Articles tagged “turkey”

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at AirAsia’s superapp dreams, Turkey’s Russian angle, and employee mental health at hotels.

Even as global hotel development may have slowed down due to serious risks looming over the economy, the hospitality sector's development of Gulf nations remains robust. The nations realize offering choice is essential for people to visit a destination.

No, you weren't just imagining your social media timelines full of all your friends posting from Istanbul and Turkey this summer. It happened to be true.

The Middle Eastern nations realize that for tourism to flourish restrictions would need to be eased.

Booking of one-way airline tickets from Russia soared 27 percent during the week of September 21 when President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilisation of its citizens, travel analytics firm ForwardKeys…

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at the travel industry’s latest innovators, Turkey and Greece’s Aegean squabble, and human trafficking in hotels.

What may have passed off as tourism promotion has now snowballed into a geopolitical issue as Greece raises objection to Turkey tourism's recent "TurkAegean" campaign. With both countries going to the polls in 2023, the issue might prove to be a big draw for both the ruling parties.

Turkey’s travel and tourism is predicted to grow at an average rate of 5.5 percent annually between over the next decade, more than twice the 2.5 percent growth rate of…

So many Super Bowl ads strive for this level of emotion, to tap into deeply felt, pent-up or even repressed sentiments during a certain moment in history. The Turkish Airlines ad, getting aired during the tumult of a pandemic, will connect with people, and is so on point for the airline.

This general manager of an iconic Times Square property experienced turbulent times in Turkey, and tempers expectations of a quick recovery for New York.