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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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Sean O'Neill @ Skift 1 place · 04/29/2026 18:39 EDT

Prism’s G6 Debuts New Budget Brand in the U.S. — Studio 6 Plus

Studio 6 Plus is Prism's attempt to push G6 upmarket without abandoning the value lane, and to recruit developers with sharper franchise terms than its rivals are offering. Read more

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Adriana Lee @ Skift 2 place · 04/29/2026 18:17 EDT

Investors Bet on ‘OTA 2.0’ — But Some Builders Aren’t There Yet

Investors see AI creating a new generation of travel distributors, while others say the real work still runs through the old ones. Read more

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift 3 place · 04/29/2026 16:45 EDT

Marriott’s Rajeev Menon and Mandarin Oriental’s Alex Schellenberger at Skift Asia Forum 2026

Profit per available room is what truly moves the needle, said these leaders from Marriott and Mandarin Oriental. Read more

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Jason Clampet @ Skift · 04/29/2026 15:39 EDT

EternityX CEO Charlene Ree at Skift Asia Forum 2026

Demographic segmentation of Chinese outbound travelers is the wrong unit of analysis. Read more

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Jason Clampet @ Skift · 04/29/2026 15:35 EDT

Allianz Partners on Customer Loyalty at Skift Asia Forum 2026

Allianz Partners' Vinay Surana rejected the framing that dominated earlier sessions, namely that brands should fight to “own” the customer relationship. Read more

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Jason Clampet @ Skift · 04/29/2026 15:32 EDT

Accor on Hotel Competition at Skift Asia Forum 2026

Accor's Andrew Langdon framed the shift toward branded hotels in Asia as structural, not cyclical — less a temporary response to cost pressures or market timing than the result of market maturity and generational change. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 04/29/2026 15:10 EDT

Trip.com, H World Share the Limits of Their China Playbook Abroad

Asia's travel giants can scale globally. First they have to decide which parts of the China playbook get left behind. Read more

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Jason Clampet @ Skift · 04/29/2026 15:09 EDT

Travel Mythbusting at Skift Asia Forum 2026

Misconceptions about Asia all stem from treating it as a market that follows global trends rather than setting them. Read more

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Jason Clampet @ Skift · 04/29/2026 15:06 EDT

Skift Advisory’s Michelle Gounden at Skift Asia Forum 2026

The U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict didn't redirect travel demand toward Asia — it exposed a shift already underway. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/29/2026 14:45 EDT

Booking.com: What the Next Generation of Travelers Want (and Will Pay For)

Travel demand in Asia is holding up, but travelers are more careful than they let on — safety and price drive decisions more than the experiences they say they want. Read more

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Sarah Kopit @ Skift · 04/29/2026 00:17 EDT

Minor Hotels to Launch Private Jet Experience – Exclusive

Minor Hotels is in the final planning phases of a private jet experience under its Anantara luxury brand, with a launch targeted for 2027, Ian Di Tullio, the company’s chief commercial officer told Skift exclusively on Wednesday. Di Tullio said the company is “looking at jets” as part of a broader effort to offer travelers […] Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/28/2026 18:20 EDT

Booking Holdings Saw U.S. Strength in Q1, but Middle East Weighs on Outlook

Progress in the U.S. has been a very long slog for Booking, but it's finally starting to show some positive results. Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/28/2026 13:50 EDT

JetBlue Is Expanding in Spirit’s Fort Lauderdale Turf. As for a Bailout? ‘Never Say Never.’

JetBlue executives are continuing to push their growth plans, but aren’t shy about admitting that it’s a tough operating environment. Read more

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Deepthi Nair @ Skift · 04/28/2026 13:28 EDT

Bahrain Gives Travel a Grace Period on Fees

When Bahrain, Ajman, and Dubai introduce relief measures within weeks of each other, it points to something broader than routine policy support. Read more

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Luke Martin @ Skift · 04/28/2026 13:26 EDT

Hilton Says ChatGPT App Is Coming and to Expect More ‘Select’ Deals

Hilton wants AI platforms to need it more than it needs them. That's a bold position for a company still describing its tools as “early days.” Read more

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Colin Nagy @ Skift · 04/28/2026 12:54 EDT

