Delta Air Lines is making some high-profile changes to its network.
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In the first installment of our three-part solo travel series, Zakiya Gibbons, host of dating podcast Hang Up, recounts a pretty glamorous work trip to Cannes—and shares how she navigated moments of loneliness, figured out ways to prioritize downtime and actually see the destination, and even managed to squeeze in a date.
Lale Arikoglu: Hi there. I'm Lale Arikoglu, and this is Women Who Travel. Today, we are starting a three-part series about one of our favorite and most talked about topics: solo travel. The series will go beyond the glamor of solo travel and share what it's really like to go it alone. There are funny moments, occasions, connecting with locals, and also loneliness and overcoming fear. To start our series: “How to Survive a Work Trip When You've Gone Without Your Coworkers and You're in a Totally New Environment.”
Zakiya Gibbons: I would go to a panel, and then there'd be an open bar. The setting literally looked like the Love Island villa, so it was so nice. So it wasn't that corporate in the sense that it was buttoned up. It was pretty loose, but it was corporate in the sense that, "Oh, everyone is here to network, to work, to take meetings on the beach while they're holding a coconut."
LA: In June, Zakiya Gibbons found herself in the south of France at a prestige event called Cannes Lions, which describes itself as a festival of creativity. So-called movers and shakers in the entertainment industry all gather there to network and discuss new trends. When Zakiya arrived, it was quickly clear this wasn't a conventional conference setting.
ZG: The sparkling blue water, hot, and I see these kind of mini villas, after villa after villa, side by side by side by side. And I'm walking, and there's signs saying like, "Reddit, Amazon." All the big tech companies have essentially built, literally constructed, villas on the sand in a matter of a week.
LA: Zakiya is a dynamic host, storyteller, and the co-founder of an organization that champions racial equity in audio. She went to Cannes to represent her upcoming podcast, yet to be announced, but she also currently hosts another podcast.
I want to know a little bit about your podcast that you host. It's all about dating. It's not so much about travel, but the two things do overlap sometimes.
ZG: Yes.
LA: Who are you talking to? What's it about?
ZG: So my show is called Hang Up. It's a reality dating show in podcast form. It's kind of like Love Is Blind meets The Bachelor, but very queer and chaotic. So-
LA: So superior to both.
ZG: Exactly. Thank you. You get it.
LA: It's clicked. No follow-ups.
ZG: Yeah. So pretty much
Delta Air Lines is making some high-profile changes to its network.
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Last Oct. 10, my wife, a friend and I arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport to fly to Paris on a trip we had originally planned for April but had to postpone. At the United Airlines check-in counter, agents told us our reservation had been canceled — by us! Even weirder, the same thing had happened three weeks earlier, when the airline sent us an email saying we had canceled our trip. That time, we called and insisted United reissue the reservation for the same price, which it did by giving us a travel voucher and instantly redeeming it. At the airport, though, we watched as supervisors got their supervisors involved, and we were eventually told that something about the voucher had raised questions about fraud. We missed our flight and bought last-minute tickets for that evening’s 11 p.m. United flight to Paris. Then flight was canceled, though this time for everyone. Given the day’s stress and frustration, we gave up on the trip, had dinner and went to the airport Marriott before heading home the next morning. We believe United owes us for the cost of the last-minute flight ($4,475), a portion of the earlier canceled flight ($3,099), the cost of our transportation, hotel and meals that day ($1,178) and the money we lost on nonrefundable plans in France ($2,007). Can you help?
Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, August 29, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.
Strikes are a regular occurrence in Europe, as employees withhold their labour to fight for better pay and conditions.
Concerns are growing over the rise of West Nile virus after it killed two more people in Seville, Spain, raising the country's total to five deaths this year.
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The Air France-KLM Group has officially become a shareholder in SAS Scandinavian Airlines. The agreement marks the conclusion of one of the year’s biggest airline deals and heralds the latest phase of consolidation in the European airline industry.