Travel's Reopening and Coronavirus Recovery

Flowers are not the only thing sprouting as the weather warms up. Airline bookings are also showing some green shoots but most hesitate to call it a recovery yet with eyes focused on sustained improvements this summer.

It's positive to see February gains in U.S. jobs in the leisure and hospitality industries. Hotel hiring trends looking to be turning after a bleak winter.

The hotel kitchen is the latest spot for industry disruption. Sam Feigeles plays a key role in reshaping the future of the hotel food and beverage experience.

Some airlines are bringing back hot meals for their premium passengers, but is this all pomp-and-circumstance or will it help rev up sales? People are tired of paying for everything when they fly, airlines need to consider bringing back free food for all if they really want to attract customers.

Destinations are not out of the woods yet with vaccines — but you wouldn't know it from Visit Orlando's new marketing campaign, unless you watched Walt Disney World's ads instead. What's behind the polar opposite messaging?

Loews and Omni's closer working relationship is more about maintaining their respective independence rather than setting the stage for an eventual merger, or so company leaders say.

Luxury all-inclusive resorts may be optimistic about the future post-pandemic, but profits will come alongside heightened green challenges. Then there's an increasingly demanding, socially conscious consumer. Can the resorts return to their former stature as the fast-growing sector of accommodations?

AvantStay’s expansion to the villa rental market in Mexico is happening at a slower pace than bigger brands like Marriott, but it still signals a lot of future growth in the lodging sector won't be tied to traditional hotels.

Even if luxury travel bounces back quickly, there may be a ceiling on how well an exclusive, members-only club like SoHo House will do during the pandemic recovery relative to traditional, luxury hotel competitors.

Even short-term headwinds in China's hotel recovery from the pandemic isn't deterring global hotel companies from flooding the market with new developments.