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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/22/2026 11:13 EDT

Trump Administration Nearing  Deal to Rescue Spirit Airlines

The Trump administration is nearing a deal to bail out Spirit, which would provide the embattled ultra-low-cost carrier a lifeline after facing the possibility of liquidation. Read more

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Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk @ Skift · 04/22/2026 11:03 EDT

GMH Hotels: Hyatt Goes All In on AI. What This Means for Hotels

On this week’s ⁠Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast⁠: Hotels Edition, ⁠Sarah Dandashy⁠ and ⁠Steve Turk⁠ break down ⁠Hyatt⁠’s rollout of ⁠ChatGPT⁠ Enterprise across the company and what it signals about AI moving from experimentation to real operational impact in hospitality. Read more

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 04/22/2026 10:04 EDT

The Premium Cabin Bet and the Demographic Math Behind It

Every airline on earth is redesigning the front of the plane. The demographic math behind those seats is shifting faster than the capex cycle. Read more

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Bloom Hotels + Skift @ Skift · 04/22/2026 08:30 EDT

Inside the Rise of Bloom, a Tech-Led Hotel Platform in India

Bloom's insistence on profitability before scale runs counter to the growth-at-all-costs orthodoxy that defined the last decade of travel tech investment in India. As it enters a new phase of expansion, the company now faces the challenge of sustaining product and profit while scaling up. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 04/22/2026 07:59 EDT

Pangea Buys an AI ‘Genome’ for Travel Itineraries in Third Acquisition: Exclusive

If chatbots use the same content to recommend the same places to everyone, travel is heading toward a homogenization problem, reckons Pangea. Its hedge: buying a ‘Spotify’ for trip itineraries. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/22/2026 07:27 EDT

Hyatt’s New India Chief Brings an Outsider’s Eye to an Ambitious Growth Story

Hyatt’s unconventional leadership pick points to a bigger shift. Growing in India now takes more than hotel know-how, it requires sharp consumer insight and strong brand discipline. Read more

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Darin Graham @ Skift · 04/22/2026 06:48 EDT

Extreme Heat Is Changing When and Where People Travel: Booking Holdings

Traveler behavior is shifting, but the data suggests it's redistribution, not retreat, with heat and crowds pushing demand into shoulder seasons. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/21/2026 23:31 EDT

Iran War Pushes Chinese Travelers Closer to Home

Security fears have done what even visa hassles and high prices never could, convincing the world's biggest tourism market to just stay closer to home. Read more

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 04/21/2026 18:30 EDT

Steve Case’s Onefinestay Is Shedding Rentals to Chase Luxury Travelers: Exclusive

Onefinestay, a luxury vacation rental brand, will cede management of 200-plus homes to Veeve. The move is part of a tactical shift for a brand that had an urban and less exclusive tilt under its previous owner. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/21/2026 16:57 EDT

NYC Finds 27% of Approved Short-Term Rental Listings Are Now Illegal

Turns out you can probably find some entire-home short-term rental listings in New York City, after all, because hosts take lawfully registered listings and convert them into illegal ones. Airbnb isn't required to take any action to limit the practice — and apparently isn't doing so. Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/21/2026 16:41 EDT

United Airlines Cuts 2026 Profit Outlook Due to Rising Fuel Costs

United is the first U.S. carrier to lower its 2026 outlook as a result of surging fuel prices. Alaska Airlines, which reported first-quarter earnings on Monday, suspended guidance for the year. Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/21/2026 13:41 EDT

Trump Tells Transportation Department to ‘Take a Look’ at Spirit as Bailout Talk Grows

It is unclear if the federal government would actually give Spirit a bailout. Trump signaled earlier that he thinks “maybe” the federal government should help. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 04/21/2026 11:15 EDT

World Cup Travelers Squeezed By More Than Just Ticket Prices

It’s more than just ticket prices that soccer fans will be paying up for at this year’s World Cup. Hotel taxes and transportation costs are just some of the ways organizers and hosts are squeezing money out of spectators. Read more

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Robin Gilbert-Jones @ Skift · 04/21/2026 10:05 EDT

Aviation’s Decarbonization Bet Is Looking Shakier Than Ever

The Middle East fuel crisis has accidentally made the case for SAF better than any policy ever did — and revealed exactly why the industry can't act on it. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/21/2026 09:18 EDT

Fora Travel Is Focused on Growth and a Small Acquisition Helps Build AI Tools

Fora Travel has the luxury of being private and can build its business — seemingly at a decent pace — without getting second-guessed in quarterly earnings calls. Read more

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Wunderkind + Skift @ Skift · 04/21/2026 09:00 EDT

New Guide: The Identity Gap Holding Back Travel Marketing Performance

Despite significant investment in marketing technology, most travel brands still cannot identify the majority of their audience. A new guide from Wunderkind argues that identity resolution is central to performance, helping brands drive more direct bookings and get more from existing channels. Read more

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 04/21/2026 08:18 EDT

Apollo Is the Latest Fund to Bet on European Hostels

It's a hostel takeover. Several leading institutional names have invested in European hostel brands in the past 30 months, essentially underwriting the bunk bed. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/21/2026 06:52 EDT

India Loses Up to 20% of Inbound Tourism as Iran War Cuts Key Air Routes

India’s inbound travel was already fragile, now it’s being stress-tested. With Middle East routes disrupted, getting to India is harder, pricier, and slower, and that’s translating into lost bookings. Read more

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 04/21/2026 01:13 EDT

What Mandarin Oriental Is Seeing in Luxury Travel That Others Are Missing

Luxury hospitality in Asia is shifting from expansion to meaning. Brands that translate culture and data into emotionally resonant experiences will outperform. Others risk becoming interchangeable. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 04/21/2026 01:00 EDT

Intrepid Buys French Tour Operator Altaï — Its Biggest Acquisition Yet: Exclusive

Intrepid’s CEO said the adventure tour operator isn't done with its European expansion plans. Read more

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