The Philippines Finally Reopens and Other Top Travel Stories This Week

Photo Credit: A beach on the popular Filipino vacation destination of Boracay Flickr / lhongchou's photography
Skift Take
In Skift's top stories this week, the Philippines reopens to fully vaccinated foreign visitors, Hyatt unveils its plans for the Apple Leisure Group, and airline executives express optimism about business travel making a full recovery.
Throughout the week we are posting original stories night and day covering news and travel trends, including on the impact of coronavirus. Every weekend we will offer you a chance to read the most essential stories again in case you missed them earlier.
The Philippines Long-Awaited Reopening Will Be Frustrating and Slow: As Manila moves to regain lost precious tourism dollars, industry veterans in the Philippines doubt recovery will be swift. Patience will be required.
How Hyatt Plans to Leverage Newly Acquired Apple Leisure for Global Growth: Hyatt is banking on a mix of organic brand growth as well as the $2.7 billion Apple acqu