August 2017

Hotels

Airbnb’s Road to an IPO and 4 Other Hospitality Trends This Week

This week in hospitality news, when we weren't thinking about surge pricing before the solar eclipse, we were digging into Airbnb's ongoing prep for an initial public offering.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 7 years ago

Online Travel

Ctrip’s Growth Strategies and 5 Other Digital Trends This Week

This week in digital news, we examined the growth of online travel agencies Ctrip and Booking.com, and what that means for smaller players.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 7 years ago

Tourism

Rise of Independent Chinese Travelers and 15 Other Tourism Trends This Week

This week's tourism news highlighted Asia. More Chinese travelers are ditching group tours, prices on China cruises are going down, and Disney is making money off its asset-light Tokyo park.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 7 years ago

Hotels

Disney Doesn’t Own Its Tokyo Parks But Still Finds Them Lucrative

While much is written about the U.S. and Shanghai parks, Disney’s partnership in Japan contributes high margin licensing fees and promotes the Disney brand.

Jared Wein, Skift | 7 years ago

Tourism

5 Charts Showing the Rise of Independent Chinese Travelers

We're still many years away from seeing a tipping point when more Chinese travel independently than with tour groups. But this data should be a wake-up call to destinations and travel brands that a shift is already happening in some places and for some segments of the market.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Business Travel

Brexit Takes a Bite out of Business Travel — Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report

Is the decline in business travel to and from the UK so far this year just a blip or a post-Brexit trend? The uncertainty that still remains around Britain's departure from the EU isn't giving companies confidence, and that's bad for business travel.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 7 years ago

Airlines

Qantas Wants to Fly Nonstop From Sydney to London and New York by 2022

There have been so many advances in aviation in the past couple of decades that there are almost no routes between major world cities a modern airliner cannot fly. Sydney to New York and London are two of those routes. But perhaps not for long.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 7 years ago

Free Read

Business Travel

From Baby Boomers to Millennials: Why Travel Companies Need to Tailor Their Customer Support

Travel providers should pay attention to the preferences in communication of different generations in order to provide optimal customer support to every customer. Download this free report to learn more!

[24]7 + Skift | 7 years ago

Cruises

Costa Cruises Takes a Cue From Airlines With New Branded Fares

Cruises have always been complicated to book, so we're curious if customers will appreciate Costa's new approach.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 7 years ago

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2017 › August

Airbnb’s Road to an IPO and 4 Other Hospitality Trends This Week

Ctrip’s Growth Strategies and 5 Other Digital Trends This Week

Rise of Independent Chinese Travelers and 15 Other Tourism Trends This Week

Disney Doesn’t Own Its Tokyo Parks But Still Finds Them Lucrative

Top News Stories Localizing the Global Travel Industry From the Skift Gateway Series

5 Charts Showing the Rise of Independent Chinese Travelers

Brexit Takes a Bite out of Business Travel — Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report

Qantas Wants to Fly Nonstop From Sydney to London and New York by 2022

From Baby Boomers to Millennials: Why Travel Companies Need to Tailor Their Customer Support

Costa Cruises Takes a Cue From Airlines With New Branded Fares