Officials in the organizing committe â and three host countries â have several key issues to resolve before the first ball is kicked. Read more âș
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Travel companies are increasingly using AI to facilitate travelersâ booking experiences, but overuse could end up over-standardizing brands and, crucially, eroding human connection. Read more âș
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Rising temperatures, flooding, and biodiversity loss are not just environmental issues, but could reshape where tourists travel, and when, proving a direct threat to destinations. Read more âș
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Operators brace for a short-term slowdown in tourism and F&B revenue amid blanket cancellations and airspace closures. Read more âș
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In the face of the LLM and agentic threat, Booking Holdings, already the largest travel company on the planet, thinks it can repeatedly grow its top line 8% annually over the "medium term" and earnings per share 15% over the same timespan. And its top line growth forecast for 2026 is even higher. Read more âș
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Expedia has been downsizing its workforce over the last year, and plowing some of the savings into machine learning and AI. It's a playbook that's taking place across industries. Read more âș
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Airlines used to control baggage tracking. Now passengers do. SITA is wiring that shift directly into the industryâs recovery system. Read more âș
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The bad news is that global uncertainty will dent hotel demand. The good news is that Hyatt can reroute guests to properties elsewhere. Read more âș
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Travelers say they aren't ready to let AI book a trip. The industry is spending billions anyway â and no one has answered the most basic question: who pays when AI agents get it wrong? Read more âș
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Canada is in the middle of a quiet travel revolution, and most destinations are treating it like a rounding error. That is getting very expensive, very fast. Read more âș
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As the situation in Iran and the Middle East remains uncertain, Indian airlines have taken on the responsibility for returning stranded passengers. Read more âș
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Can a destination turn a few seconds of interest into a concrete travel plan? Fijiâs AI Travel Planner is an early attempt to answer just that. Read more âș
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Travelâs next growth cycle runs on data infrastructure, applied AI, and commercial precision. The executives building that future are taking the stage at Skift Data + AI Summit. Read more âș
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By folding Adara into Sojern, RateGain is putting both travel-planning data and its ad platform under one roof. The result: a unified company capable of linking booking data directly to the ads that drive them. Read more âș
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Sabre says it has rebuilt its technology and wants to be seen as an AI company. But the market will need to see more evidence that customers are signing on. Read more âș
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Aven is embedding MCP into the core system for thousands of hotels. Itâs an early signal of how the newly independent company plans to position its infrastructure for AI-driven discovery. Read more âș
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In todayâs lodging industry, any operating function that takes attention away from optimizing the customer experience can become a competitive disadvantage. A new report highlights why lodging tax compliance should be a top priority. Read more âș
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The probe puts hotel benchmarking and revenue data tools back under the regulatory spotlight, testing where market intelligence ends and improper coordination begins. Read more âș
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The moment an AI agent handles the complexity of travel, the intermediation layer will have to answer why it exists â or at least why it commands the margin it does. Read more âș
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India's immediate west is now engulfed in an international armed conflict. Even as operations have partially resumed, a prolonged escalation will not only threaten India's connectivity, but will also have a sharp effect on its growing aviation sector. Read more âș
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