2015 Archives

Airbnb's capability for growth is much greater than any traditional hotel chain but it can also disappear faster than you can type "enforcement of municipal zoning and/or condo board rules."

June is an opportune time for travel brands to celebrate the role of fathers and milestones of same-sex marriages, but they need to be careful not to exploit the occasion and the movement.

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These are the newest travel startups from Angel List vying for travelers’ interest and investors’ attention.

We expect any sharing would be limited to alliances for now, and even that would be partial data exchange.

Traditional travel media has been upended in recent years and so has the massive PR machine that touches every part of the travel industry. Understand the changes by listening to this episode of the Skift Podcast.

Lots of complex geopolitical forces are at play when it comes to future developments in the global travel economy, and rankings such as these show how the historical incumbents are being challenged by all types of local, regional, global and digital changes.

Archer Hotels is helping keep the lifestyle hospitality market interesting with high-end F&B partnerships and a focus on human—versus hotel—experiences.

TripAdvisor is slowly becoming for hotels a booking site alternative to Expedia and Booking.com. The economics are more attractive for hotel chains although they are helping to create a new powerhouse.