The CEO of Air New Zealand has pushed back on suggestions that the airlineâs headline-grabbing premium products are difficult to justify at a time of mounting losses and cost cuts. âThese projects for us, theyâre not vanity projects, theyâre existential,â Nikhil Ravishankar told Skift on the sidelines of the IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio [âŠ] Read more âș
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The World Cup handed host cities a global stage. Marketing videos underscore how host cities are using it to reassure a world that's grown wary of coming to the U.S. Read more âș
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Buying and flipping broken hotels is lumpy and cyclical. Highgate's fees for third-party hotel management are a steady drip that keeps the lights on between the big, risky trades. Read more âș
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Navan is winning large enterprise clients, picking them up when customers reevaluate their vendors in the face of protracted mergers. Read more âș
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India's hotel market doesn't need another global chain pretending to be local. Kerten Hospitality's entire bet is that developers have finally figured that out too. Read more âș
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AI agents can already help travelers dream up trips. Booking them is harder. Travelport is betting that cleaner access to flights, hotels, and extras will keep travel sellers from looking elsewhere. Read more âș
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Aven, the former Sabre hospitality business, is taking direct aim at a core hotel tech problem: how much legacy infrastructure can still support modern direct booking. Its new booking engine shows what a cleaner rebuild could look like. Read more âș
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As one of the largest travel markets continues to shrink due to political tensions, Canadian carriers told Skift that U.S. travel is still producing healthy margins. Read more âș
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Operators are banking spur-of-the-moment travel from soccer fans who want to see their favorite teams play in the World Cup. Data suggests there are reasons to be optimistic, but itâs still not clear how big of a surge last-minute bookings will bring. Read more âș
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Two months of gains is progress â but Canadian trips to the U.S. are still down nearly 29% from two years ago. Read more âș
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Hyattâs reading of the fitness zeitgeist with its alignment with Hyrox is spot-on. Itâs only a matter of time until competitors take notice of the surging sport. Read more âș
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Accor's AI strategy spans discovery, distribution, loyalty, and operations, but its boldest bet is the one focused on people. The company believes automating the invisible half of hotel work is what will let the visible half feel more human. Read more âș
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The Iran war hasnât destroyed Middle East travel demand â it has reshuffled it. Egypt is picking up what the Gulf is losing. Read more âș
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Ordering more widebodies would allow American to invest in more international growth â a key market that has fueled the profits of chief rivals Delta and United. Read more âș
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Airlines across the world have been cutting capacity and raising airfares to keep up with higher fuel costs. But even as travel is becoming more expensive, consumers still want to spend. Read more âș
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Transportation is the main problem. Progress in emission reductions at the World Cup would come from concentrating future tournaments in single countries. Read more âș
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Vrbo and Expedia are seizing an obvious opportunity in vacation rental sponsored listings. Airbnb will get there eventually too. Read more âș
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Each Gulf hub airport converts sovereign wealth into a different theory of national relevance. Saudi Arabia is about to test whether aviation can convert something heavier â national ambition itself â into a destination economy. Read more âș
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On this week's â Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcastâ : Hotels Edition, â Sarah Dandashyâ and â Steve Turkâ break down why hotel AI is stuck on the wrong side of the ledger and what it will take to flip it. Read more âș
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Travel leaders don't need more staid panels. They need to leave an event knowing what to do next. Every session at Skift Global Forum 2026 ends with a call you can take back to your team. Read more âș
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IHGâs Middle East hotels are filling up with GCC and Indian travelers, but the European market hasnât come back. Read more âș
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