At Least One Airline Said It Saw Demand Grow
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05 Sep
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05 Sep
The End of the Expat Lifestyle and How That Will Impact the Travel Industry
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One of the casualties of globalization, hyper-connectedness, direct flights, rising levels of nationalism — and a global pandemic — is most certainly the plum expat gig. Merla / Adobe
Skift Take: As the cushy expat gigs wind down in the world, what is needed from a policy standpoint to attract the new generation of talented, remote workers who can go wherever they please? And what does it all mean for travel’s ecosystem?
05 Sep
The Tourism Industry Wants a ‘Stretch Season’
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The travel industry hopes people still take road trips into autumn. Dino Reichmuth / Unsplash
Skift Take: The virus isn’t going anywhere come autumn, but there is some hope that the travel industry can stretch the summer travel season into the cooler months.
05 Sep
Croatia Welcomed Americans This Summer — How’d That Work Out?
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Dubrovnik, Croatia Morgan / Unsplash
Skift Take: Croatia has taken a more liberal approach than other European nations to visitation this summer, framing itself as a safe country to visit even while welcoming Americans. The problem is that an influx of visitors may just be undermining that claim.
05 Sep
Gunmaker Smith & Wesson’s Parent Sees Opportunity With New RV Vacation Boom
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Anthony Lake in Baker County, Oregon. It’s in the Elkhorn Mountains of Northeast Oregon along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway just outside of Baker City. Baker County Tourism
Skift Take: Thanks to pandemic-driven demand for all thing in outdoor recreation, everyone’s hearing the call of the wild. Even gunmakers.
05 Sep
How Will Emerging Economies Reliant on Tourism Survive the Crisis?
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Fishermen in Bali Thomas Depenbusch (Depi) / Flickr
Skift Take: Many emerging economies have built their growth strategies on tourism. Not every one will survive a long-term upset — followed by a likely long-term recession — and be able to pick up where they left off on the other side.
05 Aug
Starwood CEO Touts Resiliency of Extended Stay Hotels During Pandemic
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Starwood Property Trust continues to see notably above-average performance in its extended stay hotel sector investments, like InTown Suites (pictured). InTown Suites / Wikimedia
Skift Take: Extended stay hotels may be strong performers for Starwood Property Trust and Barry Sternlicht, but it may be years before the investment firm looks to deploy capital further into other hospitality sectors.
05 Aug
Traveler Confidence in Public Health Officials Plummets
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Who’s keeping Americans safe? Skift
Skift Take: Travel companies in the U.S. are up against a vexing foe: declining trust in public health bodies.
05 Aug
The Coolest Airbnbs in New York City
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05 Aug
Struggling Tourist Destinations Pitch Themselves to New Digital Nomads as Remote Work Locales
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Come to Bermuda, stay a while? Bermuda Tourism Authority
Skift Take: The pandemic may accelerate the existing trend of digital nomads in an unexpected way — and some destinations are taking notice at a time when leisure travel is decimated.