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What’s Trending
01/ On Google
Time to check your horoscopes – Astroclick travel, which is the act of traveling that “allows you to see how your perspective on the world, energy, love, and career prospects might be influenced when you travel or lay down roots somewhere new” trended 110% this week.
02/ With Media
This week journalists were interested in information for intentional and conscious travel and activities that improve mental well-being. They also sought out for the best all-inclusive resorts, trips to Sri Lanka, and experiences that offered complimentary cocktails.
The New York Times (NYT) will depend on the Athletic for reporting on sports news as the NYT is shutting down its sports desk.
AFAR introduces a page with updated and year-round stories on accessible travel as a commitment to uplifting disabled voices and to provide the best travel experiences for everyone and all families.
Vox has launched its first travel guide “to navigating the world, the country, and your own backyard,” and will publish a new guide each week throughout July.
03/ In The Zeitgeist
Over 160,000 SAG actors have gone on strike amid failed negotiations with union contracts. They join the ongoing SAG writers strike creating a significant impact on work in Hollywood.
Industry Insights
From Taylor Swift to the World Cup, travelers are opting for overseas travel to experience music, sports, and other forms of entertainment that are not as easily available in their home country. This trend arises as a result of the FOMO and YOLO mentality stemming from the pandemic.
United Airlines is set to debut seats ‘built for the modern traveler’ – available with vegan leather upholstery, 13-inch seat back screens, 18-inch tray tables, Bluetooth connectivity, privacy screens and an ergonomist-designed cushions on 200 domestic planes this summer.
Providing Amazon shoppers up to 80% off hotels during Amazon Prime Day (July 11), travel booking website Priceline marks the first online traveling agency to offer deals during this shopping event.
The US issued travel warnings to both China and Hong Kong. The US urges reconsidering traveling to those places due to unpredictable law enforcement and COVID-19 concerns.
Delta Airlines reports a momentous $500 million increase in profits in comparison to last year, citing an increase in summer travel as a main factor.
The Good
Enterprise Holdings is delivering grants totaling up to $7 million to more than 600 local nonprofit organizations as a part of their $55 million ROAD Forward initiative. Employees nominate local organizations working to address social and racial equity gaps in their communities.
New Royal Caribbean ships will introduce the “next generation” of cruise renewable energy on their new Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas and Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova. The new system takes gas and turns it into energy, a step towards more sustainable travel.
Good Humor, the brand that introduced the first ice-cream truck, is partnering up with Jiffy Lube this summer to introduce a program called “Keep Summer Rolling” that will help pay for the maintenance of ice-cream trucks through a series of vouchers for qualifying vehicles in an effort to ensure ice cream trucks don’t become a nostalgic thing of the past.
The Bad
A woman on an American Airlines flight was filmed having a tirade after claiming a fellow passenger was “not real.” The viral video, which gained 10 million views on TikTok, brought American Airlines backlash as it was reported she was allowed to go through security again.
