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Airlines
Two tourism powerhouses, two economic giants, two of the world's most populous countries — and yet, not a single direct flight between India and China.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 5 months ago
Short-Term Rentals
Airbnb's new cancellation policy will cover hurricanes — if they trigger government travel bans. But if there is a flu warning in the U.S., a malaria emergency in Thailand, or a Covid-19 outbreak, these situations would not be covered.
Dennis Schaal | 8 months ago
Tourism
How long will we have to wait before China's outbound tourism sentiment is revived completely?
Casey Hall and Joyce Lee, Reuters | 1 year ago
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks at U.S. vaccine rules, Qantas’ new CEO, and VisitBritain’s AI-assisted campaign.
Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago
Hotels
This move by Hilton is significant and shows that the hotel industry is, finally, modernizing its core systems. For HotelKey, it's a remarkable win by a small tech vendor in a competitive space.
Justin Dawes | 2 years ago
Domestic business demand fell by about 8 percent immediately after the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in March but rebounded within two weeks. The banking crisis did not affect domestic leisure or international business and leisure demand.
Madhu Unnikrishnan, Skift | 2 years ago
Japan is still shaking off the lingering effects of its long and strict lockdowns.
Dawit Habtemariam | 2 years ago
An increasing number of Americans have started to feel the pinch of increasing travel prices. Thirty-four percent of Americans, 10 percentage points higher than last October, plan to decrease their spending on travel in the next 12 months.
Varsha Arora, Skift Research | 2 years ago
News Blog
A laboratory study has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the UK’s travel restrictions last year. Scientists at Bangor University in Wales tested wastewater on planes to monitor coronavirus infections and the general health of passengers coming into the UK from other countries. Almost all aircraft arriving at the three monitored UK airports (Heathrow, Edinburgh…
Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago
Chinese tourists have flocked to train stations over the past two weeks, with 109.5 million journeys made between Jan. 7 and Jan. 21 in the build-up to Lunar New Year celebrations, which took pace on Jan. 22. That figure is a 27.3 percent increase on trips made during the same 15 days in 2022, local…
