Skift Take
In coronavirus-related travel stories this week, Skift covered how the end of a $600 supplemental unemployment check impacts out-of-work travel employees, Disney Parks' lost year, the prospect of an IHG default, and how Vrbo addressed its Google problem.
What the End of the $600-a-Week U.S. Unemployment Check Will Mean for Travel’s Displaced Masses: Countless unemployed workers in the travel industry have been relying on the extra weekly $600 from the government. Now that the payments are effectively over, many travel workers will face even greater hardship to just get by.
Disney Parks’ Lost Summer May Become a Lost Year: The magic kingdom has lost some of its magic in 2020. But Disney fans are devoted, and the theme parks will bounce back.
IHG’s Race to Avoid Defaulting on More Than 100 Hotels: What’s the Fallout?: IHG could become the first major victim of a coronavirus-related financial drag on hotels in North America, but its
