Expedia’s Payout to Its Ousted CEO Could Be Nearly $12 Million
By Seth Borko and Dennis Schaal, Skift Then-CEO Mark Okerstrom of Expedia Group at the company’s Explore ’19 partner conference at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas November 14, 2019....
Unpacking TUI’s New Hotel Strategy
By Patrick Whyte, Skift A TUI Blue property. TUI Group intends to open up its new online ecosystem to independent hotels. TUI Group Skift Take: Not only is TUI making...
Germany’s Tourism Success Story Threatened by Worker Shortage
By Iain Rogers, Bloomberg Berlin. German tourism continues to grow. Pawel / Flickr Skift Take: Staffing issues are becoming a big concern in many wealthy tourist destinations. There are simply...
Ryanair Exec Free to Move to Rival EasyJet, Judge Rules
By Peter Flanagan, Bloomberg A Ryanair aircraft. The company is appealing the decision. James / Flickr Skift Take: This story might not quite be over yet as Ryanair plans to...
What Have Hotels Done on Cybersecurity Since the Marriott Hack?
By Nancy Trejos, Skift The hotel industry is struggling to protect their guests from data breaches on their mobile devices. rh2010 / Adobe Skift Take: Hotels are ripe for data...
National Parks Push Forward on Plastic Limits Despite Political Tussles
By Micheline Maynard, Skift Sen. Harry Reid helped Lake Mead National Recreation Area celebrate its 50th anniversary Oct. 11, 2014 after around 150 volunteers cleaned up litter around Cottonwood Cove...
Hotel and Short-Term Rental Players Face Off Over Regulation
By Spencer Lee, Skift Lisa Jurinka, Vacasa chief legal officer, Brian Crawford, AHLA executive vice president of government affairs, and Philip Minardi, Expedia Group director of policy communications speak with...
This Year’s Top 10 Airline Developments and 5 Other Top Aviation Stories This Week
By Faye Chiu, Skift Shown here are Boeing 737 Max jets parked behind a stop sign indicating a traffic crossing at a Boeing Co. production facility in Renton, Wash. Boeing...
Michigan Funding Axed and 15 Other Top Tourism Stories This Week
By Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift The long-running Pure Michigan marketing campaign will soon go dark. Sandor Weisz / Flickr Skift Take: This week in tourism, the longstanding Pure Michigan marketing campaign...
U.S. May Have to Accept That True High-Speed Rail Is Out of Reach
By Noah Smith, Skift An Acela train near Odenton, Maryland. True high-speed rail in the U.S. remains out of reach. Ryan Stavely / Flickr Skift Take: The fantasy of true...
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