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Hotels

Hyatt Snaps Up Small Lifestyle Hotel Brand in European Push

Hyatt is adding its 29th brand in a bid to add places in Germany where it hasn't had many choices for its most loyal guests. However, it also aims to reach more German guests and try to cross-sell them into all-inclusive resorts.

Sean O'Neill | 27 mins ago

Luxury

Trends in Ultra High Net Worth Travel: Skift Travel Podcast

The very wealthy don't travel like everyone else does – we discuss the latest trends for luxury vacations on the Skift Travel Podcast.

Rashaad Jorden | 51 mins ago

Airline Weekly

The 2024 Half-Time Show

3 hours ago

Podcasts

Boeing’s Screw Up, HomeToGo’s Gamble and Asia’s Disappearing Routes

Today's podcast looks at Boeing's new mistake, HomeToGo's new policy, and China's fraught direct air relationship with India.

Rashaad Jorden | 8 hours ago

Travel Technology

Oracle Hospitality Exec on Its AI Plan in ‘Every Single Release’

Oracle Hospitality has transferred thousands of hotels to its new tech system, and there are thousands more in the pipeline.

Justin Dawes | 16 hours ago

Daily Lodging Report

IHG Announces Openings in Upstate New York and North Carolina

IHG Hotels & Resorts announced the opening of a rebranded voco hotel in Upstate New York and a new Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Asheville, N.C.

19 hours ago

Short-Term Rentals

HomeToGo’s Response to California’s Junk Fee Law: Show Total Price INCLUDING Taxes

HomeToGo plans to quash bait-and-switch pricing in the way it displays the total price of a short-term rental stay. But will consumers appreciate the effort if rivals' less-transparent prices appear lower?

Dennis Schaal | 20 hours ago

Airlines

Adani Airports Now Has a Timeline for Its IPO: What We Know About the Business

Adani Airport Holdings manages 7 airports in India, with another one under development. A major player in the country's airport ecosystem, the company is looking at major investment from parent company Adani Enterprises to drive development before its prospective IPO.

Bulbul Dhawan | 1 day ago

Skift Research

Carbon Offsets: Fact from Fiction

Carbon offsets exist within a flawed ecosystem but with the current challenges of decarbonizing the aviation industry, they should not be disregarded as an interim measure in the journey towards decarbonization. It is incumbent on the industry themselves to reform a broken system.

1 day ago

Business Travel

Booking.com for Business — Here Are the Numbers That the Company Hasn’t Revealed

Here's a look at the stealthy Booking.com for Business. Parent company Booking Holdings has larger priorities, but this unit is growing.

Dennis Schaal | 1 day ago

Skift Meetings

Are Celebrity Speakers Worth It?

Jason Sudeikis, the creator of Ted Lasso, was a no-show at a recent convention he was to speak at. Business events professionals are asking if celebrity speakers are even worth it.

1 day ago