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Travelers are not staying home, but they are changing destinations.

Now, before we start linking this to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to avoid foreign travel, it’s worth remembering that Air India had been warning about rising fuel costs and airspace disruptions for weeks before that call was made.

Ixigo’s latest move comes as travel apps face pressure to do more than list fares, rooms and routes. They now have to help users make decisions faster and with less friction, without sending them elsewhere for answers.

Can a 29-year-old brand with limited resources remake its advertising and products to effectively reach younger generations? Priceline's new CEO is making bets that it can.

After years of thorny negotiations, United flight attendants ratified a new five-year contract that will give them significant raises and boarding pay. And even with high fuel costs, airlines don’t expect those record contracts to change.

The merchant model is the most important thing happening at Booking Holdings. It is also the thing that lets it avoid proving whether Connected Trip actually works.

In one corner stands India’s most influential political leader appealing for no foreign travel. In the other, a middle class obsessed with global holidays, luxury getaways, and Instagram-worthy weddings abroad. The industry is caught in the middle.

TikTok is moving from trip inspiration into bookings, turning videos for hotels and experiences into bookable inventory inside the app.

What was sold as a minority investment has become outright control in record time. Expect Lufthansa to bring the same German gusto to the looming battle for TAP Air Portugal.

A travel trade group says it’ll take years before international travel to the U.S. to return to pre-pandemic rates.