Hyatt's Potential Defections and 12 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

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In Skift's top stories this week, we covered Sonesta's rapid growth at the expense of Marriott and IHG, Asia's travel recovery, AirAsia's digital transformation, and Southwest's business travel strategy, among others.
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Marriott and IHG Fueling Sonesta’s Rapid Growth: Is Hyatt Next?: It only takes a little momentum for a snowball growth effect to transpire, and the unlikely Sonesta seems to have plenty of it to hit an extraordinary five-year growth goal.
Malaysia’s Genting and Spain’s Melia Are the Only Travel Companies to Top a New Corp Sustainability Ranking: Kudos to the two companies for coming out on top of The Wall Street Journal’s ranking. But shame on the rest of the sector. Time to do better.
The Silver Lining to Asia’s Travel Recove