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Tag Archives: travel
05
Mar
Meet the Newly Confirmed Commerce Secretary Who Will Lead U.S. Travel Jobs Recovery
Newly confirmed Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will have to tackle a travel economy in the U.S. devastated by job losses. Casino Connection / Flickr
Skift Take: To say that former Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo faces a tall task is an understatement. Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. jobs lost in the pandemic came from leisure and hospitality.
05
Mar
Philippines Faces Staggering Road to Recovery as Southeast Asia’s Most Tourism-Dependent Destination
Jeepneys in the Philippines: When will they carry tourists again? Jeff Jacinto / Flickr
Skift Take: As the Southeast Asian country that depends the most on tourism, the Philippines will have to work doubly hard to shed its underachiever image in the post-pandemic world.
05
Mar
Is Travel a Right or a Privilege Post-Covid? The Skift Team Discusses
Travel aspirations are fueling a lot of important conversations about travels recovery. Bing Hui Yau / Unsplash
Skift Take: Our collective aspirations to travel are fueling a lot of important conversations about a recovery, and what travel should be about on the other side. Read the Skift team’s back-and-forth on these topics around our virtual water cooler from Wednesday afternoon.
05
Feb
The Coolest Airbnbs in Utah
The post The Coolest Airbnbs in Utah appeared first on The Blonde Abroad.
05
Feb
U.S. Hotel Jobs Recovery Stalls, Unemployment Rises
The U.S. hotel unemployment rate jumped more than 4 percent in January due to a longer-than-expected travel recovery. Elizabeth Backus / Flickr
Skift Take: The slow winter travel season, delayed vaccination schedules, and people giving up on hotel jobs are pushing the hospitality sector unemployment figures up once again. More vaccines can speed up the recovery (the industry hopes).
05
Feb
Greek Tourism Will Rebound This Summer: Prime Minister
Two sets of couples using selfie sticks at the Acropolis during pre-pandemic times in Athens, Greece. Skift
Skift Take: Who knows what the next few months have in store, but the PM is right about one thing: any success in the tourism sector is entirely dependent on an effective vaccine rollout in Greece’s feeder markets.
05
Feb
Loyalty Goes Both Ways in a Pandemic When Airlines Exit Markets
After announcing its exit from long-haul flights due to the pandemic, Norwegian Air on Monday issued a pause to its frequent flyer loyalty reward program affecting millions of passengers worldwide. Skift
Skift Take: Many global airlines have reduced long-haul flights or exited markets altogether due to the pandemic, but more often than not their loyalty points have an expiration date. Now is a really good time for airlines to put customers first and adjust their valuable currency — or risk losing their loyalty.
05
Feb
Hotels Hope Profits Are Cooking in the Ghost Kitchen Business
The Graduate Berkeley (pictured) is the first to host a multi-branded ghost kitchen in a partnership between parent company Graduate Hotels and C3. Graduate Hotels
Skift Take: The pandemic has produced unlikely partnerships between the hotel and office sectors, but the longevity is up for debate. The ghost kitchen pairing between hotels and an outside food operator may actually stick for years to come, as it solves a pre-pandemic revenue loss problem.
05
Feb
How Electric Bikes Changed Our Daily Routine
The post How Electric Bikes Changed Our Daily Routine appeared first on The Blonde Abroad.