Disneyland Resort just rolled out discounts for kids and hotel stays next year.
24.09.2024 - 09:49 / skift.com / Scott Kirby / Rashaad Jorden / Sean Oneill / Pranavi Agarwal / Gwen Mills
Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, September 24, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.
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Concerns have grown in recent weeks about how a potential recession could impact travel. But while the travel industry isn’t recession-proof, it could be recession-resistant, reports Senior Research Analyst Pranavi Agarwal.
There are signs of weakness. The Skift Travel 200 Stock Index is up only 3% since the start of the year, and travel executives have noted of a slowdown in demand on recent earnings calls.
But Agarwal writes travel today could be a little more insulated than it has been in the past. Spending on travel is still discretionary, but it is more important to consumers than ever before. She cites travel’s emergence as a more fundamental need coming out of the pandemic as one reason the industry is recession-resistant.
Next, the U.S. hotel industry is bracing for widespread work stoppages as 40,000 hotel workers have contracts that have expired or will expire by year’s end, writes Senior Hospitality Editor Sean O’Neill.
More than 1,500 San Francisco hotel workers went on strike on Sunday, demanding improved pay and working conditions from Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt. Gwen Mills, president of labor union Unite Here, said the lapse in contracts has set the stage for more strikes across the hotel sector if issues remain unresolved.
Finally, the Federal Aviation Administration has hit its air-traffic controller hiring goal for the fiscal 2024. But the agency is still dealing with a shortage that may last for years, writes Airlines Reporter Meghna Maharishi.
The FAA had set a goal of hiring 1,800 air-traffic controllers, and the agency has beat that target. However, the FAA is still short roughly 3,000 air traffic controllers despite a hiring surge last year. In addition, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said he doesn’t expect the shortage to be resolved anytime soon.
Disneyland Resort just rolled out discounts for kids and hotel stays next year.
Frontier Airlines announced 22 new routes across its United States network, launching in December.
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More than 1,500 San Francisco hotel workers went on strike Sunday, demanding better pay and working conditions from Hilton, Marriott, and Hyatt.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday that it exceeded its air-traffic controller hiring goal for the fiscal year, marking the largest number of new hires in nearly a decade as it deals with a persistent shortage.
Last month, we wrote about how a potential recession in the U.S. could impact the travel industry. The concern has been that a recession would hit travel spending and you can see it in the stock market: The Skift Travel 200 Stock Index is up only 3% since the start of the year while the global market is up 20%.