The Google Engineers Figuring Out Our Future of Work

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March 12, 2021 View in browser

Top Stories Skift Pro Exclusive Can SPACs Revive Travel Venture Capital? New Skift Research After a difficult year, 2021 is likely to be a year of travel startup exits and consolidation fueled by IPOs, M&A, and — new on the scene — SPACs. These deals could help drive renewed enthusiasm for investing in and founding companies within the travel. Read More Bring Your Team to Skift Business Travel and Future of Work Summit 2021 We're less than a week away from the Skift Business Travel and Future of Work Summit taking place live at 11 a.m. EST on March 17 and on-demand. Whether you're looking stay on top of the latest trends in the travel industry or meet prospective partners or clients, we want to give you, your co-workers, supervisors, and friends in the industry the opportunity to attend with our group rates. REGISTER MY TEAM How These Google Engineers Are Trying to Redefine the Way We Work Opportunities are ahead for those travel and hospitality companies that build the right products and platforms to address the needs of distributed workforces. Sabre's Google partnership certainly gives it a headstart. Read More Some Airlines Trying to Be More Than Just Airlines to Make Up for Pandemic's Financial Hit The pandemic has been devastating for the world's airlines, forcing some to think outside the box to stay afloat. Is this a gimmick for coping with the times, or the renaissance of a more diversified airline industry? Read More Vacasa to Buy TurnKey in Ongoing Rollup Led by Private Equity This deal cements Vacasa status as the largest full-service property manager for whole-home vacation rentals in the U.S. That makes it a rare pure-play bet on alternative accommodations for its private equity backers, which have prompted Vacasa to consolidate more of the sector. Read More Botswana Wildlife Camps Prepare for Evolved Post-Pandemic Travelers Throughout the pandemic, people started to realize that we've loved our planet nearly to death — quite literally. Will we be able to heal our relationship with Mother Nature as the industry attempts to redefine sustainable travel? Read More AW Daily American Air Latest to Add Routes to Pandemic Popular Austin It's a gold rush for airlines to Austin, Texas. The Lone Star State's capital has emerged as a pandemic superstar, its economy booming as tech companies relocate, and airlines want in on the action. Read More Latin America's Despegar Turns to Its Acquisitions for Pandemic Improvements Like Traveloka in Indonesia, Argentina's Despegar is making strides in financial services. Amsterdam-based Booking.com is busy building a payments platform, and Grab Taxi in Southeast Asia has a lending and insurance arm. Megatrend, yes. Read More Cosi Raises $23 Million for Its European Rental Brand: Travel Startup Funding This Week Recent investor bets include a German short-term rental brand (Cosi), a Finnish startup that builds chatbots for hotels (Hotelway), an Australian startup that offers rural cabins for urban dwellers (Unyoked), and a French revenue management company (Yieldin). Read More Popular Now 10 Shared Learnings for Travel & Tourism One Year Into the Pandemic People have had a year to consider the perilous state of the planet, and they're unimpressed. As borders reopen, sustainable, responsible, and regenerative travel will need to be reimagined, because the tourism sector is about to be in the eco-cross hairs. Read More How the U.S. Travel Sector Benefits (and Doesn't) From $1.9 Trillion in Covid Relief The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is a massive life raft to many travel companies, but industry groups still want more targeted relief and stimulus to accelerate a full recovery that could be years away. Read More Entire Hotels Are Starting to Get Booked for a New Round of Company Retreats The pent-up demand is real, but over time traditional notions of the corporate retreat may change. Read More 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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