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Deepthi Nair @ Skift · 05/21/2026 07:41 EDT

Gulf Travelers Are Searching, Not Booking: How the Iran War Is Reshaping Travel Demand

The Gulf travel story isn’t a demand collapse — it’s a demand deferral. The key question is when hesitation converts back to commitment. Read more

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Luke Martin @ Skift · 05/21/2026 06:00 EDT

Capella’s New President Wants to Crack Luxury’s Top Tier Within a Year

Capella’s pitch under its new president: scarce, personalized, and aiming for the top tier of ultra-luxury. The growth job goes to Patina. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/21/2026 03:00 EDT

Booking Holdings to Sell Ads Across All Three OTA Brands for the First Time: Exclusive

Booking Holdings' brands are giving up a little of their independence when a single team handles ads across all three OTAs. Read more

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Katie Cline @ Skift · 05/20/2026 19:00 EDT

The Cold DM That Sparked a Real Estate Movement

On this episode of Suite Success, host Katie Cline sits down with Grace Gudenkauf and Amelia McGee, co-founders of WIIRE (Women Invest in Real Estate), the fast-growing community helping women pursue financial and time freedom through real estate investing and entrepreneurship. What started with a cold Instagram DM between two strangers in Iowa has since […] Read more

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 05/20/2026 17:40 EDT

Choice Hotels’ Patrick Pacious Is Out as CEO

Choice Hotels said Tuesday that Patrick Pacious is stepping down as president and CEO after nearly nine years running the franchising giant, with Chief Growth & Strategy Officer Dominic Dragisich taking over on an interim basis effective immediately. A leadership swap at one of the world’s largest hotel franchisors, with no permanent successor named and […] Read more

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Sarah Kopit @ Skift · 05/20/2026 13:00 EDT

Airbnb Adds Rental Cars, Stepping Onto Expedia and Booking’s Turf

Airbnb’s annual Summer Release announced a scatter shot of updates and additions, instead of one big bet. Many of them – including the company’s first foray into rental cars – cross squarely into legacy OTA territory. Read more

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 05/20/2026 12:40 EDT

The Case for Keeping Some Friction in Travel

The travel industry has spent two decades assuming frictionless is the goal, and the AI era is about to show which friction was load-bearing. Read more

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Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk @ Skift · 05/20/2026 10:48 EDT

GMH Hotels: The NYC Labor Deal Every Hotel Operator Should Watch

On this week's ⁠Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast⁠ Hotels Edition, ⁠Sarah Dandashy⁠ and ⁠Steve Turk⁠ break down a question every operator is quietly asking right now: how do you build a real edge when there is no moat? Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/20/2026 10:00 EDT

Rakuten Travel Plans U.S. Push: Exclusive

Scores of Americans already use Rakuten.com for cashback without knowing it belongs to one of Japan's largest tech companies. Rakuten Travel wants to turn those shoppers into hotel guests. Read more

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 05/20/2026 09:55 EDT

From Dara to Ariane: Mapping Expedia’s 9-Year Transformation

Expedia spent years consolidating a sprawling portfolio of consumer brands into a unified platform, and is now becoming a B2B infrastructure company that happens to run consumer brands. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/20/2026 09:00 EDT

Expedia To Acquire CarTrawler in Second B2B Deal of 2026

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin, who ran its B2B unit before becoming CEO two years ago, is giving Parades the freedom and resources to expand the business. Expedia now faces the complexity of integrating two new businesses: Tiqets and CarTrawler. Read more

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RARE India + Skift @ Skift · 05/20/2026 08:30 EDT

What the SAMHI Hotels–RARE India Deal Signals for Experiential Hospitality

RARE India's partnership with SAMHI Hotels is a measured bet on a familiar problem: how to build commercial infrastructure around a product that derives its value from resisting it. The opportunity lies in scaling access while preserving the experience — without standardizing it. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/20/2026 06:44 EDT

Capital A Clears Path to U.S. and Hong Kong Listings With PN17 Exit 

Leaving financial distress behind matters, but Capital A is no longer selling an airline turnaround story, it’s pitching a diversified travel-tech future. Its bigger test is convincing global investors it is more than the airline business it left behind. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 05/20/2026 06:44 EDT

Capital A Clears Path to U.S. and Hong Kong Listings With Bankruptcy Warning Exit 

Leaving financial distress behind matters, but Capital A is no longer selling an airline turnaround story, it’s pitching a diversified travel-tech future. Its bigger test is convincing global investors it is more than the airline business it left behind. Read more

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 05/20/2026 06:21 EDT

Why Yield Optimization Is the Only Travel AI Story That Matters Right Now

Mia Morisset knows which travel AI bets will hold: yield optimization, corporate travel reinvention, and distribution moats built on data. She is equally clear on where capital is leaking. Both arguments are worth hearing before the market makes them for you. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/19/2026 20:02 EDT

Google Names Hotels as Next Vertical for Agentic Shopping

Google has been building toward agentic hotel booking in plain sight. Now it's said so out loud. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 05/19/2026 17:31 EDT

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin on What Companies Get Wrong About AI Chatbots

Roamie became a victim of test-and learn. Expedia found that a chatbot that's an end-to end solution isn't practical for now — but it might be in the future. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 05/19/2026 17:15 EDT

Expedia Pushes Meta, Uber, and Clear Partnerships to Own More of the Trip

Expedia isn't reinventing the OTA. It's stretching the definition — upstream into inspiration, downstream into day-of-travel — so booking becomes one stop in a longer relationship. Read more

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Wil Slickers @ Skift · 05/19/2026 15:11 EDT

Every App Wants Your Booking. Nobody’s Cracked It Yet.

On Monday's ⁠Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast⁠, ⁠Wil Slickers⁠, ⁠Michael Goldin⁠, ⁠Brandreth Canaley⁠, and ⁠Jamie Lane⁠ break down why ⁠Airbnb⁠, ⁠Uber⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠ are all making the same bet at the same time and what it actually means for operators. Plus: travel costs are running double inflation, and most hotel brands have more than one Gen Z problem. Read more

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