2016 Archives

Forget American Airlines: Is the speed fast enough for consumers who always want it faster?

Marriott is a great case study on whether large legacy travel brands can reinvent themselves through storytelling -- and then of course follow through and deliver on the actual soft-promise that they make through these efforts.

We are excited to bring our signature Skift coverage of innovation in travel to the corporate travel sector, one of the biggest and most important in the global ecosystem.

We believe that a partnership between Norwegian and Ryanair makes sense and could take off with few complications. But we don't believe converting long-term rivals to new friends is done easily in aviation. Still, if anyone could argue until this gets done, it would be O'Leary--with credit going to Willie Walsh. That alone is a remarkable thing.

Priceline's and Expedia's respective selling and marketing spend on a global scale shows why Priceline remains on top despite all of Expedia's acquisitions. Priceline does it much more efficiently, getting a lot more bang for a buck.

According to new data, travel buyers need to do a much better job both serving the needs of their clients' travelers and finding opportunities for savings on value-adds like free Wi-Fi and waived bag fees.

Getting mobile self-service rentals to market quickly is clearly in the best interest of Avis Budget as business travelers prefer the swiftness of mobile as the company saw weakness with its commercial rentals during the fourth quarter.

As Europe awaits a decision from U.K. voters on the Brexit Referendum, O'Leary balances an honest, even cutting, evaluation of Europe's flaws with a vision of a better Europe. It's that same dogged determination against opposition which has helped make Ryanair the world's largest airline in passenger traffic.