Skift Take: Van der Werff has six months to hand over the keys, and by the time he does, the...
Canadian Travel to the U.S. Is Rising Again — Still Down Almost 29% From 2024
Skift Take: This "rebound" in Canadian travel to the U.S. only looks good next to last year's collapse.Read the Complete...
Casago Sold Nearly All Vacasa’s Property Manager Acquisitions and Turned Many Into Franchises
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...