Skift Daily Travel Briefing

Good morning from Skift It’s Tuesday, December 15, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Travel may start to rebound in the months ahead as effective Covid vaccines are distributed and administered. That should mean the airline industry can breathe a sigh of relief — but not so fast, the industry says.

Good morning from Skift It’s Monday, December 14, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. It's a rough time to work for an airline. In the single largest monthly employment drop since September 1990, U.S. airlines let go of nearly 37,000 people in October, new data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows.

Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, December 11, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Airbnb, the longtime travel unicorn almost left for dead when its homesharing business nosedived in March, executed an initial public offering on Thursday of near-mythical proportions, writes Executive Editor Dennis Schaal.

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, December 10, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Airbnb is an increasingly formidable player in the hospitality sector, but with its rapid growth came critiques that the company risked losing its "live like a local" ideology and soul.

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, December 9, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. For the first time since its founding, a woman is vying for the post of secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization for the 2022-2025 term.

Good morning from Skift It’s Tuesday, December 8, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. A coming together of two software titans will not only impact the way most companies do business in the future, it could redefine how they manage and book their travel, writes Corporate Travel Editor Matthew Parsons.

Good morning from Skift It’s Monday, December 7, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. The U.S. hotel sector continues to see falling unemployment the further it gets from the peak summer travel season. But winter is coming — and not many are rejoicing, writes hospitality reporter Cameron Sperance.

Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, December 4, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. European low-cost carrier Ryanair placed an order for 75 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, a signal of faith in the jet despite its remaining grounded in Europe.

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, December 3, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. The hotel industry’s coronavirus relief holiday wish list has a good chance of getting fulfilled, no matter what kind of stimulus bill passes in Washington.

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, December 2, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.