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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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Paul Sandle, Reuters @ Skift · 04/26/2022 08:30 EDT

Heathrow Airport Boosts 2022 Forecast to 53 Million Passengers, Still Well Below 2019

The increased demand for leisure travel this summer will still not ensure a return to profitability for London's Heathrow — but will certainly add to more arrival and departure mayhem for flyers. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 04/26/2022 08:00 EDT

Skift Future of Lodging Preview: Kayak CEO Steve Hafner on Gaining a Meta Advantage in Guest Experience

Perhaps the big hotel chains will learn that high tech doesn't have to mean a lack of hospitality and a guest experience devoid of personality. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 04/26/2022 06:55 EDT

Daily Podcast: Inflation’s Vacation Deflation

Good morning from Skift. It's Tuesday, April 23, 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 · 04/26/2022 06:30 EDT

UAE’s Ras Al Khaimah Faces Hard Balance Between Tourism Ambitions and Sustainability

Even as it calls itself a nature-based emirate, Ras Al Khaimah is keen to earn the reputation of being a leading meetings, incentive, conference and event hub. The emirate is adopting a measured approach with a controlled pipeline of sustainable development to help strike a balance. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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Carley Thornell, Skift @ Skift · 04/26/2022 02:30 EDT

Upscale Hotels Bet on Personalization That Goes Deeper

Personalization is a buzzy word on many hoteliers' lips. But only a handful of operators, brands, and agencies, such as Rosewood, Virgin, The Nines, and Muzéo, seem to be truly learning how to deliver individualized service. -Carley Thornell Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 04/25/2022 13:30 EDT

Travelers Plan to Alter Summer Travel Plans Because of Higher Prices: New Survey

Pent-up travel demand meets inflation. Here's what a new survey found out about how travelers plan to deal with higher prices. -Mary Ann Ha Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 04/25/2022 11:30 EDT

Mondee Reportedly Gets $20 Million From Travelport Owners to Support Going Public

Some recent efforts by businesses to go public via mergers with blank check companies have stalled or fizzled. But it's a vote of confidence in Mondee that Travelport's financial sponsors, Elliott Management and Siris Capital, are reportedly putting up money to support the travel tech company in going public. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 04/25/2022 08:45 EDT

Corporate Travel Giant CWT Names New CEO — Again

Michelle McKinney Frymire had only been in the top job for 12 months, but it probably felt a lot longer considering the turmoil the travel agency's been through. In theory, incoming CEO Patrick Andersen has a steadier ship to sail. -Matthew Parsons Read more ›

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Alexander Cornwell, Reuters @ Skift 3 place · 04/25/2022 08:00 EDT

Saudi Arabia Wants to More Than Double Direct International Flights to 250

A Saudi Arabia official has released more details on its plans to draw tourists, which certainly show kingdom would become a much larger air transit stop. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 04/25/2022 07:00 EDT

Thailand Drops Test Requirements Just as It Plans to Woo Indian Tourists

After a great deal of will they or won't they, Thailand has finally decided to simplify travel for visitors. But in the absence of some of its most important source markets, like China and Russia, the country has its sights set on Indian tourists. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift · 04/25/2022 06:15 EDT

Daily Podcast: Food Tourism as Green Travel

Good morning from Skift. It's Monday, April 22, 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 2 place · 04/25/2022 02:30 EDT

Hotel Developers Still See Opportunities in Travel’s Crowded Hotspots

Recent moves by MCR, JL Capital, Indian Hotels Company, and Generator show how developers pry their hotels into built-up destinations. -Sean O'Neill Read more ›

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Tomoki Yamada , Travel Voice Japan @ Skift · 04/24/2022 08:00 EDT

A Japanese Reporter’s Travel Diary Shows New Level of Chaos at Airports

Japan remains closed to most tourists, but it has loosened up for some business trips and students. This Travel Voice Japan journalist's account of a recent trip to Hawaii echoes the experiences of a lot global travelers these days for the mass confusion. -Tom Lowry Read more ›

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Anthony Deutsch, Reuters @ Skift 2 place · 04/23/2022 13:21 EDT

Amsterdam Airport Tells Travelers to Stay Home Because of Strike

The strike by KLM ground staff is apparently over, but delays will cascade. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 3 place · 04/23/2022 12:15 EDT

A Global Atlas of Our Lives When the Pandemic Took Travel From Us

The Quarantine Atlas and its 65 homemade renderings is a powerful chronicle of the collective pause we went through as a planet. What better way than through maps to remind the travel industry of what was lost, and how to chart a best, and hopeful, course forward. -Tom Lowry Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 2 place · 04/23/2022 10:00 EDT

Mask Mandates Disappear and More Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, major U.S. airlines didn't hesitate to lift mask requirements, travel numbers in Japan begin steadily rising, and a hotel in South Carolina offers insight on how to create a disability inclusive workforce. -Mary Ann Ha Read more ›

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Jenna Zucker, Reuters @ Skift 3 place · 04/23/2022 09:00 EDT

Canada Welcomes 1 Million Visitors in a Week for First Time Since Pandemic

Canada was among one of the most cautious countries when it came to Covid and inbound visitors. Restrictions have loosened and elated tourism businesses found out quickly just how much the world missed their country. -Tom Lowry Read more ›

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Skift @ Skift 3 place · 04/22/2022 13:15 EDT

Food Tourism Is the Perfect Entrée for Greener Travel

It’s Earth Day 2022, marking yet another year on this planet with our outward cries on climate change and way too empty preachings on practicing sustainability. We all know for greener travel, change starts from the top down, or in the case of food tourism, from the Earth up. So ... who is really doing something? -Mary Ann Ha Read more ›

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Mehnaz Yasmin and Niket Nishant, Reuters @ Skift 3 place · 04/22/2022 12:00 EDT

American Express Benefits From Travel Rebound Boosting Card Spending

Travel and entertainment spending on American Express cards rose 121 percent in the first quarter — even with variant flare-ups. One more benefactor of the serious pent-up demand to travel. -Tom Lowry Read more ›

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Carolina Pulice, Reuters @ Skift 3 place · 04/22/2022 02:43 EDT

Mexico’s Volaris Expects to Launch Los Angeles Route by December

Confident about its ability to tap into the market to switch bus passengers to air travel, Volaris is planning to expand operations in the U.S. But before that the airline will have to wait for the U.S. to restore Mexico's aviation safety rating. -Peden Doma Bhutia Read more ›

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