2020 Archives

EventMB

Strong Event Tech Investment Despite Dip in Zoom Stock

Strong Event Tech Investment Despite Dip in Zoom Stock

Airlines

British Airways Parent IAG Changes Up Board Post-Brexit to Keep European Union Majority

The final Brexit deal is forcing corporate changes in travel. Expect to see more.

British Airways Parent IAG Changes Up Board Post-Brexit to Keep European Union Majority

Hotels

Sonesta International to Acquire Red Lion Hotels

Sonesta continues its streak as one of the hotel industry’s biggest pandemic success stories with plans to acquire RLH Corp.

Sonesta International to Acquire Red Lion Hotels

Airlines

The Biggest Challenge to Airlines’ Recovery in 2021

Airlines face a myriad of challenges in 2021. But above them all is the question: when will travelers return in significant numbers? Once flyers do, the industry can exit crisis mode and look forward again.

The Biggest Challenge to Airlines’ Recovery in 2021

Tourism

Pent-Up Travel Resolutions for 2021: Top Picks From the Skift Staff

After nearly a year in lockdown, the Skift team has had some time to dream about traveling again. Some 2021 goals are big, some more modest, but when it's safe to go, all those experiences will make us appreciate even more what we have all missed.

Pent-Up Travel Resolutions for 2021: Top Picks From the Skift Staff

Coronavirus

The Biggest Innovators in Travel and Hospitality: Covid Edition

Crisis showed once again how it can breed creativity and excellence. Here are the people, the properties, and the trends that have stood out as bright beacons in a very bad year.

The Biggest Innovators in Travel and Hospitality: Covid Edition

Skift Originals

The Top 10 Skift Research Reports in 2020

What have we learned in 2020? What will travel recovery look like in 2021? We handpicked a list of reports that we've published in 2020 that we believe will still be relevant and valuable for 2021, when travel executives plan and execute on rebound and regrowth strategies.

The Top 10 Skift Research Reports in 2020

EventMB

The Biggest Challenge to the Recovery of Events in 2021

The Biggest Challenge to the Recovery of Events in 2021

Announcements

The Best Travel Writing of the Year: Our Favorite Stories of 2020

In a year when the pandemic defined our coverage for its devastation to travel and, yes, at times, its opportunities, we asked Skift’s tireless reporters and editors to pick their favorite stories from 2020. Here’s an inside look at how those stories came to be, how they were reported, and what it was like to chronicle a year that none of us will ever forget.

The Best Travel Writing of the Year: Our Favorite Stories of 2020

Online Travel

The Biggest Challenge to Online Travel’s Recovery in 2021

The bean counters, meaning the financial experts, at all of the major online travel companies have their work cut out for them as they monitor and try to predict the shape and timing of any potential travel recovery. These companies need to be nimble, and hoard their cash.

The Biggest Challenge to Online Travel’s Recovery in 2021