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Adriana Lee @ Skift 2 place · 04/25/2026 14:29 EDT

Google Cloud Uses Travel to Show What Agentic AI Can Actually Do

Google Cloud Next highlighted travel to show that “agentic” AI can collapse trip decisions into a single flow, using the cruise business as the top example. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/21/2026 23:31 EDT

Iran War Pushes Chinese Travelers Closer to Home

Security fears have done what even visa hassles and high prices never could, convincing the world's biggest tourism market to just stay closer to home. Read more

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 04/21/2026 18:30 EDT

Steve Case’s Onefinestay Is Shedding Rentals to Chase Luxury Travelers: Exclusive

Onefinestay, a luxury vacation rental brand, will cede management of 200-plus homes to Veeve. The move is part of a tactical shift for a brand that had an urban and less exclusive tilt under its previous owner. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/21/2026 16:57 EDT

NYC Finds 27% of Approved Short-Term Rental Listings Are Now Illegal

Turns out you can probably find some entire-home short-term rental listings in New York City, after all, because hosts take lawfully registered listings and convert them into illegal ones. Airbnb isn't required to take any action to limit the practice — and apparently isn't doing so. Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/21/2026 16:41 EDT

United Airlines Cuts 2026 Profit Outlook Due to Rising Fuel Costs

United is the first U.S. carrier to lower its 2026 outlook as a result of surging fuel prices. Alaska Airlines, which reported first-quarter earnings on Monday, suspended guidance for the year. Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/21/2026 13:41 EDT

Trump Tells Transportation Department to ‘Take a Look’ at Spirit as Bailout Talk Grows

It is unclear if the federal government would actually give Spirit a bailout. Trump signaled earlier that he thinks “maybe” the federal government should help. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 04/21/2026 11:15 EDT

World Cup Travelers Squeezed By More Than Just Ticket Prices

It’s more than just ticket prices that soccer fans will be paying up for at this year’s World Cup. Hotel taxes and transportation costs are just some of the ways organizers and hosts are squeezing money out of spectators. Read more

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Robin Gilbert-Jones @ Skift · 04/21/2026 10:05 EDT

Aviation’s Decarbonization Bet Is Looking Shakier Than Ever

The Middle East fuel crisis has accidentally made the case for SAF better than any policy ever did — and revealed exactly why the industry can't act on it. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/21/2026 09:18 EDT

Fora Travel Is Focused on Growth and a Small Acquisition Helps Build AI Tools

Fora Travel has the luxury of being private and can build its business — seemingly at a decent pace — without getting second-guessed in quarterly earnings calls. Read more

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Wunderkind + Skift @ Skift · 04/21/2026 09:00 EDT

New Guide: The Identity Gap Holding Back Travel Marketing Performance

Despite significant investment in marketing technology, most travel brands still cannot identify the majority of their audience. A new guide from Wunderkind argues that identity resolution is central to performance, helping brands drive more direct bookings and get more from existing channels. Read more

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 04/21/2026 08:18 EDT

Apollo Is the Latest Fund to Bet on European Hostels

It's a hostel takeover. Several leading institutional names have invested in European hostel brands in the past 30 months, essentially underwriting the bunk bed. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/21/2026 06:52 EDT

India Loses Up to 20% of Inbound Tourism as Iran War Cuts Key Air Routes

India’s inbound travel was already fragile, now it’s being stress-tested. With Middle East routes disrupted, getting to India is harder, pricier, and slower, and that’s translating into lost bookings. Read more

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 04/21/2026 01:13 EDT

What Mandarin Oriental Is Seeing in Luxury Travel That Others Are Missing

Luxury hospitality in Asia is shifting from expansion to meaning. Brands that translate culture and data into emotionally resonant experiences will outperform. Others risk becoming interchangeable. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 04/21/2026 01:00 EDT

Intrepid Buys French Tour Operator Altaï — Its Biggest Acquisition Yet: Exclusive

Intrepid’s CEO said the adventure tour operator isn't done with its European expansion plans. Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/20/2026 17:07 EDT

JetBlue CEO’s Staff Note: No Bankruptcy Now — But ‘Decks Are Stacked Against Smaller Carriers Like Us’

JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty acknowledged that high fuel prices are creating a difficult environment for the carrier. Read more

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 04/20/2026 13:10 EDT

China’s Comac Lands Its Most Significant International Customer Yet

The plane in this deal isn't what will trouble Airbus and Boeing – it's the customer. Vietjet is exactly the kind of fast-growing, Western-aligned operator that Comac needs if it wants to prove its jets can sell anywhere other than China. Read more

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 04/20/2026 11:27 EDT

Hotel CEO Pay: Filings Reveal Who Made What — and How Boards Define Success

Three hotel chiefs were awarded $36 million or more. One saw his pay effectively go negative. And a fourth turned down his bonus. Welcome to the eye-catching world of CEO pay. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 04/20/2026 10:35 EDT

Hyatt Rolls Out ChatGPT Enterprise Across Its Business

A company-wide AI rollout is rare in hospitality because hotel data is fragmented. Hyatt spent two years fixing that. Now comes the harder part: proving it works. Read more

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Bulbul Dhawan @ Skift · 04/20/2026 09:18 EDT

India’s Travel Space Heats Up as Niche Players Gain Significance

India’s maturing travel market is allowing for more niche players to strengthen their bases, and it seems like investors are backing this movement. Read more

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Deepthi Nair @ Skift · 04/20/2026 09:15 EDT

Can a Party-Driven Brand Thrive in Saudi Arabia? Nammos Thinks So

The Mykonos-born lifestyle brand is showing how Western operators must adapt to succeed in the Kingdom. Read more

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