Skift Take: It was quite a fall from grace for Vacasa, which as a private company in 2021 had a...
Accor and IndiGo Launch Loyalty Exchange — Experiences and More Links Are Next
Skift Take: The fact that it took Accor and IndiGo more than a year to roll out their loyalty partnership...
Ennismore Thinks Lifestyle Brands Can Survive All-Inclusive. Mondrian Is the Next Test
Skift Take: Mass-market operators built all-inclusive on price and volume. Ennismore is trying to prove its lifestyle brands can carry...
When Hospitality Fails, The Problem Might Be the Guest
Skift Take: The best hospitality is not a flawless one-way delivery. It is an exchange — and the guest has...
Hopper Settles With the FTC Over Practices Expedia Called Out in 2023
Skift Take: Expedia ended its Hopper partnership in 2023 for 17 months over deceptive practices. Now the U.S. Federal Trade...
What Haaland Mania Won’t Do for Norway Tourism
Skift Take: Haaland mania is real. It will not move Norwegian tourism, and the visitors it might send are the...
Airbnb Just Hired Away an OpenAI Creative Exec
Skift Take: Airbnb has recruited an OpenAI VP to help make its next wave of technology feel unmistakably Airbnb. The...
Accor Hires Banks for Ennismore’s U.S. IPO: Report
Skift Take: Sébastien Bazin left four or five doors open for Ennismore in June. He now looks to be walking...
Booking Holdings Is Forming a New B2B Unit, Agoda CEO Is Overseeing it: Scoop
Skift Take: Booking Holdings has an uphill climb to rival Expedia's scale in B2B, but the formation of a consolidated...
This Obscure Marriott Fee Will Be a Key Signal of Profit Strength
Skift Take: Another quarter of strong incentive management fees would signal that hotel profit strength is broadening.Read the Complete Story...