Skift Take Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at JetBlue’s coming regulatory fight, Graduate Hotels’ sports play, and Inspirato’s earnings. Rashaad Jorden Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, August 9 in New York City. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Listen Now 🎧 Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Google Podcasts Episode […]
Ryanair has assured passengers that strikes called by two unions representing cabin crew in Spain will fail to disrupt any of its flights this summer. The first in a series of weekly strikes organised by the SITCPLA and USO trade unions began yesterday (August 8). It marked the start of five months of weekly walk-outs from Monday to […]
The Inspire Group has opened a new dedicated call centre to manage and increase sales across its portfolio of businesses. The call centre is based at its HQ in Bramhall, Cheshire, manned by an eight-strong team, including the business’ first apprentice. It is managing sales leads across the travel business, its Inspire Travel Gift Card, […]
Titan Travel is recruiting a new head of trade sales to replace Edwina Coppock, who has left the operator after 11 years. Managing director Andy Squirrell expressed his gratitude for Coppock’s work and wished her “every success” in her new key account manager role at Uniworld. He confirmed the search for her replacement had begun, […]
LGBTQ+ holiday specialist Chillimix has partnered with DFDS to unveil its first drag queen cruise itinerary. The DRAGged to Amsterdam cruise will take place on board King Seaways, departing Newcastle on October 7 and returning on October 9. The cruise includes dinner on both evenings, followed by a drag show featuring the operator’s six resident drag queens, and […]
Jet2’s chairman says the travel group’s performance for the current financial year depends on how quickly the aviation sector returns to “some level of stability” – as well as the strength of bookings. He also warned that inflation and the uncertain economic outlook will put pressure on prices “in the medium term”. Philip Meeson made […]
Princess Cruises has appointed Nick Hughes as its sales director for UK and Europe, effective from October 17. Hughes will replace Rachel Poultney after leaving his role as sales director for Gold Medal, and will report to Eithne Williamson, vice-president of Princess Cruises UK and Europe. Hughes’s previous experience in the cruise sector includes heading up Cruise […]
Icelandic low-cost carrier Play has reported passenger numbers exceeded 100,000 in July as it welcomed a sixth aircraft to its fleet. The airline, which launched in June last year, said it flew 110,000 passengers in July, an increase of 25% on the previous month. Play attributed the passenger increase to the addition of a “transatlantic hub […]
Barrhead Travel has appointed a former branch manager as a new regional sales manager for Scotland. Matt Hands, who worked for more than a decade as a Barrhead Travel store manager pre-Covid, will oversee sales for the group’s Scottish retail network, reporting into head of sales Linda Armit. Hands, who started this week, has more […]
Touring and adventure aggregator TourHound has released a travel agent tool to keep track of changes in touring and adventure suppliers’ pricing. Tour Price Tracker, which can be found on TourHound’s website, provides a daily update of price changes from more than 50 of the UK’s operators as well as a history of all the changes for a […]
At Passenger Terminal Expo in Paris, we caught up with Michael Christensen, Chief Operations & Maintenance Officer of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to ask him what his number one trend to watch in air travel is for the year. Michael said biometrics and using it in every aspect of the travel experience that airports […]
Following the widespread lifting of COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions, the airports across the Fraport Group recorded a strong rebound in passenger traffic. Some of Fraport’s Greek airports serving holiday destinations, including Rhodes, Santorini, and Kerkyra on the island of Corfu, even exceeded 2019 pre-crisis passenger levels during the first six months of 2022. Supported by […]
“The market is ready for change. After the pandemic airports need to cut their ties with legacy vendors as the software and hardware model has become outdated, un-affordable and obsolete,” comments George Richardson, Co-Founder and CEO of AeroCloud. “To date no one provider has had the capacity, funds or tenacity to compete on all fronts […]
As the global aviation community re-builds from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) reached an important milestone on 5 August 2022 as the airport hit the 10 million passenger mark year-to-date. And later this month (August) YVR will also see its busiest single day of operations since the pandemic began, when […]
Skift Take An admirable statement from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and the summer chaos certainly put a focus back on to passenger rights, but setting out new laws for refunding delayed bags or Wi-Fi malfunctions will probably end up being a complex and lengthy process. Matthew Parsons The U.S. approach to regulating airlines and ensuring […]
Copenhagen Airport and the Fraport Group have become the latest airport operators to post improved results for the first half of 2022. Denmark’s capital city airport reports that eight out of ten passengers are back, it has taken on an extra 500 staff to cope with rising demand, and that it is close to breaking […]
Disabled-friendly specialist Limitless Travel has raised £800,000 in funding to increase its product range, offer online bookings and expand into the US market. Backers include entrepreneur Nigel Wray, who has been a shareholder in Domino’s Pizza, Saracens Rugby and Carlton Communications. Limitless Travel said news of the investment “caps off one of the company’s most […]
InterContinental Hotels Group has reported soaring profits and revenues for the first half of 2022 thanks to continued recovery in leisure and business travel. The Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza parent said its group operating profit for the six-month period ended June 30 increased to $361 million, compared with $138 million last year. Total group revenue […]
Silversea Cruises has recruited a new vice-president of expedition product development to join its team. Bob Simpson will report into senior vice-president of expeditions, destination and itinerary management, Conrad Combrink, and will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the company’s expedition product strategy, the line said. Silversea added that various regulatory and destination stakeholders […]
The Cook Islands’ tourism chief has urged Britons to return to the destination as it launches a campaign to draw visitors. The Cook Islands Tourism Corporation has unveiled the Love a Little Paradise For Real campaign, which will focus on educating trade partners on what the South Pacific island country has to offer and provide agents with advice on […]
