2016 Archives

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

No doubt 'haters' will keep hating Spirit, but there was lots to love about Baldanza. We're a bit flummoxed by today's announcement, but that's aviation for you. Fornaro has big shoes to fill.

Vice's video series is better than we expected and a clear sign of the Bourdain-ization of travel video.

Figuring out which services millennials will pay extra for, and which they won’t, is the key to the puzzle.

In a forty or even four hundred room hotel, in-room tablets are nice, but almost always feel like overkill. When you're talking thousands of rooms they may be the best way to communicate with the modern hotel guest.

As another U.S. election season heats up in 2016, it's important to mark the ways in which travel industry money will affect both election outcomes and future regulation.

Abu Dhabi is preparing for dramatic growth ahead of demand by modernizing IT systems and introducing more automation to the passenger process. This is a general trend at major international hubs, which serve as convenient transfer terminals for extra long-haul flights, and want to have passengers spending more time shopping or dining and less time standing in line.

Brands refreshes are nothing new in the hotel industry, but what qualities make a hotel relevant today? Several industry experts weigh in on things like technology, design and how consumer behavior affects the ways in which trends get implemented.

Come and join Skift for an evening of travel trends, to understand the big forces changing travel in 2016 and beyond. And oh, to get a copy of our beautifully-produced magazine!