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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/07/2026 19:49 EDT

Expedia’s B2B Engine Speeds Up as AI Moves Intensify

Expedia’s B2B engine is proving the partner model works. The catch: It is still the smaller business, and AI is not yet big enough to change that. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/07/2026 18:34 EDT

Brian Chesky Says Airbnb Won’t Mix Homes and Hotels — That’s ‘Pre-AI’ Design

Airbnb's Chesky is nothing if not ambitious. Given that people's preferences can change at any moment, the ability to serve customers with only a hotel or home, depending what they need in that instant, seems a long way off, even with agentic AI. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/07/2026 17:08 EDT

Sabre Claims Amadeus Blocks Competition in Airline Technology

Sabre didn't just report a strong quarter — it used that to publicly pick the biggest fight in airline technology. Read more ›

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Luke Martin @ Skift · 05/07/2026 12:24 EDT

IHG Reports Strong U.S. Demand, a Middle East Hit, and a Bet on AI Content Over Scale

IHG is changing how guests search on its own channels. The bigger question is whether its content infrastructure will make it show up when they search everywhere else. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/07/2026 11:55 EDT

Trivago Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google, Alleges Ongoing Harm

Trivago has lobbied against these Google practices for years. Now it's taking the conflict to a German court. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/07/2026 11:48 EDT

Tripadvisor Has Made ‘Good Progress’ on Selling TheFork, Explores LLM Data Deals

Tripadvisor had a tough first quarter, adversely impacted by cancellations in Mexico, Hawaii, and elsewhere because of the Middle East conflict. Its quest for strategic alternatives has been a multiyear slog. Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/07/2026 02:17 EDT

AirAsia Orders 150 Airbus A220s in Record $19 Billion Deal

AirAsia did more for the A220 program in one evening than what the aircraft manufacturer may have managed in years. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/06/2026 20:45 EDT

The Weather Company’s New Ad Play Aims to Sell Experiences and Hotel Bookings

Weather.com as a first, not last stop in trip planning? Travel content platform Steller and The Weather Company aim to prove that social videos and weather forecasts can reshape the way people find and book itineraries. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 05/06/2026 16:13 EDT

D.C. Tourism Flatlines as Foreign Visitors Fall and Hotel Tax Funds Get Redirected

Washington, D.C.'s 2025 visitor count barely crept past 2024's level, exposing a flat market, driven by fewer foreign tourists. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 05/06/2026 15:42 EDT

U.S. Airlines Are Spending Over $5 Billion in Fuel, Up More Than 50% Since the Iran War Started

In just the span of two months fuel costs are up more than double since the start of the Iran war, according to new data from the Department of Transportation. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/06/2026 14:10 EDT

Kayak Founders Team Up for  Booking Holdings AI Startup: Scoop

In addition to other Booking Holdings' brands, Lola's partners in this pre-launch phase include Expedia, Uber, and Seat Geek. Users would presumably be able to use conversational AI to get "insider access" and discounted rates from Booking brands and partners. Read more ›

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Luke Martin @ Skift · 05/06/2026 13:43 EDT

Marriott Says U.S. Hotel Demand Is Spreading Beyond Luxury

The U.S. is holding up for the company better than the mood music suggests, but the Middle East is a deepening drag that goes beyond the region. Read more ›

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 05/06/2026 12:32 EDT

Disney’s U.S. Park Spending Up Despite Drop in Visitors

In his first earnings call as CEO, Josh D’Amaro laid out a vision for Disney theme parks that leans more heavily on emerging technologies like AI. Read more ›

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 05/06/2026 10:55 EDT

The Great AI Upskilling of the Travel Workforce

The great AI upskilling of the travel workforce has begun, but even among the industry’s largest companies, the gap between who is preparing their employees for AI and who is just cutting with it is widening fast.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/06/2026 09:07 EDT

Charge Foreigners More: Japan to Expand Two-Tiered Pricing at Tourist Sites 

Japan is moving slowly but surely toward two-tier pricing, as the Himeji Castle model has shown that what was once a politically fraught idea can now be measured in revenue. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/06/2026 09:00 EDT

Mindtrip Launches Sabre’s Agentic Flight Booking With In-Chat Checkout

Sabre has spent a year selling agentic AI as its comeback story. Mindtrip Flights is the first product that has to prove it.  Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 05/06/2026 06:00 EDT

A 12% Stake and a Looming Board Meeting: What Does Accor’s Activist Investor Want?

The activist fund Parvus has become Accor's largest shareholder without telling anyone why. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 05/05/2026 14:32 EDT

Frontier Says It’s Poised to Gain From Spirit’s Collapse 

Frontier is looking to absorb some of Spirit’s demand and expand in markets like Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Detroit — all of which are former Spirit strongholds. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/05/2026 14:31 EDT

Airbnb Expands Delta Partnership to Boost Experiences and Services

Airbnb is pushing whatever buttons it can to jumpstart Experiences and Services, which got off to sluggish starts. Read more ›

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