Skift Take: The videos are cheap to make. Hotels pay the price in front desk resources and reputation. Read the...
Fighting Spirit’s Data Sale to Google: Court Filings Show the List Getting Longer
Skift Take: The deal has faced months of delays and pushback, coming to represent a thorny issue of how far...
Higher Prices Are Supporting Travel Revenues While Volume Growth Slows
Skift Take: Rising prices are supporting travel revenues, but affordability pressures and uneven demand suggest the industry may be earning...
Delta Delays Riyadh Service to March 2027 Following Airport Attacks
Skift Take: Delta’s planned Atlanta-Riyadh service was already facing questions about safety and demand for the route ahead of the...
Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Ambitions Meet a Week of Terror
Skift Take: A single airport incident would have been troubling. A succession of strikes over just one week, including repeated...
Travel AI’s Prove-It Phase, Visibility, and the Booking Gap
Skift Take: Skift's Data + AI Summit in Europe this week just showed that AI may be changing travel distribution...
The War Is Changing the Economics of Saudi Tourism
Skift Take: The war is raising the cost of attracting the international travelers Saudi Arabia needs to meet its tourism...
India’s Foreign Arrivals Are Falling — but the 2047 Tourism Target Is Now 100 Million
Skift Take: India has listed out four Ps for hitting 100 million visitors. It lacks a fifth: a published path....
Chicago Hotel Strike Hits Marriott and Hilton Hotels During Marathon Weekend
Skift Take: Owners, not brands, carry most of the payroll burden. The union's answer is blunt: There is "enough money...
Delta CEO on 20% Fare Hikes (‘Limited Resistance’) and Starlink (‘No Tit-For-Tat’)
Skift Take: Delta CEO Ed Bastian said the airline industry will need to find a way to sustain its revenue...