2023 Archives

Thailand needs tourists and Russians need to travel. The equation seems to have worked out pretty well so far for the two countries.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at hotel hiring in the U.S. in December, complicated air traffic through China, and one lifestyle hotel company’s efforts to stand out.

Sage Hospitality is going it alone as it bets on lifestyle independent hotels while its peers sell out to bigger players or plan to go public. This strategy is either very sage or very dumb.

There’s no easy fix after embassies were forced to close, or suffer staff shortages due to Covid outbreaks. Patience will be needed.

As we kick the year off with Megatrends next week, we're thrilled to bring a day of in-depth and thought-provoking conversations between industry leaders and Skift editors to travel leaders across the globe. Get a peak behind the curtain to what travel might look like in 2023 and beyond.

In Skift's top stories this week, Southwest's technology failures serve as a lesson for airlines, RateGain acquires travel marketing technology firm Adara, and Hyatt House rebrands to compete against short-term rental platforms.

China's tourism experts warned the industry to prepare for the return of the Chinese traveler months ago — meaning active destination promotions with special packages catering to China's reopening should already be in place. We will know how well it heeded that call in the days ahead.

The latest jobs report is a brutal reminder to U.S. hotels that if they don't find ways to make positions in the industry more appealing quickly, they can kiss goodbye any hopes of a full recovery soon.

We are back for our 10th annual Skift Global Forum - the flagship global conference on the business of travel - and we could not be more excited.

A planned passenger rail link between Orlando and Tampa got a big boost Thursday. Universal Orlando Resort has pledged $125 million in funding towards construction of an 11-mile rail corridor…