Skift Take: Hotelbeds became the dominant independent bed bank through scale. Its results now show that scale alone no longer...
Cheval Is Riding Out Dubai’s Demand Slump On Long-Stay Guests
Skift Take: Cheval is betting Dubai’s domestic demand can carry it to recovery. S&P doesn’t see that recovery until 2027.Read...
Motel 6’s Power: What Prism’s Annual Report Reveals Ahead of Its IPO
Skift Take: Prism has arguably built a much more sophisticated company than the Oyo of its first IPO attempt. An...
A WNBA night at the Chase Center: taking my teen to see the Dallas Wings
When I surprised Savannah with tickets to see the Dallas Wings play in San Francisco, she screamed, dropped to 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Best eSIM for Italy
Yes, you need an eSIM for Italy — even though Italy is one of the more digitally advanced countries in...