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Darin Graham @ Skift · 06/16/2026 11:46 EDT

Radisson’s Net-Zero Experiment: How it Kept Costs Even

The people behind Radisson's net zero hotel project were worried that electrifying the building would result in higher energy bills. One year on, the costs are roughly the same and the hotel is ready for incoming regulations. Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 06/16/2026 09:56 EDT

India Has a New Airport. Getting People There Is the Bigger Test

India can build airport capacity fast, but becoming an aviation powerhouse depends on convincing passengers and airlines to adopt secondary airports. Read more ›

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 06/16/2026 09:32 EDT

What a Skift IDEA Awards Judge Is Looking for in Short-Term Rentals

Boutiq’s Rena Pacheco-Theard has managed short-term rentals operations on all levels and has lived the margin pressures. As a Skift IDEA Awards judge, she explores ideas that take in the whole picture. Read more ›

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ZS + Skift @ Skift · 06/16/2026 09:00 EDT

Five Types of Travelers Driving Premium Demand 

Premium is evolving beyond a product category to become an entire ecosystem. Instead of chasing each other’s offers and upgrades, travel brands should leverage the premium economy through the lens of customers they already interact with. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 06/16/2026 09:00 EDT

Marriott Begins Rollout of AI Trip Planner on Site and App

Even as Marriott builds a walled garden, it is buying real estate in everyone else's. That hedging action is understandable given that no travel company is yet sure where travelers will actually start their searches. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 06/16/2026 06:00 EDT

Amadeus’ New AI Tools Are Part of a Bigger Hotel Booking Plan — Exclusive

Amadeus will publicly introduce two hotel AI tools at HITEC, but its bigger play is infrastructure. As AI agents move closer to travel booking, the GDS wants to help define how hotels are found, priced, changed, and paid for. Read more ›

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 06/16/2026 05:07 EDT

Turkish Airlines’ New Chair Charts More Profitable Path to 800 Aircraft

The centenary deadline may have slipped, but Şeker's broader point is that Turkish Airlines is now big enough that the number of aircraft it operates matters less than what it does with them. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 06/15/2026 15:08 EDT

RealTime Reservation Acquires STAY to Unify Hotel Ancillary Revenue Tech — Exclusive

Hotels have chased non-room revenue for years without consolidating the fragmented tech underneath. This acquisition puts one shopping cart and one shared data foundation ahead of any new feature. Read more ›

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Rashaad Jorden and Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 06/15/2026 13:37 EDT

Europe Leads May’s U.S. Tourism Slide

Western Europe makes up more than 35% of the high-spending overseas tourist crowd. Federal data shows they’re continuing to pull back on U.S. travel. Read more ›

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Robin Gilbert-Jones @ Skift · 06/15/2026 11:54 EDT

Africa Is Not a Country, But the Travel Industry Keeps Treating It Like One

A localized Ebola outbreak is leading to a continent-wide demand slump. The mechanism is well understood and almost nothing has been done about it. Read more ›

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 06/15/2026 09:45 EDT

Tripadvisor To Sell TheFork for $700 Million to Fuel Its Bet on Experiences

The sale gives Tripadvisor the cash to chase the $1 trillion experiences market through Viator. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 06/15/2026 06:00 EDT

IHG Spent 8 Years Rebuilding Its Hotel Systems. Now It Says the Payoff Is Starting.

IHG CEO Elie Maalouf is telling franchisees that eight years of tech investment has begun to expand their margins. It's an open question whether this early tech advantage will woo more hotel owners, boosting the growth rate of IHG's system. Read more ›

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift 1 place · 06/12/2026 12:25 EDT

World Cup Host Cities Are Spending Millions to Tell Wary Tourists: You’re Welcome Here

The World Cup handed host cities a global stage. Marketing videos underscore how host cities are using it to reassure a world that's grown wary of coming to the U.S. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift 2 place · 06/12/2026 12:10 EDT

Highgate Takes Over Lotte’s New York Palace — How it Feeds the Next Deal

Buying and flipping broken hotels is lumpy and cyclical. Highgate's fees for third-party hotel management are a steady drip that keeps the lights on between the big, risky trades. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift 3 place · 06/12/2026 10:43 EDT

Navan Says Rivals’ Mergers Are Sending It More Clients

Navan is winning large enterprise clients, picking them up when customers reevaluate their vendors in the face of protracted mergers. Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 06/12/2026 00:58 EDT

Kerten CEO Says First India Property by Year-End, Pipeline Likely to Exceed 1,000-Key Target: Exclusive

India's hotel market doesn't need another global chain pretending to be local. Kerten Hospitality's entire bet is that developers have finally figured that out too. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 06/11/2026 19:56 EDT

Travelport Launches TripServices to Power AI Travel Booking

AI agents can already help travelers dream up trips. Booking them is harder. Travelport is betting that cleaner access to flights, hotels, and extras will keep travel sellers from looking elsewhere. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 06/11/2026 17:51 EDT

Aven’s New Booking Engine Targets Hotel Direct Booking Conversions

Aven, the former Sabre hospitality business, is taking direct aim at a core hotel tech problem: how much legacy infrastructure can still support modern direct booking. Its new booking engine shows what a cleaner rebuild could look like. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 06/11/2026 15:25 EDT

Canadian Tourists Bailed On the U.S. — Canadian Airlines Still See Growth

As one of the largest travel markets continues to shrink due to political tensions, Canadian carriers told Skift that U.S. travel is still producing healthy margins. Read more ›

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