Tourism's Election Consequences + Drink Carts Get Smarter + Skift Boosts Asia Coverage

The Travel Industry's Daily Agenda-Setting Newsletter

November 5, 2018

Editor's Note The larger implications of this election promise to overshadow almost everything else on Tuesday, but we still have our eyes on a few ballot questions that will impact tourism and travel, including measures in Missouri and Arkansas to raise minimum wages. It's an issue to which we plan to pay much closer attention, along with other issues of workers' rights and benefits. How companies respond, or not, to these important challenges could very well be one of the most important stories of 2019. Today we welcome our new Asia Editor Raini Hamdi to Skift as we look to amp up our coverage in this exciting region of the world. She brings an incredibly deep background in travel industry journalism to this role, and we can't wait for you to benefit from her experience and analytical eye. Please read below how she plans to cover Asia for Skift in a big way. — Tom Lowry, Managing Editor Webinar: Winning Strategies to Reach Today's Omnichannel Traveler Sponsored by Epsilon and Conversant Our upcoming webinar on November 7, 1-2 p.m. EST examines the winning strategies travel brands can use to succeed in this new era of omnichannel marketing and deliver personalized experiences to consumers in an environment where consistency, relevancy, and privacy are more important than ever before. Register Now Top Stories Here Are the Key Tourism Ballot Questions Voters Will Decide Tuesday Tuesday's election will have fewer tourism ballot measures than in elections past, but it could yield some local victories that will help create more tourism jobs. Airlines Hope Algorithms Can Finally Fix Their Drink Carts Passengers sitting in the back of the airplane hate it when an airline runs out of food for sale. But airlines also hate waste, and they usually must throw out uneaten fresh food the same day. How do airlines decide how much food and drink to board? It's a delicate dance. How I Plan to Cover the World's Most Exciting Travel Region as Skift's New Asia Editor Our first Asia editor, Raini Hamdi, starts with us today and shares how she intends to cover the vast, fast, diverse, and dynamic region of Asia. Apart from remembering to breathe deeply, she'll be focusing on the stories that count. SAS New Emotional Video Takes The Prize For The Best Travel Ad For 2018 "Travelers will forget what we say in our ads, they will forget what we do with our promotions, but they will never forget how we make them feel." Cost Cutting Could Lead to Big Changes for Meetings in 2019 Planners have to get creative as both expectations and costs are set to increase in 2019. Technology can only do so much and event design will shift to reflect the financial priorities of organizations holding events. Startups Welcome at Skift Forum Europe! Skift Forum Europe is a unique opportunity for startup companies to network with top executives and decision-makers in the travel industry. Apply today for a discounted ticket to attend! Millennium & Copthorne Blames Struggles on Rising Costs in Hospitality The abrupt departure of a CEO and falling profits set off plenty of alarm bells. Will Millennium & Copthorne be able to turn things around, or do its struggles represent the start of a wider industry slowdown? Popular Now Air Canada Struggles With How to Fill Planes in Winter Air Canada has built a successful business flying customers between North America and Europe during the summer. But much of that business dries up the rest of the year. Now, Air Canada wants to find a way to produce more revenue in winter. Can it succeed? Google's New Hotel Search Is a Greater Threat to Booking Rivals When it comes to Google and its hotels redesign, few things are all or nothing. TripAdvisor can worry that Google now has more traveler photos and reviews, but some of them are from TripAdvisor. Hotel websites and phone numbers get featured, but clicking on a book button brings customers to an online travel agency site. In travel, it's never winner take all. JetBlue Founder Reveals Details on His New Tech-Focused International Airline David Neeleman argues that the competition won't be able to touch his new airline, which likely won't be named Moxy, because it will be so different. Plenty of other airlines will have something to say about that. For Gmail users: If you are using the tabbed inbox, Skift emails may be pushed to the 'Promotions' tab. To get updates from Skift direct to your primary inbox, drag and drop this email to that tab. You received this email because you are subscribed to Skift Daily Newsletter from Skift.

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