Articles tagged “covid-19”

Singapore’s meetings and events were put on pause earlier this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But event industry leaders, meeting planners, vendors, venues, and tech innovators across the country were able to quickly shift many of these events from physical to virtual, showcasing the country’s innovative and entrepreneurial spirit.

The Covid-19 crisis is creating an unprecedented challenge for the hotel industry. Despite the challenges, there's also a growing feeling of resolve emerging from executives, employees and stakeholders: what steps will those in the industry need to take to place it on the path to recovery?

Online travel agencies, like many other sectors of the travel industry, have been hard hit by the effects of Covid-19. In this preview for our upcoming Skift Online Travel Summit on July 23rd, we speak with Criteo’s Lisardo Ruiz about the surprising role that smart advertising strategies will play in helping put OTAs on the path to recovery.

U.S. carriers had identified travelers visiting friends and relatives as a bright spot, even amid the Covid-19 pandemic. But as cases continue to rise, some travelers may change their minds and cancel their plans.

Just wear a mask on an airplane. It's not that hard, and it keeps everyone safer.

Great hoteliers are a different breed with skill sets that are hard to find in other industries. While hospitality has cut talent to the bone, other growing industries can benefit from a very unique suite of people skills, operational acumen, and soft diplomacy. They are worth consideration.

Airlines are highly competitive businesses. Usually, the routes announced Thursday would engender a massive competitive response. But is there an appetite for that now? Hard to say.

Twenty-four percent of Americans traveled in May, up from 19 percent in April. However, a full travel recovery might take a very long time as more consumers start to realize Covid-19 is a longer-term battle.

The coronavirus pandemic has shown that building a strong chat and messaging infrastructure has never been more vital to companies that want to provide the best customer support experience possible.

United opened some of the books for its MileagePlus program. It's a highly lucrative operation, based mainly on sales of miles to third parties, including credit card companies.