The Ultimate Luxury in Hotels: A Room Full of Guests Worth Talking To

The ultra-luxury market has spent a decade chasing the same guest. That's become a problem. Read more

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Wil Slickers @ Skift · 04/28/2026 12:30 EDT

Intrepid Travel’s Secret: Purpose, Profits, and Why Small-Group Tours Are Booming

Intrepid Travel is proving that you can build a mission-driven travel company and still be more profitable than ever. In this Skift Take Sessions episode, Wil Slickers tees up a Skift Global Forum conversation moderated by Skift Editor-in-Chief Sarah Kopit with Intrepid Travel CEO James Thornton. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 04/28/2026 10:17 EDT

How the U.S. Tourism Slump Is Hitting Short-Term Rentals: Exclusive

Headline tourism numbers undersell how hard the international slowdown is hitting U.S. vacation rentals. Read more

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Deepthi Nair @ Skift · 04/28/2026 10:07 EDT

Oman’s New Tourism Rules, Explained

Oman’s new licensing framework is overdue — but a six-month compliance window will sort operators by resources, not quality. Read more

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 04/28/2026 06:06 EDT

Travel’s Climate Gap Is Growing. So Is the Opportunity.

Climate strategy in travel now sits firmly inside cost control and risk management. Energy, water, infrastructure, and location decisions are shaping margins and asset value. The market still undervalues the companies that moved early. Read more

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 04/27/2026 15:48 EDT

Virgin Voyages Gave 1,100 TikTokers a Free Cruise. Here Are the Results

Cruise marketing has long leaned on glossy brochures and TV spots. Virgin Voyages is turning its focus to bookings stemming from someone's For You page. Read more

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 04/27/2026 13:14 EDT

Emirates’ Tim Clark Blames Europe’s Airlines for Their Long-Haul Decline

Major European airline bosses want stronger protection from Gulf rivals. Sir Tim's message? You had decades to compete, and chose North America instead. Read more

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 04/27/2026 12:53 EDT

64% of APAC Travelers Now Use AI to Plan Trips. Booking.com’s Laura Houldsworth on What That Actually Means

Booking.com's Laura Houldsworth brings hard data and regional authority to a conversation that every operator, platform, and investor with APAC exposure needs to be at Skift Asia Forum for. Read more

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 04/27/2026 11:59 EDT

American Express Saw Strong Luxury Spending in Q1, Airline Softness in April

A lot of companies are seeing strength among premium customers and hesitancy at lower rungs, but American Express skews toward the upper echelon. Read more

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Deepthi Nair @ Skift · 04/27/2026 11:49 EDT

Saudi Arabia’s Business Travel Drove the Middle East’s 2025 Growth

The Middle East was the world’s second-fastest growing tourism region in 2025 — and then February 28 happened. Read more

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 04/27/2026 11:13 EDT

Budget Airlines Are in Talks With Trump Administration Over $2.5 Billion Bailout

Budget airlines are turning to the Trump administration for aid as high fuel costs threaten their ability to stay in business. Read more

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Wil Slickers @ Skift · 04/27/2026 10:47 EDT

The Middle Class Short-Term Rentals Is Dying And Luxury Is Taking Over

On Monday’s ⁠Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast⁠, ⁠Michael Goldin⁠, ⁠Brandreth Canaley⁠, ⁠Jamie Lane⁠, and ⁠Wil Slickers⁠ are joined by ⁠Sean O'Neill⁠, Senior Hospitality Editor at Skift, to break down a major strategic shift in the short-term rental space. Read more

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 04/27/2026 10:38 EDT

The Creative Economy Is Upstream of the Tourism Economy Now

The destinations that will win the next decade are the ones that understand culture is their upstream product, not their marketing asset. Read more

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 04/27/2026 08:51 EDT

India’s Noida Airport Gets a New CEO; Taj Partners With Etihad on Loyalty

India may be one of aviation’s fastest-growing markets, but access comes with tight regulatory strings attached. Read more

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 04/27/2026 07:52 EDT

United CEO Defends Vision for American Merger in Unusual Public Memo

Scott Kirby is using the dead American Airlines merger to pitch a new narrative — but don’t forget, his real audience is in D.C. rather than Dallas. Read more

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