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Dec
Horizon Air Executive Sounds Alarm on Airline’s Safety Culture
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Horizon Air, which serves as a feeder airline for Alaskan. Eric Salard / Flickr
Skift Take: Given the Boeing crisis, airlines need to be particularly aware of restoring the public’s trust in commercial aviation’s safety. Against this backdrop, an internal alarm at Horizon Air is especially worrying.
05
Dec
10 Things You Must Do in New Orleans
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05
Dec
New Report: How Group Business Can Infuse Stability Into Hotel Revenue Management
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Skift Take: In today’s uber-competitive group business space, technology can be a key differentiator. But to leverage the benefits that technology – and particularly data – provides, hotels must understand what capabilities and features they should acquire.
05
Dec
Intelligent Scheduling Will Drive the Next Frontier of Improving Customer Experience
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Skift Take: Airlines have invested in making many of their offerings increasingly data-driven in recent years. Yet they haven’t taken the same approach to schedules, one of their preeminent products.
05
Dec
BREAKING: United Promotes Scott Kirby to CEO, Munoz Becomes Executive Chairman
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Scott Kirby speaking at Skift Forum Asia. Skift
Skift Take: Plenty of eyebrows were raised when Scott Kirby swapped American for United in 2016, but it was clear he was looking to run an airline. His trajectory to CEO was long anticipated.
05
Dec
Scandinavian Airline SAS Gets Good News — For Now — on Norwegian Route Changes
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A SAS aircraft. The airline group is warning of a tough start to its next financial year. SAS
Skift Take: While Norwegian’s decision to pull its long-haul routes out of Copenhagen and Stockholm is good news for SAS in the short term, it points to a bigger challenge in the long term.
05
Dec
South Africa Relinquishes Control of Flag Carrier in Risky Effort to Save It
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South African Airways aircraft at O.R. Tambo International airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg
Skift Take: South Africa’s national carrier is in dire straits, and some say the latest move by the government to save it is merely delaying the inevitable.
05
Dec
Tourists Cancel Paris Trips Due to Nationwide Strikes
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All still and quiet in Paris. The Associated Press
Skift Take: Paris shuts down as nationwide protests over the government’s retirement reform are held on Thursday, keeping millions of tourists away.
05
Dec
Why Oyo and Rivals May Not Be the Answer for Unchained Hotels in Asia
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Dan Lynn and Vikram Malhi, co-founders, Zuzu Hospitality Solutions, which is leading the tech movement in Asia serving smaller independent hotels. Zuzu Hospitality Solutions
Skift Take: More than ever before, small independent hotels in Asia are in need of distribution and revenue management solutions. But Oyo and other budget hotel chains aren’t necessarily the ones that will be throwing them that lifeline.
05
Dec
How Cruises Will Drive Even More of Travel Advisor Sales
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Royal Caribbean ships are shown in Cozumel. Woody Hibbard / Flickr
Skift Take: World Travel Holdings has emerged as a powerhouse, particularly in the cruise sector. While strengthening its presence in other sectors, the company’s top executives say that cruises will only get stronger as a revenue source for travel advisors.
05
Dec
Travel Leaders Group Aims to Accelerate UK Growth After Thomas Cook Collapse
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Barrhead Travel staff. the company was bought by Travel Leaders Group in 2018. Malcolm Cochrane / Barrhead Travel
Skift Take: With one of the biggest names in UK travel exiting the market, there’s space for other travel firms to pick up some of the travel demand. It’s not going to be easy with plenty of Brexit uncertainty in the market as well as lots of competition.
05
Dec
Rest Easy, Travel Advisors — Cruises Are Recession Resistant: World Travel Holdings Co-CEO
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Jeff Tolkin, co-chairman and CEO of World Travel Holdings, asserts that cruises will gain momentum as a revenue source for travel advisors over the next decade. Shown here is Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas in Las Palmas. El Coleccionista de Instantes Fotografía / Flickr
Skift Take: Executives at World Travel Holdings, a major cruise distributor, are confident that cruises will only grow in importance to travel advisors, pointing to consumer trends and changing demographics. Given the value cruises provide, the executives also believe they are the most recession-proof form of travel.