2015 Archives

There's no ignoring Ola anymore--it's now one of the top-funded travel startups and is happy to dominate the Indian ride hailing app space while Uber watches, and strategizes, from the side lanes.

Accor CEO Sebastien Bazin thinks the hotel industry has failed to get a wake-up call over the last 15 years and has missed out on wave after wave of digital innovation. He's saying all the right things about Accor addressing these past shortcomings, although the jury is still out on how much he'll be able to accomplish.

Inspiration and influence combine to form a potent form of persuasion on consumers' smartphones and screens.

Even as it grows and evolves, the aerotropolis at Changi Airport remains a critical case study on getting the airport experience right.

Spend-based airline loyalty programs may sound more fair in theory than using miles flown but PwC's research show it's basically 50/50 in terms of which passengers benefit and which ones lose out.

Google is already the dominant player in travel advertising but now, after four years of acquisitions and product development, the search giant is finally integrating its flight and hotel products. It is also ramping up Book on Google with the goal of making Google a go-to venue for travel transactions.

Everything in today's Skift MeetingsIQ highlights ways that companies are rethinking old strategies in the global meetings and events sector.

Andaz was the first corporate hospitality group to base its brand identity on the idea that a hotel could be a portal into the local neighborhood, and now it's building on that by introducing guests to more destination partners outside the hotels.

Melbourne illustrates the business potential of sharing knowledge industry networks between city governments, convention bureaus, local businesses and residents to co-create next generation conferences.

The biggest challenge for Airbnb is the idea that staying with a stranger is strange. So Airbnb is shining a brighter spotlight on its community of hosts worldwide to inject the brand perception with a more familial enthusiasm.