Articles tagged “thailand”

Good morning from Skift. It's Friday, March 18, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

In a region of the world out front in shifting away from pandemic status, the formula is quite easy to figure out, for now: Endemic = less restrictions = more tourists = faster travel recovery = stronger economy.

Development interest, occupancy rates, and even business travel are on the rise around many parts the world where borders are reopening. But a zero-tolerance approach to coronavirus is putting some of China's largest cities through even more tough times.

With more luxury and lifestyle hotels offering co-working spaces, is now the time to grade the remote work experience with star ratings?

The online travel market in Southeast Asia is a promising market, a rapidly growing region with a digitally engaged and highly aspirational middle class that is currently underserved. The industry dynamics are ever-evolving with OTAs endeavoring to do things differently in order to maintain and grow their slice of the market.

The Southeast Asian online travel market is a crowded space. The industry players strive to strike a fine balance between creating the appropriate inventory mix, appealing prices and an easy-to-use interface with plenty of local offerings to distinguish themselves.

Booking data suggests a modest outcome for Thailand's reopening this summer, but it gets better in winter. For international arrivals volume to be amazing again, that'll take some time, probably two years.

The industry blames quarantines for keeping tourists away. Agoda is on a quest to make it a solution, not the problem, to revive international travel to Asia. Here's why and how.

In Skift's top travel stories this week, we looked at what a recovering travel industry should expect from the return of American tourists, how the tourism industry should measure its success now and into the future, and why JetBlue definitely thinks of itself as more than just an airline now.

Thai tourism players are pinning hopes on a soft tourism opening in Phuket to bring back international travelers. May the so-called “tourism sandbox” model be more solid than a castle in the sand.