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Airlines

Travelers Love Spunky Norwegian Air and 2 Other Aviation Trends This Week

This week in aviation, our big story is about Norwegian Air bucking the trend. For once, an airline that passengers genuinely love, but that affection may not fix their falling profits.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 7 years ago

Tourism

Barcelona’s Overtourism and 9 Other Tourism Trends This Week

This week in tourism, we launched our new documentary series Skift Lens. Like Iceland, Barcelona leaned on tourism to survive the recession, but now tourism is taking over the economy, for better and worse.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 7 years ago

SkiftX

Kayak Acquires Assets of Struggling Brazilian Metasearch Company Mundi

Skyscanner had been sniffing around Brazil's homegrown metasearch leader Mundi and checking its books. Kayak appears to have swooped in to shore up market share.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Kayak Acquires Assets of Struggling Brazilian Metasearch Company Mundi

Hotels

Hyatt Makes Nice With Expedia But Still Talks Up Direct Booking

Expect Hyatt to delve even deeper into more of those adjacent spaces going forward.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

Hyatt Makes Nice With Expedia But Still Talks Up Direct Booking

Tourism

TripAdvisor’s Global Food Delivery Expansion Pressures Hotels to Adapt

TripAdvisor has expanded its food delivery service outside the U.S. and Canada, part of its strategy to grow non-hotel revenues. More travelers can chow on crisp-fried shrimp paste chicken comfortably in their rooms. Hotels have no choice but to say bon appetit.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 7 years ago

TripAdvisor’s Global Food Delivery Expansion Pressures Hotels to Adapt

Business Travel

Safety Is Still a Work in Progress — Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report

The digital tools are out there to track travelers. But why aren't more companies training employees to react appropriately in a crisis situation?

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 7 years ago

Online Travel

Flight-Search Company Vayant Travel Sold to PROS for $35 Million

Vayant is a tech vendor that has never caught the imaginations and wallets of travel companies to the same degree as a few of its peers have. This has all the attributes of a soft landing.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Flight-Search Company Vayant Travel Sold to PROS for $35 Million

Hotels

Wyndham May Sell Its European Vacation Rental Brands on the Way to a Spinoff

Who's looking to buy up some European vacation rental businesses? Our money's on AccorHotels, Airbnb, and HomeAway, among others.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

Wyndham May Sell Its European Vacation Rental Brands on the Way to a Spinoff

Hotels

Hyatt Is Investing in the Sharing Economy Again, This Time With Oasis

We like to think of this as Hyatt's payback for AccorHotels stealing away onefinestay last year.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

Hyatt Is Investing in the Sharing Economy Again, This Time With Oasis

Airlines

Travelers Love Spunky Norwegian Air. But What About Investors?

Norwegian wins lots of awards, and they're well-deserved. But investors aren't sure the carrier will produce major profits any time soon. The problem? It may be growing too quickly.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 7 years ago

Travelers Love Spunky Norwegian Air. But What About Investors?