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Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk @ Skift · 05/13/2026 10:40 EDT

GMH Hotels: Is Hospitality More Fragile Than It Looks?

On this week’s ⁠Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast⁠: Hotels Edition, ⁠Sarah Dandashy⁠ and ⁠Steve Turk⁠ break down a growing debate across the hotel industry: are brands mistaking temporary strength for long-term stability? From luxury demand and premium travel to pricing power and loyalty, the industry may be more vulnerable than executives want to admit. Read more

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Brian Quinn @ Skift · 05/13/2026 09:44 EDT

At Skift Global Forum, the Room Is the Advantage

Skift Global Forum is built for senior travel leaders making decisions in a market that no longer rewards passive observation. The agenda sets the frame. The room tests the assumptions. The value comes from hearing what leaders are willing to say before the market has settled on a consensus. Read more

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Sean O'Neill and Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/13/2026 09:30 EDT

Hotel Equities CEO: Here’s Which Technologies Can Actually Lift Owner Margins

Hotel owners see operating-cost inflation grinding margins. One third-party manager is publicly betting that AI and other technologies are the most promising route back to profitability. Read more

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Luke Martin @ Skift · 05/13/2026 07:18 EDT

Strawberry Has No Global Ambitions and a Record Year. Here’s What It Does Differently.

Strawberry is doubling down on the Nordics with a co-owned loyalty currency and two new brands. A record 2025 suggests it's working. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/13/2026 06:44 EDT

Air India Scales Back International Flights: What’s Cancelled, What’s Reduced

Now, before we start linking this to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to avoid foreign travel, it’s worth remembering that Air India had been warning about rising fuel costs and airspace disruptions for weeks before that call was made. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/13/2026 03:02 EDT

Ixigo’s CEO Says He Rebuilt His App From Scratch to Fight ChatGPT

Ixigo’s latest move comes as travel apps face pressure to do more than list fares, rooms and routes. They now have to help users make decisions faster and with less friction, without sending them elsewhere for answers. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/12/2026 17:25 EDT

Priceline’s New CEO on Reinventing the Value Pitch and Competing in a Crowded OTA Market: Exclusive

Can a 29-year-old brand with limited resources remake its advertising and products to effectively reach younger generations? Priceline's new CEO is making bets that it can. Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 05/12/2026 13:55 EDT

United Is the Last Big 4 Airline to Settle With Flight Attendants. Here’s What It Cost.

After years of thorny negotiations, United flight attendants ratified a new five-year contract that will give them significant raises and boarding pay. And even with high fuel costs, airlines don’t expect those record contracts to change. Read more

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 05/12/2026 13:04 EDT

Booking Holdings Is Running Ahead of Its Own Strategy

The merchant model is the most important thing happening at Booking Holdings. It is also the thing that lets it avoid proving whether Connected Trip actually works. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/12/2026 10:06 EDT

Modi Just Told India’s Middle Class to Stay Home: Who’s at Risk and the Winners in Domestic Travel

In one corner stands India’s most influential political leader appealing for no foreign travel. In the other, a middle class obsessed with global holidays, luxury getaways, and Instagram-worthy weddings abroad. The industry is caught in the middle. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/12/2026 09:00 EDT

TikTok Turns Travel Videos Into Bookable Stays and Experiences

TikTok is moving from trip inspiration into bookings, turning videos for hotels and experiences into bookable inventory inside the app. Read more

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 05/12/2026 05:39 EDT

Lufthansa Tightens Grip on ITA Airways With Majority Stake Swoop

What was sold as a minority investment has become outright control in record time. Expect Lufthansa to bring the same German gusto to the looming battle for TAP Air Portugal. Read more

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Rashaad Jorden and Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 05/11/2026 18:12 EDT

U.S. Inbound Tourism Drops 14% in April, Erasing Two Months of Gains

A travel trade group says it’ll take years before international travel to the U.S. to return to pre-pandemic rates. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/11/2026 17:55 EDT

OpenAI Builds AI Deployment Biz Around Team Behind Virgin Atlantic Concierge

OpenAI’s new $4 billion deployment company gives travel brands a clearer path to adopting AI at scale — and starts with the team behind Virgin Atlantic’s AI concierge. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/11/2026 16:48 EDT

Expedia Promotes B2B Chief to Lead Global Supply as Partner Business Takeover Accelerates

In her seven years heading Expedia B2B before becoming CEO in 2024, you can imagine Ariane Gorin feeling that the unit had so much unrealized potential. While Booking Holdings might be the much larger business, Gorin is trying to show that Expedia B2B is the secret sauce. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 05/11/2026 15:53 EDT

The K-Shaped World Cup and the Rising Cost of Live Tourism

Live-event organizers have learned high earners will pay almost anything for "the experience." FIFA is the latest to cash in. Read more

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Rashaad Jorden @ Skift · 05/11/2026 14:13 EDT

Where Canadians Are Traveling: U.S. Breaks Losing Streak, Europe and Caribbean Make Big Gains

Canadians ticked back across the border in April, but they're still booking almost everywhere but the U.S. Read more

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