2015 › July

How does a travel startup succeed in Zimbabwe and throughout Sub-Saharan Africa? Focus on a neglected space in a huge market. Whether startup Africabookings can make it as a business remains to be seen. The market opportunity, though, is certainly humongous.

This is the first installment for our Future Cities series, where we look at how inventive development projects, ambitious tourism goals, and smart city initiatives are paving the way for Dubai to build the city of the future.

Snapchat's stories entice Millennials to see what locals experience, and the least travel brands can do on this platform is watch, learn, and iterate.

In the digital age of limitless choices, consumer decision making has become even more difficult. Behavioral economics, the study of how and why we make choices, can teach travel marketers new ways to understand travel bookers and new tactics to guide them towards making purchasing decisions. Download this report for FREE!

With the secrecy surrounding this new First cabin, and British Airways' history of fast-forward design, we expect to be wowed when it finally leaves the hangar in September.

By aligning their digital platforms, the Space Coast tourism bureau and economic development organizations illustrate the next generation of content marketing that both services travelers and drives destination development, while also inspiring some of the magic of the space race.

The integration of user-generated content into campaigns reassigns creative control from composing and capturing images to identifying real-life stories.

Come hear the best talks on the future of travel and come define the future of travel, at Skift Global Forum 2015.

Travel companies commonly face the question of how to expand beyond their home markets. In China, Scotland-based Skyscanner went the acquisition route in 2014, acquiring fellow metasearch site Youbibi. In Japan, Skyscanner hopes a joint venture with Yahoo Japan will be the answer.

No one -- not even TripAdvisor -- argues that all its user reviews are legitimate but the service still provides invaluable information for travelers scoping out hotels. Many global chains understand this, although the Italian hospitality association and regulators haven't received the memo.