Skift Take: Airbnb's partnership with CarTrawler on car rentals is Airbnb's latest step toward becoming a traditional online travel agency....
Akan Mashu National Park Travel Guide (Hokkaido, Japan)
Akan Mashu National Park is a beautiful wilderness reserve in eastern Hokkaido, far away from the typical tourist trail in...
Hilton’s Chris Nassetta: Why 28 Brands Aren’t Too Many and the ‘Bazillion Points’ Problem
Skift Take: Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta defended the company's need for 28 brands as a data-driven strategy rather than sprawl,...
Brussels Airlines Taps ITA Airways Exec for CEO
Skift Take: Incoming Brussels Airlines CEO Lorenza Maggio oversaw ITA Airways’ merger into Lufthansa Group, which was one of the...
Travel’s Creator Economy Doesn’t Need a Million Followers. It Needs Proof It Converts.
Skift Take: Brands spent years building creator partnerships around follower counts. Now, they're increasingly after deals they know drive real...
Fora Travel the Unicorn: It Raised $60 Million at a $1 Billion Valuation
Skift Take: Fora Travel has carved out a nice niche for itself as it taps into the desires of a...
Say Goodbye to $9 Tickets. Higher Fares Are Here to Stay, United CEO Says
Skift Take: United CEO Scott Kirby argues that surging fuel costs aren’t entirely responsible for higher airfares. Instead airlines are...
JetBlue Ties Loyalty Points to Flight Financing
Skift Take: The airline's frequent flyer program was built to reward spending. JetBlue is using it as a pipeline to...
Oman and Africa Became Minor Hotels’ Safe Havens During the Iran War
Skift Take: Minor Hotels didn’t wait out the Iran war in the Gulf. It grew in Oman and Africa instead.Read...
Scandic’s Dalata Deal Template Comes for Europe’s Mid-Cap Hotels
Skift Take: Trading below your own bricks is an open invitation for financial interventions. For PPHE, Whitbread, and Meliá, the...