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The Middle East and Africa was the only world region to show an increase in overall hotel pipeline activity in recent months. Plus other news in hotel deals and development from across the globe. -Sean O'Neill
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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A father discovers that the easy, meandering phone calls he'd secretly yearned for with his adult sons have quietly begun happening—but he's terrified that acknowledging this unexpected gift might somehow break the spell. Read more ›
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Ujjwal Jain, CEO of IPO-bound PhonePe’s stockbroking arm Share.Market and its wealth management vertical, has stepped down from his role… Read more ›
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Amazon’s AI-powered shopping feature now creates audio product summaries with interactive hosts, and early examples show how quickly useful summaries can turn into awkward infomercials. Read more ›
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Asobo Studio has provided a development update on Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, suggesting the game is months away from launch. Read more ›
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Twilio's stock surged Thursday as the company's AI strategy pays off. Previously, activist investors demanded cost cuts amid growth challenges. Read more ›
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Including a 'fantastic' OLED TV, and some five-star speakers that are 'crystal clear, fathoms deep and sound at least twice their size'. Read more ›
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Nearly half of job seekers have now been interviewed by an AI - so how do we fight back? Read more ›
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In "The Devil Wears Prada 2," Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly grapples with shifts in workplace culture. Being a toxic boss is clearly no longer in vogue. Read more ›
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This all-in-one indoor-outdoor projector from Anker is compact, affordable, and water-resistant—but not cinema quality. Read more ›
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Ricky and Royce Marnell, 28-year-old fraternal twins from Orlando, Florida, have seldom done anything apart. Together, they competed on the wrestling team throughout their childhood and adolescence. On weekends, they’d venture to the nearby park to play football. When boredom struck, they’d head to the garage for a friendly game of ping pong. When it […] Read more ›
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There was a moment a few weeks ago when something landed on me that I hadn’t wanted to admit. I was at my desk, halfway through a piece I was struggling with, and I’d just opened another tab to read about some new AI tool that does, more or less, what I was sitting there ... Read more Read more ›
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Michael Lazarenko is the co-founder of Embedd a platform that uses AI to convert semiconductor datasheets and documentation into structured, machine-readable models. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Lazarenko discusses why running effective tests is vital, why founders always need to raise more capital than they think and the power of 10-minute naps. What one ... Read more ›
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New Pentagon FY2027 budget documents reveal the Joint Laser Weapon System, a containerized 300kW+ laser weapon designed to intercept cruise missiles as part of the US military’s Golden Dome missile-defense initiative. Read more ›
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University of Queensland researchers have developed indoor solar panels that could one day power your wearables, sensors, and small electronics using nothing but the light already in your home or office. The panels are based on perovskite, a material that has been gaining attention as a successor to traditional silicon in solar cells. While silicon-based […] Read more ›
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Layoffs have hit over a dozen companies in 2026, including Meta, Amazon, and Oracle. AI and economic conditions are reshaping the business landscape. Read more ›
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If travel demand is being shaped by entertainment and filtered through AI, what role do travel brands actually play in influencing decisions? Read more ›
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Wizz Air was burned by its Abu Dhabi experiment. Its CEO suggests that's the cost of pushing boundaries — and he intends to keep pushing. Read more ›
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Dubai built its reputation on staying open no matter what. The Iran war has convinced some of its most iconic hotels that closing — even temporarily — is the smarter move. Read more ›
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Asia’s hotel pipeline is still growing, but an increasing share of that growth is coming from existing properties rather than new builds, as owners tap global brands like Accor for distribution, loyalty, and pricing power. Read more ›
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Emirates uses first class as a brand weapon. En-suite bathrooms would deepen that moat — the economics alone will keep most rivals on the sidelines. Read more ›
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H World's international arm has finally delivered a profitable year after Covid, restructuring costs, and a heavy lease book kept it in the red. Read more ›
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In a region that has been hit hard by the fuel crisis, Air New Zealand CEO Nikhil Ravishankar told Skift that the company is “nervous about what the future holds.” Read more ›
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Google Cloud Next highlighted travel to show that “agentic” AI can collapse trip decisions into a single flow, using the cruise business as the top example. Read more ›
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Boon Sian Chai has watched Trip.com's international business scale across more than 200 countries while keeping its edge hyperlocal. At Skift Asia Forum, he'll make the case for why Asia's travel operators are not catching up to the West — they're running ahead of it. Read more ›
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The long-term story in Asia Pacific isn't ultra-luxury. It's the expanding middle class, moving up the travel ladder and willing to pay for it. Read more ›
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