With events cancelled or postponed, revenue streams are drying up. Executives believe wider disruption lies ahead

If you can’t climb Mount Everest in person, why not simulate it in your home with the help of friends?
-Sean O’Neill

Now isn’t the time to travel to a resort community, many of which are facing their own coronavirus crises.
-Dennis Schaal

The cruise industry, with most lines ceasing operations, is still very much in the process of disembarking passengers. It will be a considerable period before operations get restarted.
-Dennis Schaal

In our coronavirus coverage this week, American Airlines slashes international routes for the summer, indicating it doesn’t think demand will come back any time in the short-run. Plus, Airbnb CEO apologizes to hosts in the form of a $260 million relief package. And Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel is the first high-profile travel CEO to disclose he has contracted coronavirus.
-Dennis Schaal

Russia had already closed its borders to foreigners. But its sudden stop of all flights risks stranding many citizens abroad and preventing people from leaving the country.
-Sean O’Neill

Despite the unprecedented impact of coronavirus, there are signs of recovery  

Attitudes are slowly changing towards keeping large, exotic animals in captivity

Attitudes are slowly changing towards keeping large, exotic animals in captivity

Please join Skift editors and research analysts, along with VC investors and startup founders, for this dive into the state of travel startups today.
-Brian Quinn