Skift Take: As extreme heat and guest expectations force European hotels toward air conditioning, EU efficiency standards — and their...
The Travel Industry Power-Struggle Map
Skift Take: Travel is not one market. It is a series of fights over who answers the traveler, who gets...
What Earnings Season Reveals About Travel Right Now
Skift Take: Fora became travel's newest unicorn, Amazon is pushing deeper into AI travel booking, and earnings season is revealing...
Corporate Travel’s Rulebook Is Its AI Booking Advantage
Skift Take: Amex GBT and Kayak for Business moved AI booking into managed travel before consumer tools cracked it. The...
Best Places to Visit in Slovenia: 16 Spots and How to String Them Together
I landed in Ljubljana knowing almost nothing about Slovenia. After 16 years of doing this for a living, I usually...
U.S. Makes Visa Bond Program Permanent — Visas Granted to Targeted Countries Drop 83%
Skift Take: Overstays from the targeted countries are down, but so is demand for tourist visas. Read the Complete Story...
UK Pubs and Clubs Get Tax Cuts. Hotels Get Left Out — Again
Skift Take: UK hotels have been excluded from two rounds of government business rates relief. The sector is pushing back,...
Mexico Will Spend $115 Million Fighting Rotting Seaweed as Hotels Slash Rates
Skift Take: Mexico officials will invest in specialized vessels, offshore barriers and monitoring systems to tackle record-levels of sargassum —...
Permira-Backed Engine Buys Options Travel to Build Corporate Booking Tool
Skift Take: Engine is a startup that spent a decade selling hotel rooms to businesses that never hired a travel...
Accor and Treebo Call Off Deal in India: Scoop
Skift Take: Accor's 300-hotel target by 2030 was never going to hinge on Treebo alone, but the exit strips out...