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Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast examines Saudi Arabia’s World Cup hopes, Hilton’s travel trends, and China’s airlines boost.
Rashaad Jorden | 2 months ago
Airlines
As one of the airlines worst affected by the pandemic, Cathay Pacific is identifying significant growth opportunities as part of its post-Covid recovery phase.
Amrita Ghosh | 2 months ago
Tourism
After years of strict lockdowns, Australia has a run of international sporting events which will support the nation's tourism return.
Jess Wade, Skift | 4 months ago
Tour Operators
Digital ticketing solutions for tours and attractions are seeing sports events emerge as a winning category for customer engagement as travelers continue to plan around bucket-list events.
Selene Brophy | 5 months ago
Tourists came, they spent, they left. Now, Istanbul's goal is that they come back and tell their friends.
Justin Dawes | 6 months ago
News Blog
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 starts in five days, and Qatar is struggling to have enough lodging to house an expected 1.2 million football fans. Qatar has only about 31,000 hotel rooms, according to benchmarking service STR, though Qatar Tourism says it has more hotels opening this month in time for the event —…
Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago
Qatar will allow visitors without football World Cup tickets to enter the country from December 2 after the group stage matches end. However, even as a match ticket will no longer be mandatory for inbound arrivals to Qatar, visitors will still need to furnish a Hayya Card before traveling, organizers said. The Hayya Card is…
Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at David Beckham playing for Qatar, hotel exec’s optimism, and tourism “quality” over quantity.
Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago
As the countdown begins to the Middle East’s very first Federation Internationale de Football Association’s (FIFA) World Cup, host country Qatar now has British soccer star David Beckham promoting the destination for a stopover break. The campaign features Beckham on a whirlwind trip to Qatar for 48 hours indulging in a wide range of activities…
In Skift's top stories this week, we reveal our list of the world's elite hotel design firms, airlines grapple with how to deal with angry customers, and Southwest becomes the latest airline to overhaul its travel management platform.
Rashaad Jorden , Skift | 1 year ago
