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Dennis Schaal @ Skift 1 place · 05/09/2026 15:29 EDT

Expedia Spent $279 Million on Acquisitions in Q1, Airbnb Gained $70 Million on Tiqets Deal: Scoop

Expedia acquired Tiquets, not Airbnb, but Airbnb seems to have made a solid return on Tiqets when it cashed out. Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 07/11/2022 02:00 EDT

Amadeus to Use Marriott and IHG Deals as Hotel Tech Springboard

Say what you will about Amadeus, it undeniably dreams big, audacious dreams. At a time when many institutions pursue small solutions for trivial problems, the travel tech titan has big hopes for reshaping how hotels operate and sell their themselves online. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›

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Wouter Geerts, Skift @ Skift 1 place · 07/09/2022 13:50 EDT

Big and Small Operators in Hotels vs. Short-Term Rentals in One Chart

The power of the long tail. See it for yourself in this single chart from Skift Research. -Tom Lowry Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 2 place · 07/09/2022 10:00 EDT

Margaritaville’s Hotel Empire and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Margaritaville's CEO explains how Jimmy Buffett's brand became a force in the hotel industry, Akasa Air's CEO discusses its launch strategy, and workers dislike how much business travel they are asked to do. -Sonia Menken Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 1 place · 07/07/2022 09:00 EDT

Skift Global Forum 2022: Lessons From 10 Years of Sweating the Details

When it comes to putting on a great event, *everything* matters to make it so. -Brian Quinn Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 2 place · 07/07/2022 06:30 EDT

The Price Hong Kong Still Pays for Insisting on Strict Covid Measures

At a time when most destinations around the world are opening to unvaccinated travelers, Hong Kong is still pussyfooting around shortening the seven-day hotel quarantine period. Think it's time to live with pandemic? Try telling that to Hong Kong. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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Tim Mullaney, Skift @ Skift 2 place · 07/07/2022 02:30 EDT

The Highest Paid Cruise Industry CEOs

Everybody in the cruise business suffered during Covid except CEOs, it seemed. As passengers canceled or got sick, and workers got laid off, executive compensation topped 1,000 times the median worker's pay. Including tips. -Tim Mullaney Read more ›

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Harriet Akinyi, Skift @ Skift 3 place · 07/07/2022 01:00 EDT

Relocation of Tanzania’s Masaai From Ancestral Lands Shows Elitist Tourism Still Thriving

In an era when it's more important than ever to respect local communities, Tanzania's decisions with the Masaai appear beyond clueless. -Harriet Akinyi Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 07/06/2022 15:30 EDT

What Biden’s Transit Expert Pick Will Bring to the FAA’s Top Job

Managerial skills may be what President Biden is going for with his nomination of transit executive Phil Washington to lead the FAA. After this summer of flying mayhem, managerial skills may be what's needed most now. -Edward Russell Read more ›

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Skift Research @ Skift · 07/06/2022 10:30 EDT

Hospitality Tech Left Out of Lodging Convergence: New Skift Research

Lines between hotels, short-term rentals and other accommodation types are blurring, but we see little merging in the business-to-business tech spaces that support these sectors. This will change, but there are some major barriers to overcome first. -Wouter Geerts Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 3 place · 07/06/2022 10:15 EDT

Expedia and Marriott Claim Progress on Proliferation of Rogue Hotel Rates

Rogue wholesale rates on metasearch sites are the gifts that keep on giving — for travelers and the metasearch sites. Expedia and Marriott seem to be making some progress on the issue. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 07/06/2022 06:27 EDT

Hotels Expand Their Wellness Products

Good morning from Skift. It's Wednesday, July 6 in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today. -Jason Clampet Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 3 place · 07/06/2022 02:30 EDT

The Women Who Shaped Short-Term Rental History

The men got most of the headlines and speaking invitations, but women entrepreneurs helped shape the short-term rental industry from its earliest days. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›

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Jay Shabat, Skift @ Skift · 07/06/2022 02:00 EDT

SAS Joins List of Airline Failures and Bankruptcies Since Pandemic’s Start

The list of pandemic airline bankruptcies keeps growing even as travel bounces back faster than anticipated. But hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars in government aid didn't save SAS, which became the latest victim Tuesday. -Jay Shabat Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 07/05/2022 12:35 EDT

Employees Already Unhappy With Pace of Returning Corporate Travel: New Survey

The nightmare that flying has become is starting to weigh on employees. Perhaps company travel managers now need to deflect any pressure from the top as bosses rush to get things back to normal. -Matthew Parsons Read more ›

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Carley Thornell, Skift @ Skift · 07/05/2022 10:00 EDT

Hotel Spas Expand Into Mental Wellness Beyond the Staple of Massage

Is anyone up for some desert bathing? How about a cleansing ritual led by a shaman? -Carley Thornell Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 07/05/2022 06:30 EDT

Akasa Air CEO on How India’s Newest Startup Carrier Will Stand Out

No matter how big the Indian aviation pie may be, a new carrier, especially one whose crew wears sneakers, entering the market will definitely shake things up as airlines compete more aggressively to tap first-time fliers. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 07/05/2022 06:26 EDT

Margaritaville’s Lessons for Lifestyle Hotels

Good morning from Skift. It's Tuesday, July 5 in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today. -Jason Clampet Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 1 place · 07/05/2022 02:30 EDT

Ukraine’s Neighbors Still Attracting Tourists Despite War Raging Nearby

Traveler fears, particularly in the U.S. and Europe, about the danger of the Ukraine War spreading have lessened, allowing for tourism's recovery in Eastern Europe to continue. Industry stakeholders still have to vigilantly reassure and educate travelers about the safety of their destinations. -Dawit Habtemariam Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill and Andrea Doyle, Skift @ Skift 3 place · 07/05/2022 02:00 EDT

The Margaritaville CEO on Just How Far the Jimmy Buffett Brand Can Go

Millennials think they invented experiential, lifestyle brands. But Margaritaville CEO John Cohlan was perfecting these ideas before many of today's hotel execs had sipped their first margaritas. Cohlan helped to turn Jimmy Buffett's music into a billion-dollar empire, and he has lessons to share. -Sean O'Neill and Andrea Doyle Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill and Andrea Doyle, Skift @ Skift · 07/05/2022 02:00 EDT

The Margaritaville CEO on How Just Far the Jimmy Buffett Brand Can Go

Millennials think they invented experiential, lifestyle brands. But Margaritaville CEO John Cohlan was perfecting these ideas before many of today's hotel execs had sipped their first margaritas. Cohlan helped to turn Jimmy Buffett's music into a billion-dollar empire, and he has lessons to share. -Sean O'Neill and Andrea Doyle Read more ›

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