Airlines are racing to get into Starlink. The installation costs are high, but airlines are betting that the service will attract more customers.
Skift Airlines•Meghna Maharishi13 SeptAirlines are racing to get into Starlink. The installation costs are high, but airlines are betting that the service will attract more customers.
Skift Airlines•Meghna Maharishi13 Sept
Many thought rising political tensions would mean fewer trips — the national data says otherwise. But not every state is seeing the same rebound.
Skift Airlines•Rashaad Jorden11 Sept
Dorchester has an interesting market opportunity stemming from its iconic properties and a dial service culture. The challenge is to tighten and refine the basics without taking judgment away from the people who make each property worth returning to.
Skift Airlines•Colin Nagy11 Sept
Accor CEO Sébastien Bazin shares what drives his decisions at scale for one of the world's largest hotel groups. He calls data essential, but says it should feed instinct rather than overrule it, a claim worth testing at Skift Global Forum.
Skift Airlines•Kanchi Jain11 Sept
The Middle East’s recovery remains vulnerable. Renewed travel warnings make a rapid rebound less likely, leaving accommodation providers focused on both rebuilding demand and recovering pricing power.
Skift Airlines•Athira Thoppil11 Sept
Creator-led demand moves across every seat in travel and sits fully inside none of them. The confirmed Creator Summit roster puts the operators who each own a piece of that path in one closed room on September 22.
Skift Airlines•Kanchi Jain11 Sept
Twenty-five years after 9/11, travel has become remarkably easy for people the system is prepared to move. The growing divide is over who gets that treatment.
Skift Airlines•Rafat Ali11 SeptTwenty-five years after 9/11, travel has become remarkably easy for people the system is prepared to move. The growing divide is over who gets that treatment.
Skift Airlines•Rafat Ali11 Sept
Google’s new user interface is meant to help the company avoid fines from EU regulators.
Skift Airlines•Bailey Schulz10 Sept
Coastal hotels rely on clear water and white beaches to fill rooms, but Palladium’s conservation work protecting them is still funded by its foundation rather than operating budget.
Skift Airlines•Tasmin Lockwood10 Sept
Expedia is making acquisitions to build its business while Booking in Europe doesn't have that option. Companies such as Uber would find it tougher to advance its superapp strategy in Europe if regulators deemed it to have a dominant position in particular markets.
Skift Airlines•Dennis Schaal10 Sept
Marriott's best weapon for winning business travelers is its loyalty program. But until now it couldn't show loyalty information inside the booking portals corporations force employees to use. Spotnana says it can fix that.
Skift Airlines•Sean O'Neill10 Sept
The owner of Abercrombie & Kent is using the balance sheet of one of travel’s best asset-light luxury businesses to rebuild Crystal Cruises. Company filings, credit ratings, and bond documents show what that transformation costs.
Skift Airlines•Rafat Ali10 Sept
Rooms are filling at half-price, not at pre-war demand — that’s hurting big brands and independents alike, but only one side has the balance sheet to outlast it.
Skift Airlines•Deepthi Nair10 Sept
The 200-hotel target is only part of Wyndham’s India bet. The bigger opportunity may be getting Indian travelers to stay at Wyndham hotels wherever they go — from Jaipur to Athens and beyond.
Skift Airlines•Peden Doma Bhutia10 Sept
Meta’s Muse plugs directly into flights but shops the rest of travel through the open web. That puts the AI agent, not a travel integration, in control of where the search goes.
Skift Airlines•Adriana Lee10 Sept
Every leader at Skift Global Forum is recalibrating amid technological and economic disruption. The open question is whether they’re doing it for the right decade.
Skift Airlines•Dan Marcec9 Sept
A public travel company growing 35% is buying its way into the meetings-and-events spend that managed travel never tamed.
Skift Airlines•Adriana Lee9 Sept
Supply chain woes have long blocked the uptake of SAF, but United Airlines’ Scott Kirby sees potential in corn and soy currently grown for biodiesel. He wants more government support to firm up the industry — but criticized Europe’s approach.
Skift Airlines•Tasmin Lockwood9 Sept