Podcast: How Travel Metasearch Survives a Pandemic

Skift Podcast

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

At Skift’s recent Travel’s Path Forward: Online Travel event, Skift Executive Editor Dennis Schaal interviewed Kayak and OpenTable CEO Steve Hafner about the state of travel metasearch, restaurant bookings, and what digital discovery and booking looks like during and after a pandemic.

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Airlines

Why Payments Have Become an Important Strategic Lever in Airline Distribution

Airlines may be underestimating payments. As distribution grows more complex, payment infrastructure is becoming a bottleneck that shapes growth, partnerships, and the ability to deliver modern retail experiences.

WEX + Skift | 2 weeks ago

Air New Zealand CEO: Economy Bunk Beds Are Not a Vanity Project

The CEO of Air New Zealand has pushed back on suggestions that the airline's headline-grabbing premium products are difficult to justify at a time of mounting losses and cost cuts.

Gordon Smith | 5 hours ago

Tourism

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 | 1 day 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 | 1 day 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 | 1 day ago

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