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Skift @ Skift · 05/30/2023 13:59 EDT

Ambiente Sedona Brings Landscape Hotel Design Trend to U.S.

Place what are essentially glass boxes amid breathtaking scenery. That's the "landscape design" trend in hotels. A great case in point is the new luxury hotel Ambiente Sedona. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 05/30/2023 12:28 EDT

Chinese Hotel Firm Rakes in Six-Fold Return as It Sells Minor Stake in Oyo

Not a bad payday, considering the partial exit yields a substantial six-fold return for H World Group. However, the heightened scrutiny on startup valuations has kept a lid on gains for Oyo. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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Skift Research @ Skift · 05/30/2023 10:30 EDT

Hopper’s Disruption of the Legacy Travel Industry: New Skift Research

Hopper is the new kid on the block. Except it's not. Founded in 2007, it spent a decade building a huge database of flight information before selling its first flight booking in 2016. The time it spent on its cutting edge price prediction capabilities have paid dividends, leading to the launch of a suite of fintech products which have been fundamental in Hopper's disruption of the legacy OTAs. -Pranavi Agarwal Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 05/30/2023 06:00 EDT

AirAsia X’s Post-Pandemic Strategy Focuses on Cost Containment and Fleet Expansion

While AirAsia X is looking closely to contain costs, the airline's greatest learning from Covid has been to maintain a cash buffer for financial resilience and long-term sustainability, providing a safety net to weather uncertainties. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 05/30/2023 05:58 EDT

Arlo Hotels Decides Bigger Is Better Than Small

Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at Arlo's shift to bigger rooms sizes, Montana tourism TikTok, and hotels' cultural managers. -Rashaad Jorden Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 05/30/2023 02:00 EDT

Blueground Buys a Rival Housing Platform to Help Launch a Partner Network

Blueground's second acquisition this year is part of its strategy to build a global accommodation network, listing third-party inventory. -Srividya Kalyanaraman Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 05/30/2023 01:30 EDT

Hotel Cultural Managers Add Diversity and Community Engagement

Some hotels are hiring "culture managers" to broaden their community programming. It's a promising move, given the rising numbers of guests seeking local discovery and cultural tourism. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 05/29/2023 23:00 EDT

India Daily: Cleartrip Rebuilds Booking Tool for Travel Agents

As new distribution capabilities and alternative strategies emerge, travel agents' traditional reliance on global distribution systems for selling tickets is changing. -Amrita Ghosh Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 2 place · 05/29/2023 15:14 EDT

Travel Die Hards: Agents Continue to Adapt to Disruption

Managing complexity and adding a human touch has always been the strength of travel agents. They'll need to embrace that as they face the latest travel tech disruptions. -Selene Brophy Read more ›

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Jyoti Narayan, Reuters @ Skift 1 place · 05/29/2023 12:28 EDT

Boeing Eyes Sale of 150 737 Max Jets to Riyadh Air

As Riyadh Air ramps up with plenty of cash, Boeing and Airbus will compete for the spoils. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›

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Varsha Arora, Skift Research @ Skift 3 place · 05/29/2023 07:53 EDT

Diminished Prospects: Business Travel Spending Unlikely to Reach Pre-2019 Levels

Business travel spending faces an uphill battle: Stringent corporate policies and a growing preference for video conferencing diminish prospects for reaching 2019 levels. -Varsha Arora Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia and Amrita Ghosh, Skift @ Skift 2 place · 05/28/2023 23:00 EDT

India Daily: Post-Covid Outbound Leisure Bookings Hit Record High, Demand Still Below 2019 Levels

European destinations have predictably missed out on being included in the list of preferred outbound travel choices from India for the summer. Retrograde visa policies have effectively ensured that these destinations lag behind in the competition to attract Indian travelers. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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Reuters @ Skift · 05/28/2023 14:20 EDT

China Claims a Commercial Flight of a Home-Grown Plane Signals Beginning of the End of Aviation Duopoly

China has a large domestic market for the C919. But Comac would have to get Europe and the U.S. to certify the aircraft if it really hopes to begin to challenge Boeing and Airbus. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 3 place · 05/28/2023 09:56 EDT

Online Travel CEO Pay: Ranking the Top Earners

This week Skift editors broke down online travel CEO pay, the likely end to the JetBlue/American Air alliance, and whispers of a Choice and Wyndham combination. -Jason Clampet Read more ›

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Reuters @ Skift · 05/28/2023 08:30 EDT

Thailand Saw 1 Million Chinese Visitors From January to Mid-May

China's reopening has a huge boon for tourism throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region, and destinations like Thailand are getting a major economic boost from Beijing finally easing its enormously strict travel restrictions. -Rashaad Jorden Read more ›

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Reuters @ Skift · 05/27/2023 18:25 EDT

Iraq Launches $17 Billion Transport Project To Bring Tourists and Goods to Turkey

Iraq is trying to create a Suez Canal alternative for the transport of goods, but if the project ever comes to fruition, then tourists may benefit, as well. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›

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Sachin Ravikumar and Kanjyik Ghosh, Reuters @ Skift · 05/27/2023 18:00 EDT

UK Airport E-Gates Working Again After Outage Caused Major Disruption

Heathrow and Gatwick — as well as arriving passengers — really didn't need this. No word yet on the cause of the outage. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›

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Allison Lampert, Reuters @ Skift 3 place · 05/27/2023 01:51 EDT

WestJet Has a New Deal to Raise Pilot Pay

Expect more pilots and their unions to push for similar bumps over the next year. -Jason Clampet Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 1 place · 05/26/2023 11:32 EDT

Montana Tourism Boards Still Active on TikTok While Legal Challenges Play Out

If Montana's state-wide ban goes into effect, legislators in other states may replicate it. Tourism boards will have ditch to TikTok, which will reduce the platform's influence in destination marketing in the U.S. -Dawit Habtemariam Read more ›

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David Shepardson, Reuters @ Skift 3 place · 05/26/2023 09:10 EDT

TSA Screened Highest Number of Airline Passengers Since 2019

This is a lot different than Memorial Day 2020. Remember? -Dennis Schaal Read more ›

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