Podcast: Consumer Spending Is Changing Travel Loyalty

Skift Podcast

Compelling discussions with travel industry leaders and creatives who are helping to shape the future of travel.

At the Travel Loyalty Online Summit on July 16, 2020, Skift Aviation Business Editor Zoomed The Points Guy’s Brian Kelly to talk about how consumer spending during the Covid-19 pandemic and (hopefully) afterwards will change how airlines, other travel brands, and travelers themselves think about loyalty.

Cruises

The Alaska Experiment That Could Reshape How Cruise Lines Navigate Wildlife

Alaska’s reputation as a bucket list cruise destination rests largely on its wildlife encounters, especially whale sightings. MSC Cruises is treating its first season in the region as a research opportunity, exploring how marine science can guide operations in high-density wildlife corridors.

MSC Cruises + Skift | 1 week ago

Leisure and Hospitality Leads U.S. Job Growth on World Cup Boost

While it's not clear the World Cup's tourism impact will live up to the hype, federal data shows the hospitality sector is staffing up ahead of the tournament.

Bailey Schulz | 18 minutes ago

Travel Technology

The Verdict: Travel’s AI Race Has an Operating Problem

We heard from more than two dozen of travel's most important tech leaders — the people actually deploying AI solutions every day. Here's what the industry still needs to get right.

Adriana Lee | 29 minutes ago

Hotels

Ixigo Acquires Hotel Booking Platform and Invests in AI Startups

With Brevistay, Ixigo closes the last major gap in its travel stack. Its twin bets on AI infrastructure hint at a larger goal of keeping trip planning inside its ecosystem, rather than letting it migrate to ChatGPT.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 4 hours ago

Tourism

Amsterdam Proposes Tourism Tax Hike to 20%

Raising taxes is easy — actually reducing visitor numbers is the problem Amsterdam hasn't solved.

Rashaad Jorden | 4 hours ago

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