Flights to Nowhere Now Taking Off — Should They?
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Daily Archives: September 17, 2020
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Sep
The Future of Contactless Tech in Hotels Past the Pandemic: New Skift Research
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Skift Take: All the contactless tech that is receiving so much buzz in the hotel industry today predates the current crisis. So it might not be revolutionary, but the impact will certainly outlast the pandemic.
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No Escaping Climate Change for the Travel Industry Even When Covid-19 Becomes a Distant Memory
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A climate change vision of the globe. Marco Verch Professional / Flickr.com
Skift Take: Masks, social distancing, and vaccines can’t stop climate change. It isn’t a competition to choose the most dire threat, climate change or Covid-19, because they are interrelated. But taking a long-term view, climate change will be an existential threat to the travel industry, and the world, even as coronavirus fades.
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Parsing Hotel ‘Hygiene Theater’ From Truly Effective Health Protocols
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Blue Canary wants to be the hotel industry’s third-party verifier of coronavirus-related cleaning programs. Pxfuel
Skift Take: Independent hoteliers with smaller back offices could find a third-party company like Blue Canary useful in mapping out heightened health and safety protocols. But it isn’t clear if bigger brands with compliance departments will ever find need for outside help on cleaning.
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Demand So Far in September Leaves 2 Airlines Bullish, Sort Of
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Spirit Airlines said business is holding up OK. Spirit Airlines
Skift Take: The CEO of Spirit Airlines is hopeful the carrier can get back to 2019 capacity levels by the end of next year. His airline focuses more on leisure customers than most, so maybe it is possible. But it still seems to be a far-fetched goal.