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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/26/2026 02:14 EDT

Fiji’s Tourism Needs Asia. Why Its CEO Picked China’s Trip.com as a Partner

Fiji earns most of its tourism money from Australia and New Zealand. The Trip.com deal is Fiji's bet on Asia as a backup plan, before someone else claims that space. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/25/2026 07:40 EDT

Yatra’s Next Growth Bet: Digitizing India’s Corporate Travel Market

Yatra Online reported what Chairman Dhruv Shringi called the “most profitable year in the company’s 20-year history,” even as India-Pakistan conflict, the Air India crash and travel disruptions across parts of the Middle East disrupted parts of its business during the fourth quarter. The impact was concentrated primarily in international corporate group travel and meetings, […] Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 05/25/2026 06:51 EDT

Airlines Expect Another Record Summer Despite High Fuel Prices

U.S. travelers are still flying in droves for the summer, but there are some early indications that spending could be slowing down. Read more

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Rafat Ali @ Skift 3 place · 05/24/2026 10:15 EDT

India Is Where the Voice-First Travel App Gets Built

India has the literacy gaps, the linguistic diversity, the voice-first consumer behavior, and now the sovereign AI stack to build voice-first travel. No other large travel market combines all of them at this scale. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift 1 place · 05/22/2026 15:41 EDT

U.S. Plans to Scale Back on Collecting All Travelers’ Social Media

The CBP's new social media rules weren't in effect yet, but the proposal made international travelers reconsider the U.S. as a welcoming destination. Read more

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Rashaad Jorden @ Skift 2 place · 05/22/2026 14:44 EDT

Spain’s Top Court Voids National Short-Term Rental Registry

The ruling is a win for Airbnb, but Spain's war on short-term rentals is far from over. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift 3 place · 05/22/2026 14:06 EDT

B2A? AI Agents Are Travel’s New Audience — And They Don’t Care About Brands

Brand recognition, a cognitive shortcut for human buying decisions, means nothing to AI agents that can reason through every option every time. That's shifting travel's entire marketing apparatus. Read more

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Sarah Kopit @ Skift · 05/22/2026 12:41 EDT

Airbnb Is Recruiting Creators to Build Out Its Experiences Business

Content creators solve a problem Airbnb has been chasing for years — getting locals to book experiences in their own cities. Read more

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Deepthi Nair @ Skift · 05/22/2026 10:30 EDT

Dubai’s $400M in Tourism Aid Buys Time. Operators See Empty Rooms.

With occupancy at 10% and summer ahead, fee exemptions may matter less than empty rooms. Read more

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 05/22/2026 09:17 EDT

Skift Data + AI Summit: Five Tensions in the Room

The conversations happening at the Skift Data + AI Summit go beyond adoption. They will address what happens when ambition meets reality, when speed collides with trust, and when the channels you’ve built your business on start to shift beneath you. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/22/2026 09:03 EDT

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin: The B2B-B2C ‘Flywheel’ and AI’s Impact on How We Build

Gorin thinks Expedia's consumer businesses are vital cogs in the machine. But can she jumpstart their growth? Read more

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Seth Borko and Sarah Kopit @ Skift · 05/22/2026 06:33 EDT

Airbnb Is Becoming a Real OTA

Airbnb's summer release made one thing unmistakable: the company is no longer content selling just stays and quirky local experiences, and its expansion into rental cars, grocery delivery, mainstream landmark tours, and a bigger hotels push puts it on a direct collision course with Read more

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Sarah Dandashy @ Skift · 05/22/2026 05:36 EDT

Gulf Travelers Are Searching but Not Booking, and Brand USA Wants Canadians Back

On today's Skift Daily Briefing, ⁠Sarah Dandashy⁠ breaks down why the Gulf's search-to-booking gap signals a demand delay rather than a demand collapse, how Brand USA is rebuilding its Canadian strategy from scratch on a dramatically reduced budget, and why Expedia's new MCP server is the unglamorous infrastructure play that could quietly reshape how AI books travel. Read more

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 05/22/2026 05:03 EDT

Earning Its Stripes: Condor CEO on Life After Lufthansa

Condor’s stripey planes grab the attention, but CEO Peter Gerber’s bigger challenge is turning a decades-long leisure specialist into a credible network competitor to Lufthansa. Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 05/21/2026 16:53 EDT

Air India’s Outgoing CEO: ‘The Person That Takes Over Will Have Their Hands Full’

A slew of geopolitical issues and intensified regulatory scrutiny following a deadly crash have derailed Air India’s plans for transformation. Wilson said the turnaround will “take some more time.” Read more

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Sarah Kopit @ Skift · 05/21/2026 14:50 EDT

Brian Chesky on Boutique Hotels vs. Chains, Taking on Expedia and Booking, and Where Airbnb Has Stumbled

Chesky is moving fast on services, creators, and boutique hotels, and is also willing to say out loud where Airbnb has been "asleep at the wheel." Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/21/2026 11:53 EDT

Expedia to Launch Agentic AI Tools for B2B Partners

Expedia hasn’t said much publicly about when its B2B MCP server will arrive. Now an executive says it’s expected in months — a key step toward letting partners’ AI agents connect directly to Expedia’s travel inventory. Read more

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Luke Martin and Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 05/21/2026 11:08 EDT

Choice Hotels’ Interim CEO: What We Know About Dominic Dragisich

Dominic Dragisich knows Choice Hotels’ numbers, brands, and growth strategy as well as anyone. The question is whether knowing the playbook is the same as writing a new one. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 05/21/2026 08:56 EDT

Brand USA Plans New Campaign To Win Back Canadian Travelers

Canadian visitation to the U.S. took a nosedive in 2025, but Brand USA sees plenty of opportunity to convince “movable” Canadian travelers to book their next trip. Read more

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