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Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, January 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. U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Thursday resigned, leaving little in the way of a legacy behind after a long career in several Republican administrations.

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, January 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. Wyndham Destinations’ $100 million acquisition of the Travel + Leisure media brand may have been a head-scratcher for some in both the travel and media industries, writes hospitality reporter Cameron Sperance.

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, January 6, 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 question of whether travelers would board a Boeing 737 Max again has plagued the planemaker and airlines since the jet was first grounded more than 21 months ago, writes airlines reporter Edward Russell.

Good morning from Skift It’s Tuesday, January 5, 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. Travelers to the U.S. may soon not face blanket arrival restrictions if the country adopts a new Covid-19 testing regime recommended by public health experts, writes airlines reporter Edward Russell.

Good morning from Skift It’s Monday, January 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. A smaller Boston-based hotel company that added hundreds of hotels to its portfolio during the pandemic managed to squeak out one last deal before the end of 2020, writes hospitality reporter Cameron Sperance. Sonesta International Hotels Corp.

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, December 30, 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.

Good morning from Skift It’s Tuesday, December 29, 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 biggest challenge for the online travel sector in 2021 is the shape of the travel recovery, and the myriad issues that flow from whatever scenario takes hold, writes Executive Editor Dennis Schaal.

Good morning from Skift It’s Monday, December 28, 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.

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, December 24, 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. If the hotel industry had one thing to celebrate during the pandemic, it’s that leisure travelers showed they will still take vacations when travel restrictions aren’t in place.

Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, December 23, 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. As good as the news was for U.S. airlines with additional aid as part of the $900 billion Covid-19 relief package approved by Congress on Monday, a stark reality awaits, writes airlines reporter Edward Russell.

Good morning from Skift It’s Tuesday, December 22, 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. If confirmed by the Senate as head of the U.S. Department of Interior, Congresswoman Deb Haaland would become the first Native American to hold a cabinet position in the history of the United States.

Good morning from Skift It’s Monday, December 21, 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. Against all the odds during a pandemic, a new airline is launching in South Africa this month, aiming to offer low-cost domestic travel to the country’s 50 million inhabitants.

Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, December 18, 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. Most of the U.S.

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, December 17, 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. There is no end in sight for Cathay Pacific’s troubles, as the Hong Kong-based carrier grapples with an almost complete collapse in passenger traffic.

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, December 16, 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 global hotel industry continues to expand its footprint, even in the worst year on record for travel demand.

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.