A new way of zipping down the tarmac
TWA Hotel s rink stretches out in the shadow of its historic Lockheed Constellation, a rare survivor from the golden age of air travel.
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Like many hoteliers, Tyler Morse has taken pains to make sure his property furnishes the sort of amenities that upmarket travelers are looking for. He’s got restaurants and cocktail lounges, a rooftop pool and a 10,000-square-foot fitness center. But as the travel and tourism industry claws its way out of the pandemic doldrums, an innkeeper these days needs every amenity he can find.
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During the week of our scheduled annual Skift Global Forum last September, I wrote a plaintive essay about what I missed most about the global gathering of top travel executives in New York City.
Now just months later, with competence and expediency, our part of the world that I live in looks a lot more hopeful, and with that comes great news:
Skift Global Forum the flagship global conference on the business of travel will be back in-person (as well as online) this September!
In keeping with the amazing promise of travel’s big return, we have chosen the perfect venue that matches that promise: the awe-inspiring, jet-age classic
A $7 Billion Mistake? New York Seeks to Curb New Hotels.
A plan to require approval for every new hotel has sparked opposition inside city government, where budget officials say it could reduce future tax revenue from tourism.
Developers seeking to build new hotels, like one planned for Times Square, would require a special City Council permit under a new proposal.Credit.Mary Altaffer/Associated Press
April 27, 2021Updated 8:24 a.m. ET
New York City leaders, led by Mayor Bill de Blasio, are closing in on a controversial plan to drastically restrict hotel development, a move that the mayor’s own experts fear could endanger the city’s post-pandemic recovery and cost billions in lost tax revenue.
Tom Underwood Appointed CEO of StayNTouch
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Tom Underwood Named New CEO of StayNTouch Photo: StayNTouch Inc.
StayNTouch, a leader in cloud hotel property management software and contactless solutions, and a wholly owned subsidiary of MCR, announced today that Tom Underwood has been appointed as the company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Underwood benefits from more than 20 years of senior executive experience in travel and hospitality technology, including serving as CFO and SVP of Corporate Development at Lola.com, a SaaS-based travel expense management platform, and as Senior Vice President of Hotels at Orbitz Worldwide, an online travel company acquired by Expedia Group.