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...
‘Hey @British_Airways’: Norwegian Air Shows How to Get Free World Cup Buzz
Skift Take: Two carriers with no official World Cup sponsorship have generated one of the tournament's biggest travel marketing moments...
Airbnb Paid $81 Million for a Building in NYC — the Only One It Now Owns
Skift Take: Airbnb abandoned its asset-light strategy just a tad, purchasing a New York City building for $81.5 million. It...