The roundup this week: Four travel tech startups based in four different continents, all focused on ground transportation. -Justin Dawes Read more ›
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China is set to be the biggest engine driving hotel development in 2023. Macau now has more five-star hotels than London. And more hotel news from worldwide. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›
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Hyatt's forecast for 2023 in one phrase? World boom ahead. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›
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Puerto Rico’s geography helps drive visitor growth more than any tourism campaign. But Its latest campaign still does a good job of promoting the island's culture. -Rashaad Jorden Read more ›
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Are the channel wars coming back? The pandemic brought a wave of direct bookings but our latest survey data suggests that this trend may not last. Plus, we find surprising shifts in booking site usage and share among American travelers. -Seth Borko Read more ›
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Middle-income U.S. consumers haven't let price hikes or declining savings get in the way of booking travel. Wyndham's hotel brands are benefiting. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›
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Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Tripadvisor's AI worries, targeting older travelers, and Intrepid's big animal welfare decision. -Jason Clampet Read more ›
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Hotelbeds is joining some other travel tech companies in looking outside for innovative ideas. It's not on the level of adding a venture capital arm as some major travel companies have done, but it follows a similar idea. -Justin Dawes Read more ›
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Boom or bust, these are early days for generative AI. Tripadvisor could either turn the new tech to its advantage, or if not the company could become the Blockbuster Video of trip planning. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›
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Implementing responsible tourism policies requires constant regulation, something Intrepid knows all too well. The company has just audited its 140-plus wildlife tours to maintain its ethical practice standards. -Selene Brophy Read more ›
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Many consumers are eating up experience-led storylines in travel. That gives an opening to independent hoteliers to compete with the global hotel groups on everything from hiring to word-of-mouth marketing. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›
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The tourism industry still treats amenities catering to seniors as another customer preference, not as a necessity. A lot of tourism businesses likely won't get serious until they see and hear about their failures to serve this lucrative demographic shift. -Dawit Habtemariam Read more ›
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Sabre continues to diversify its business by adding technology products, a good investment as the travel industry slowly but surely changes over the years. -Justin Dawes Read more ›
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Tripadvisor sees its future as providing differentiated trip-planning, in-destination tools and personalized recommendations for travelers. That isn't wholly different from that of its prior regime, and would be tough to achieve. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›
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Choice Hotels sees itself moving upmarket thanks to the addition of Radisson's Country Inn & Suites and other brands. That could help sustain revenue and profits while fending off rivals like Hilton's new Spark brand. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›
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As blended travel comes of age, traditional segmentation is no longer effective. This year will require a major overhaul in e-commerce strategies to ensure the individualized needs and expectations of the blended traveler are addressed in a more relevant way throughout the customer journey. -Rokt Read more ›
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The agency is pretty confident business travel will take off this year, and clearly doesn't want to miss out by not having enough staff to help travelers handle the inevitable disruptions. -Matthew Parsons Read more ›
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With ambitious tourism targets, destinations in the Middle East would do good to pay heed to actor Idris Elba's suggestions to tap the creative sector. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›
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Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Airbnb's first full year of profits, Marriott's stellar quarter, and generative AI's promise for travel. -Jason Clampet Read more ›
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A bankruptcy filing, striking pilots and now this cyber attack, could things get any worse for SAS? -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›
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