Stories To Start Your Monday
We're starting this first week of June with vacation on the brain, so it's no coincidence that many of today's stories revolve around typical summertime pursuits. But like any good Skift story, our pieces look under the hood to get at the forces that power those tourism engines. We explore what goes into the designation of America's top beaches and what that title means to destinations, and we wade through a new report on theme park attendance to explain why Universal's numbers rose and why Disney shouldn't be too worried that attendance at most of its parks fell. — Hannah Sampson, News Editor
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Points is trying to diversify beyond being the world's largest reseller of airlines and hotels points. But this loyalty tech company needs a little more mojo if it wants to produce truly game-changing products.
Being named the top anything is usually exciting for any destination and comes with lots of free publicity. But as some tourism boards point out, reviews from travelers themselves often resonate more with consumers than an official ranking.
Like everyone else in hospitality, Wyndham finally has its own soft brand collection to boot.
Disney executives have said they don't mind sacrificing some attendance if they're still making good money. Both of these things happened last year — but the company is still working to drive numbers up in 2017 and the future.
It is quite rich for Saudi Arabia to claim other states support terrorism. Perhaps now the big three U.S. carriers can stop making equally ironic claims about subsidies and just watch the Gulf carriers fight each other?
After a long, drawn-out political process, Visit Florida's chances of maintaining its current funding level look decent. The debate helped spawn conversations among stakeholders at many other tourism boards about their own budgets and operations. Hopefully, everyone learned something.
Deeming online travel agency fees too high, hotels turn to loyalty programs to push direct bookings.
Yet again, Wyndham Rewards isn't missing out on any chance to capitalize on the opportunities opening up in the pending integration of SPG with Marriott Rewards.
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Business travelers love saving two or three hours of flying time. They'll surely love United's new nonstop. But for everyone else, 18 hours is a long time to spend on an airplane. Even a 787.
Supervisors who don't send women on business trips, in a misguided effort to avoid dealing with women's safety issues, are doing their companies a disservice by suppressing that talent. Companies that tackle that duty of care head-on are playing with a full deck.
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