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Luke Martin @ Skift · 04/16/2026 13:28 EDT

Mews Founder: The Hotel Industry Is Getting AI Wrong

The hotel industry is quickly implementing AI to get a better handle on search. Mews founder Richard Valtr thinks that is the wrong approach. Read more ›

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Deepthi Nair and Sophie Wilkinson @ Skift · 04/16/2026 11:11 EDT

Saudi Arabia Scraps Tourism Funding In Vision 2030 Shake-Up

This was going to be a new frontier of tourism and a pillar of Saudi’s future income outside of oil. It’s officially being scaled back. Read more ›

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 04/16/2026 09:37 EDT

Lufthansa Is Shutting Down an Entire Airline — With Immediate Effect

Lufthansa had CityLine marked for eventual closure before the Iran war. Soaring fuel prices and labor unrest just ripped away any remaining patience for a gradual wind-down. Read more ›

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 04/16/2026 09:27 EDT

The Case for Smarter Global Advocacy For Travel — Not More Cheerleading

The travel industry's instinct to declare victory regardless of what the numbers say is not just outdated, it is the reason policymakers don't take the sector seriously. Read more ›

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Saniya Zanpure @ Skift · 04/16/2026 08:45 EDT

How Cartels, Conflict, and Live Tourism Are Redrawing the American Travel Map

In 2026, the American traveler has traded the pursuit of the best deal for the stable experience, as geopolitical shockwaves transform predictability into the ultimate luxury. Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/16/2026 06:12 EDT

Akasa Heads to Hanoi as Iran War Freezes Gulf Expansion Plans

Akasa built five of six international routes into the Middle East. With the Gulf in conflict, Southeast Asia has now become the Indian carrier’s viable growth corridor. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 04/15/2026 19:43 EDT

SiteMinder Wants Hotels to Show Up When AI Does the Booking

AI is shaking up modern hotel distribution at the infrastructure level — and one of the latest signs comes from SiteMinder, which is now linking it to live data from its vast hotel inventory. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/15/2026 19:34 EDT

Spirit Could Liquidate This Week as Trustee Seeks to Delay Bankruptcy Exit

Other airlines — including United and JetBlue — could benefit in markets like Fort Lauderdale. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/15/2026 18:14 EDT

No Merger Talk for Delta: ‘We’re Successful on Our Own’

Amid wide speculation that United may want to do a mega-merger with American, Delta says it sees more consolidation happening among struggling carriers. Read more ›

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 04/15/2026 17:43 EDT

Asia-Pacific Outpaced North America on Tourism Growth in 2025 — By a Lot

Asia attracted international travelers in 2025 with relaxed entry rules and hefty marketing budgets. The U.S. took a different approach. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 04/15/2026 15:10 EDT

Navan’s Post-IPO Reality: CEO Defends Strategy — Exclusive

Navan, an AI-first travel management company, is growing fast and spending faster. Some investors want to know when the math starts working. Read more ›

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Luke Martin @ Skift · 04/15/2026 12:19 EDT

Minor Hotels CEO: ‘We’re Not Going to Be Like Marriott’

Minor Hotels has spent a year making moves that individually make sense. Whether they add up to a coherent global strategy is what the next stage will reveal. Read more ›

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 04/15/2026 11:20 EDT

The $495 Nap: Bunk Beds Are Coming to Economy Class This Fall

Sleep is the hottest new ancillary product in the economy cabin. Air New Zealand is first to market – but expect the entire industry to be watching closely. Read more ›

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 04/15/2026 10:55 EDT

The Hidden Constraint Holding Back AI in Travel, According to Mews Founder Richard Valtr

Most AI strategies in hospitality break long before deployment. The issue sits upstream in data structure and operating design. Richard Valtr cuts through the noise and points to what actually determines results. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/15/2026 10:31 EDT

Expedia CEO: Travelers Want Trust, Not LLM Uncertainty

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin is looking to work her company's advantages. If travelers have hesitancies about AI, then maybe Expedia can find an edge. Read more ›

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Bulbul Dhawan @ Skift · 04/15/2026 08:15 EDT

India to Add 70,000 Hotel Rooms by 2030 in Hospitality Surge

India has a wide demand-supply gap in the hospitality industry. As investors increase their focus on the sector, companies are leveraging the capital to drive quick expansion. Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/15/2026 07:25 EDT

Sri Lanka Partners With Alipay+ to Tap Into Asia’s Booming Travel Market

As intra-Asia travel picks up, destinations are waking up to the fact that payments are now core travel infrastructure. Sri Lanka’s bet is simple, if Asian travelers live inside super apps and e-wallets, that’s where tourism growth needs to happen too. Read more ›

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Deepthi Nair @ Skift · 04/15/2026 07:09 EDT

Saudi Arabia’s Hotel Boom Has a Catch: Rates Are Falling Fast

Saudi Arabia is building its tourism industry at remarkable speed, but room rates are falling, according to new statistics. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 04/14/2026 14:52 EDT

Hilton CEO Argues the Bull Case Despite Iran War and Weak World Cup Signals

Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta is making the strongest bull case in the hotel sector right now, and early U.S. industry data backs him up. But the Middle East and the World Cup remain open questions. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/14/2026 13:37 EDT

JetBlue Rumors? Now American? What a United Mega-Merger Would Mean

A United-American tie-up would be the most significant airline merger in a decade and further tighten the grip of legacy carriers. But approval by regulators seems like a long shot. Read more ›

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