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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift 1 place · 07/24/2026 13:35 EDT

Lounges Could Be Next in Southwest’s Overhaul: ‘There’s Work Underway’

With the possibility of lounges, Southwest is betting that it can capture more premium customers and boost engagement with its loyalty program. Read more

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 05/20/2026 09:55 EDT

From Dara to Ariane: Mapping Expedia’s 9-Year Transformation

Expedia spent years consolidating a sprawling portfolio of consumer brands into a unified platform, and is now becoming a B2B infrastructure company that happens to run consumer brands. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/20/2026 09:00 EDT

Expedia To Acquire CarTrawler in Second B2B Deal of 2026

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin, who ran its B2B unit before becoming CEO two years ago, is giving Parades the freedom and resources to expand the business. Expedia now faces the complexity of integrating two new businesses: Tiqets and CarTrawler. Read more

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RARE India + Skift @ Skift · 05/20/2026 08:30 EDT

What the SAMHI Hotels–RARE India Deal Signals for Experiential Hospitality

RARE India's partnership with SAMHI Hotels is a measured bet on a familiar problem: how to build commercial infrastructure around a product that derives its value from resisting it. The opportunity lies in scaling access while preserving the experience — without standardizing it. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/20/2026 06:44 EDT

Capital A Clears Path to U.S. and Hong Kong Listings With PN17 Exit 

Leaving financial distress behind matters, but Capital A is no longer selling an airline turnaround story, it’s pitching a diversified travel-tech future. Its bigger test is convincing global investors it is more than the airline business it left behind. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/20/2026 06:44 EDT

Capital A Clears Path to U.S. and Hong Kong Listings With Bankruptcy Warning Exit 

Leaving financial distress behind matters, but Capital A is no longer selling an airline turnaround story, it’s pitching a diversified travel-tech future. Its bigger test is convincing global investors it is more than the airline business it left behind. Read more

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 05/20/2026 06:21 EDT

Why Yield Optimization Is the Only Travel AI Story That Matters Right Now

Mia Morisset knows which travel AI bets will hold: yield optimization, corporate travel reinvention, and distribution moats built on data. She is equally clear on where capital is leaking. Both arguments are worth hearing before the market makes them for you. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/19/2026 20:02 EDT

Google Names Hotels as Next Vertical for Agentic Shopping

Google has been building toward agentic hotel booking in plain sight. Now it's said so out loud. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/19/2026 17:31 EDT

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin on What Companies Get Wrong About AI Chatbots

Roamie became a victim of test-and learn. Expedia found that a chatbot that's an end-to end solution isn't practical for now — but it might be in the future. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/19/2026 17:15 EDT

Expedia Pushes Meta, Uber, and Clear Partnerships to Own More of the Trip

Expedia isn't reinventing the OTA. It's stretching the definition — upstream into inspiration, downstream into day-of-travel — so booking becomes one stop in a longer relationship. Read more

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Wil Slickers @ Skift · 05/19/2026 15:11 EDT

Every App Wants Your Booking. Nobody’s Cracked It Yet.

On Monday's ⁠Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast⁠, ⁠Wil Slickers⁠, ⁠Michael Goldin⁠, ⁠Brandreth Canaley⁠, and ⁠Jamie Lane⁠ break down why ⁠Airbnb⁠, ⁠Uber⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠ are all making the same bet at the same time and what it actually means for operators. Plus: travel costs are running double inflation, and most hotel brands have more than one Gen Z problem. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/19/2026 11:08 EDT

MakeMyTrip Takes Steps Toward India IPO

MakeMyTrip wants to list in India but can't say when. The regulatory groundwork has started, the timeline hasn't. Watch this space... slowly. Read more

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Darin Graham @ Skift · 05/19/2026 11:07 EDT

How a Small Hotel Group Is Financing Solar When Federal Tax Credits Are Gone

The rollback of U.S. clean energy tax credits has not stopped every hotel from investing in renewables. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/19/2026 09:23 EDT

‘Skip the Visa’: Indian Companies Respond After Modi’s Call to Stay Home

Telling the middle class to swap Bali for Kashmir sounds noble. But when a Dehradun flight costs as much as a Colombo holiday, patriotism alone won't fix the math. Read more

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 05/19/2026 08:51 EDT

NYC Hotel Housekeepers’ Pay to Hit $61 an Hour

A strike threat timed to the World Cup gave hotel workers maximum leverage. Every hotel union negotiator in other major cities will see this deal the new national labor benchmark. Read more

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 05/19/2026 05:46 EDT

Riyadh Air Opens Bookings for Formal London Launch

After months of false starts, Riyadh Air finally closes the gap between operational readiness and a true commercial launch. Read more

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 05/19/2026 02:35 EDT

What Attendees Say About Skift Global Forum

The travel industry runs on intelligence. The question is where it comes from. For more than a decade, the executives who've been to Skift Global Forum keep coming back. That's a signal. Read more

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Colin Nagy @ Skift · 05/18/2026 15:54 EDT

Cathay Pacific Removed Its First-Class Lounge Cabanas. That Tells You Where Luxury Travel Is Heading

Cathay Pacific is quietly building something harder to copy — a network-wide design operating system that survives different airports and local teams. Read more

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Luke Martin @ Skift · 05/18/2026 12:58 EDT

Accor Renews PSG Soccer Deal; Loyalty Chief on the 3 Tests Every Partner Must Pass

Accor's renewed PSG deal sits inside a loyalty program now built on more than 100 partners. The architecture underneath matters more than the headline. Read more

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