Accor's Focus, Air Traffic’s Labor Crisis and Qantas' Long-Haul Fights

Accor CEO Sébastien Bazin says the hospitality giant is done with frequent reinventions and is now focused on executing its growth plans, including rolling out Orient Express overnight trains with luxury titan LVMH next year. Meanwhile, the U.S. government is taking steps to address the severe air traffic controller shortage by ramping up hiring, boosting salaries by 30%, and even appealing to retired controllers to return. Finally, Qantas aims to connect Australia’s East Coast directly to North America and Europe through “Project Sunrise,” working with Airbus to develop an ultra-long-haul aircraft capable of nonstop flights from New York and London to Sydney by 2027. U.S. to Raise Air Traffic Control Salaries, Elon Musk Asks Back Retirees Accor CEO: Purging Weak Hotels, Defending European Turf, More Luxury Qantas Eyes 2027 Debut for New York to Sydney Nonstop Flights Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews (https://www.youtube.com/@SkiftNews) and never miss an update from the travel industry.