Skift Take: Hotelbeds became the dominant independent bed bank through scale. Its results now show that scale alone no longer...
Booking Holdings vs. Expedia in B2B: Bombshell Estimate Says Booking Leads in Room Nights
Skift Take: No matter how you parse the numbers, Booking Holdings' B2B business appears to be a lot larger than...
Google’s Agentic Hotel Booking Tool Comes to AI Mode
Skift Take: Google's agentic hotel booking is finally launching in AI Mode, nine months after it was first teased. Skeptics...
Why Flight Attendants Are Fighting Google’s Purchase of Spirit Airlines Data
Skift Take: Spirit says it is working with a third-party to scrub any personal information from the data before the...
Carl Icahn’s JetBlue Bet Didn’t Pay Off: Board Members Resign as Stake Shrinks
Skift Take: Icahn hasn’t had the same success as activist campaigns at Southwest. JetBlue’s stock has continued to decline since...
The UK’s Airport Record Hides a Huge Traffic Shift
Skift Take: A record quarter for UK airports was less a boom than a reshuffle: Gulf traffic collapsed as low-cost...
More Americans Could Soon Be Eligible for Online Passport Renewals
Skift Take: The State Department has proposed a new rule that would allow online passport renewals for Americans overseas and...
Why Every Boutique Hotel Founder Eventually Sells
Skift Take: Asset-light lets boutique hotel brands grow without owning the real estate. It also leaves behind exactly what the...
Rascal Voyages Bets on ‘Marine Safaris’ — and Freedom Over Formality
Skift Take: Rascal thinks the next frontier is not more formality, but access to remote places, useful freedom, and crews...