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Frontier Is Latest Airline to Improve Family Seating

Frontier Airlines is now automatically seating children with a family member or adult in their party for free. It announced the new measure on Tuesday, and said it applies to children under the age of 14. Its booking engine now automatically assigns seats based on family members’ ages before the check-in window opens. The new…

Matthew Parsons | 10 months ago

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Combats Child Trafficking With Expanded Law Enforcement Portal

Sex trafficking and child exploitation is a travel industry problem, and companies need to be activists in fighting these abuses.

Dennis Schaal | 12 months ago

News Blog

Airlines Told to Stop Charging Adults Extra for Adjacent Seating for Children

The U.S. Office of Aviation Consumer Protection has issued a notice urging airlines to do “everything in their power” to ensure children aged 13 or below are seated next to an accompanying adult with no additional charge. The U.S. Department of Transport said it continued to receive a low number of complaints from consumers about…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Tourism

Millennial Parent Travelers Set Themselves Apart From Peers Without Kids: Skift Research

Millennial parents have a lot in common with their generational peers without kids, but they also have some unique travel preferences and values. Their impact on the family travel segment is just beginning.

Meghan Carty, Skift Research | 4 years ago

Tourism

Millennial Parents Are Bringing a New Generation to Family Travel: New Skift Research

Families headed by millennial parents are taking an ever larger share of the family travel market. To win them over, the industry needs to know what sets them apart from their generational peers.

Meghan Carty, Skift Research | 4 years ago

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Business Travel

New Research: How Families and Their Children Make Travel Decisions

A new study from Expedia Group Media Solutions explores how the world’s youngest generation is influencing family travel.

Expedia Group Media Solutions + Skift | 5 years ago

Airlines

The 19 Most Annoying Passengers to Sit By on a Plane

Expedia tries to sum its survey with a sunny figure that says 84 percent of passengers believe fellow flyers are considerate, but the excitement around increased in-flight device use suggests most people prefer to fly with as little human contact as necessary.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

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