about gentrification and whose culture state and city officials are seeking to preserve. Morgan Lee / Associated Press

Skift Take: If this Chicano mural is going away, the new contemporary art museum had better not just preserve its memory but instead fill its halls with today’s Chicano artists, Native artists, and other underrepresented voices.

— Sarah Enelow-Snyder

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05 Jan
Travel

A Bush Pilot Who Always Longs to Return to African Skies

Wilderness Air Botswana

A Cessna Caravan like bush pilot Kirsty Henderson flies over private reserve Linyanti in Botswana. Wilderness Air Botswana

Skift Take: Kirsty Henderson has arguably one of the coolest jobs in aviation: She’s a bush pilot, ferrying passengers across scenic African landscapes like Botswana. What’s more, she’s helping show aviation as a viable career path for young women.

— Colin Nagy

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05 Dec
Travel

Horizon Air Executive Sounds Alarm on Airline’s Safety Culture

Eric Salard / Flickr

Horizon Air, which serves as a feeder airline for Alaskan. Eric Salard / Flickr

Skift Take: Given the Boeing crisis, airlines need to be particularly aware of restoring the public’s trust in commercial aviation’s safety. Against this backdrop, an internal alarm at Horizon Air is especially worrying.

— Rosie Spinks

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