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| The Travel Industry's Daily Agenda-Setting Newsletter |
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| July 17, 2020 View in browser |
| Top Stories Undersized JetBlue Wants to Leverage This Crisis to Grow at Big Airports JetBlue wants to expand in a time of crisis. It should be a sound strategy. But there's a potential problem: All U.S. airlines are in considerable trouble, including JetBlue. Read More Skift Forum Europe Video: Designing a New Era of Conversational Commerce Sponsored by LivePerson In this video conversation from Skift Forum Europe 2020, we learn more about how LivePerson is helping the travel industry use the power of conversational commerce to adjust to rapid changes in consumer habits caused by Covid-19, along with new opportunities to streamline company operations. WATCH VIDEO Carnival and Royal Caribbean Receive UK Coronavirus Aid After Cruise Snub in U.S. Given the longstanding critique of the cruise industry's business model, some critics were pleasantly surprised when U.S. Congress declined to give federal assistance to the industry back in April. Few noticed when the UK did just that as part of its Covid-19 corporate recovery package. Read More Airbnb Shakes Up Hosting Management While Resuming Plans to Go Public Tapping one person to head "hosting" for both homes and experiences isn't the most savvy of moves. Airbnb has a ton of work to do to mend relations with alienated home rental hosts. Experience hosting is likewise complex — and a very different animal. Read More CDC Extends No Sail Order Banning Cruises Until October The CDC's extension to its no sail order isn't entirely surprising, but it will make certain more financial pain for major cruise lines that are furiously raising cash to survive. Read More Skift Global Forum 2020: Tickets Available Now We're looking forward to hosting our Skift Global Forum 2020 as an online event this year. Join us live or on-demand as we bring together the biggest travel CEOs to address the challenges each sector faces and what 2021 and beyond will look like in a pandemic world. Don't miss out — register now. Read More Amadeus to Scale Up Its New Distribution Effort in 2021 Starting in Asia It's a fascinating question whether airlines and travel agencies will be able to keep pushing forward on modernizing the sector's tech. But Amadeus aims to press on with its part in the process. Read More Beekeeper Raises $10 Million for Frontline Worker Communications: Travel Startup Funding This Week Two startups that stand out in this funding roundup are Beekeeper, an operational communications service for staff at hotels and other companies, and Mystifly, an aviation retailing and payments platform. Read More Travel's Reopening: A Global Timeline From the Skift Team Our Reopening Timeline explains the when and the where of how the reopening and potential recovery of travel goes from here. Check it out at Reopening.travel. Read More Don't Miss Mondays Live With Skift Airline Weekly Join JetBlue Technology Ventures Managing Director Amy Burr and Vantage Airport Group Director of Innovation Partnerships Nirali Shah for a live discussion on how technology can help make travel easier during this pandemic. We livestream at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 20, and will take your questions as they roll in. REGISTER NOW Popular Now Travel Companies Are Hiring Despite Epic Job Losses Amidst the carnage, there are job openings in the travel industry. However, many of the opportunities won't get rank-and-file restaurant or hospitality workers back collecting paychecks and benefits anytime soon. Read More IHG, Hilton, Marriott Among Hotel Giants Battling for UK Budget Hotel Chain Major hotel companies are swooping into the negotiating room for a deal with Travelodge's UK landlords because they represent the most durable line of business in the volatile industry at the moment: economy, drive-to properties. Read More U.S. Travelers Pull Back on Travel Plans Even as Restrictions Lift: Skift’s New Travel Tracker Survey With 33 percent of Americans taking at least one trip, June travel tells a promising story of the reopening. But it might be a very short-lived promise. Read More For Gmail users: If you are using the tabbed inbox, Skift emails may be pushed to the 'Promotions' tab. To get updates from Skift direct to your primary inbox, drag and drop this email to that tab. You received this email because you are subscribed to Skift Daily Newsletter from Skift. |
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