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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/16/2026 06:12 EDT

Akasa Heads to Hanoi as Iran War Freezes Gulf Expansion Plans

Akasa built five of six international routes into the Middle East. With the Gulf in conflict, Southeast Asia has now become the Indian carrier’s viable growth corridor. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 04/15/2026 19:43 EDT

SiteMinder Wants Hotels to Show Up When AI Does the Booking

AI is shaking up modern hotel distribution at the infrastructure level — and one of the latest signs comes from SiteMinder, which is now linking it to live data from its vast hotel inventory. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/15/2026 19:34 EDT

Spirit Could Liquidate This Week as Trustee Seeks to Delay Bankruptcy Exit

Other airlines — including United and JetBlue — could benefit in markets like Fort Lauderdale. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/15/2026 18:14 EDT

No Merger Talk for Delta: ‘We’re Successful on Our Own’

Amid wide speculation that United may want to do a mega-merger with American, Delta says it sees more consolidation happening among struggling carriers. Read more ›

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 04/15/2026 17:43 EDT

Asia-Pacific Outpaced North America on Tourism Growth in 2025 — By a Lot

Asia attracted international travelers in 2025 with relaxed entry rules and hefty marketing budgets. The U.S. took a different approach. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 04/15/2026 15:10 EDT

Navan’s Post-IPO Reality: CEO Defends Strategy — Exclusive

Navan, an AI-first travel management company, is growing fast and spending faster. Some investors want to know when the math starts working. Read more ›

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Luke Martin @ Skift · 04/15/2026 12:19 EDT

Minor Hotels CEO: ‘We’re Not Going to Be Like Marriott’

Minor Hotels has spent a year making moves that individually make sense. Whether they add up to a coherent global strategy is what the next stage will reveal. Read more ›

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 04/15/2026 11:20 EDT

The $495 Nap: Bunk Beds Are Coming to Economy Class This Fall

Sleep is the hottest new ancillary product in the economy cabin. Air New Zealand is first to market – but expect the entire industry to be watching closely. Read more ›

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 04/15/2026 10:55 EDT

The Hidden Constraint Holding Back AI in Travel, According to Mews Founder Richard Valtr

Most AI strategies in hospitality break long before deployment. The issue sits upstream in data structure and operating design. Richard Valtr cuts through the noise and points to what actually determines results. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/15/2026 10:31 EDT

Expedia CEO: Travelers Want Trust, Not LLM Uncertainty

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin is looking to work her company's advantages. If travelers have hesitancies about AI, then maybe Expedia can find an edge. Read more ›

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Bulbul Dhawan @ Skift · 04/15/2026 08:15 EDT

India to Add 70,000 Hotel Rooms by 2030 in Hospitality Surge

India has a wide demand-supply gap in the hospitality industry. As investors increase their focus on the sector, companies are leveraging the capital to drive quick expansion. Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/15/2026 07:25 EDT

Sri Lanka Partners With Alipay+ to Tap Into Asia’s Booming Travel Market

As intra-Asia travel picks up, destinations are waking up to the fact that payments are now core travel infrastructure. Sri Lanka’s bet is simple, if Asian travelers live inside super apps and e-wallets, that’s where tourism growth needs to happen too. Read more ›

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Deepthi Nair @ Skift · 04/15/2026 07:09 EDT

Saudi Arabia’s Hotel Boom Has a Catch: Rates Are Falling Fast

Saudi Arabia is building its tourism industry at remarkable speed, but room rates are falling, according to new statistics. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 04/14/2026 14:52 EDT

Hilton CEO Argues the Bull Case Despite Iran War and Weak World Cup Signals

Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta is making the strongest bull case in the hotel sector right now, and early U.S. industry data backs him up. But the Middle East and the World Cup remain open questions. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/14/2026 13:37 EDT

JetBlue Rumors? Now American? What a United Mega-Merger Would Mean

A United-American tie-up would be the most significant airline merger in a decade and further tighten the grip of legacy carriers. But approval by regulators seems like a long shot. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/14/2026 13:13 EDT

Booking CEO Glenn Fogel Took Pay Cut in 2025 After 2 Big Years

Even with the cut in total compensation, as well as in "compensation actually paid," we expect Fogel to be in the upper ranks of travel industry CEO compensation when the remaining companies report 2025 pay. Read more ›

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 04/14/2026 11:36 EDT

The Five Layers of the AI Travel Stack, and the Fight Over Which One Matters

The AI strategy divergence among OTAs is no longer theoretical, with the approaches being which layer of the AI stack each one believes is worth owning. Read more ›

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Darin Graham @ Skift · 04/14/2026 11:00 EDT

Delta Walks Back Climate Targets

Delta's language shift, from "goal" to "aspiration," may sound like semantics, but it signals a broader retreat from hard climate commitments at a moment when the airline industry's 2050 net-zero pledge is already under strain. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 04/14/2026 10:58 EDT

Expedia: Only 8% Trust AI to Book Travel

Expedia’s new report says travelers don’t trust AI to book, keeping transactions with travel brands. At the same time, the OTA is expanding across AI platforms wherever trip decisions get made.   Read more ›

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MSC Cruises + Skift @ Skift · 04/14/2026 09:00 EDT

MSC Group Expands Private Island Portfolio to Capture Luxury Demand

As guest demand for curated, turnkey experiences increases, private islands are taking on a larger role in how cruise lines design itineraries. MSC Group’s Cruise Division is expanding its footprint in the Bahamas with Ocean Cay and Sandy Cay, extending its onboard experience into the destination. Read more ›

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