Desperation is the new mother of invention and all eyes are on Singapore to see if the slew of measures it is taking will go down in history as forerunners of safe travel reopening — or just despairing moves.

Region by region, travel will reemerge in phases. Travel advertisers can reconnect with customers through targeted messaging that acknowledges health and safety concerns and empathizes with the pent-up desire to venture out from local to regional travel experiences.

Oyo and its founder have long been accused of being heavy on spin even though all acknowledge that the hotel chain has been a category creator. This interview is excellent because Agarwal faced tough questioning. We know a politician who would have walked out.

The world's primary cruise destination, the Caribbean, has been reeling from the prolonged absence of cruise lines. But there's no going back to multiple big ships anytime soon — a silver lining for destinations pushed now to maximize quality over quantity with smaller scale, high-value and green tourism.

An Airbnb pre-IPO stock split gives the company's potential public debut more momentum because its share price in theory would be lower. Of course, none of Airbnb's IPO paperwork is public yet so the particulars of the IPO are just guesswork for now.

Skift Aviation Forum is just three weeks away. We have an amazing lineup of speakers, including Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines; Steven Udvar-Hazy, Executive Chairman of Air Lease Corp.; Anne Rigail, CEO of Air France; Robert Isom, President of American Airlines and many more. See the full list of speakers on our website and get registered today.

It's nearly time for opportunistic investors like Starwood Capital's Barry Sternlicht to swoop in on distressed hotel assets, but they'd better have the pockets to stomach at least another year of no returns on investment.

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Brett Snyder, the mind behind "The Cranky Flier" blog, joins us to discuss U.S. airlines' third-quarter earnings, what the November 3 election could mean for the industry, and for the latest installment of "Skeds of Airlines," his take on ever-changing networks and schedules. Tune in at 12 p.m. EST on Monday, November 2.

The various sectors of the U.S. travel industry favor former Vice President Joe Biden and shifted support from Republican to Democratic congressional candidates since 2016.

Crisis creates opportunities. No travel company has seized that mantra more than JetBlue. The airline's president Joanna Geraghty said a shift to more leisure and family travel has hit JetBlue's sweet spot, even in these unprecedented times.

Booking.com, Airbnb, Marriott, and every high-end retail shop on the Champs-Élysées want to see the proliferation of Alipay and other digital payment services to capture the spending of Chinese travelers. But Alipay's key cross-border payments strategy, despite a record-setting IPO, has run into major snags.