Matthew Parsons travel tips

Good morning from Skift. It’s Monday, January 16. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Hertz is polishing its affordable car rental brands Dollar and Thrifty to help grow sales from more price-conscious business travelers.

The recent relaxation of zero-Covid policies in China offered great hope to a corporate travel industry stymied by those rules and one waiting to bring China back into the fold to speed up its recovery. But the ensuing testing requirements being put in place now by countries will be a major setback and dent much-needed confidence, industry associations warn.

The pandemic has led to a permanent change in how we live our lives between work and the personal. No longer just a trite category called “bleisure,” the idea of blended traveling is front and center for every major travel company now. How new strategies focused on the blended traveler will emerge more clearly in 2023, as the industry recognizes the whole traveler holistically.  

Global car rentals rocketed during the end-of-year holiday break, with more than three times the amount of seven-day bookings compared to the 2019 winter holiday period.

Google has added San Francisco-based startup Whimstay as a vacation rental partner.

Sustainability in travel will no longer simply be judged on stated goals. Rhetoric turns to accountability as companies and destinations are forced to put goals into operations in 2023. Travel climate ambitions have reached a moment of maturity.

A laboratory study has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the UK’s travel restrictions last year.

Remote workers don’t always want to disclose their location to employers, with growing numbers taking so-called “hush trips.”

Flights across the U.S. have been grounded due to a computer glitch with the Federal Aviation Administration’s systems, according to reports.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, February 2. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Big ticket sporting events will go hand-in-hand with -style tourist experiences next year, as the International Olympic Committee and U.S. event specialist On Location team up to launch a new e-commerce website to sell tickets with hospitality packages.

The Nevada Division of Tourism is launching a 10-year plan to entice convention and conference visitors away from Las Vegas to other regions in the state.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, January 18. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Australia’s Flight Centre Travel Group is buying UK-based tour operator Scott Dunn for $148 million (A$211 million), in a bid to expand into the U.S., as well as the UK.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, January 27. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

After renting out some 50,000 electric cars to Uber drivers across North America, Hertz is now taking its partnership with the ride hailing giant to Europe, where it will make 25,000 Tesla and Polestar vehicles available.

Actor (and travel tech investor) Ashton Kutcher is at it again, as his Sound Ventures venture capital firm has co-led a $15 million investment in climate tech company Chooose.

Corporate travel at global giant Tata Consultancy Services is on track to return to 2019 levels, despite predictions that the professional services sector would never recover due to company pledges to reduce carbon footprints.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, January 31. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Chinese tourists have flocked to train stations over the past two weeks, with 109.5 million journeys made between Jan. 7 and Jan. 21 in the build-up to Lunar New Year celebrations, which took pace on Jan. 22.