Dennis Schaal

Dennis Schaal is Skift's Founding Editor and Executive Editor. Dennis has been a reporter focusing on online travel and short-term rentals for more than two decades at Skift, Tnooz, USA Today, and Travel Weekly. He is well-known for tough one-on-one interviews on stage at Skift events, including with the CEOs and top execs of Expedia, Uber, Booking Holdings, Priceline, Kayak, Hopper, and more.

Business Travel

Will the GSA per diem change really ruin business travel?

The Power of Travel Coalition, in lodging a protest over GSA per-diem rates for federal government travel, may have gone too far in objecting to the removal of "upper upscale hotels" as part of the calculations.
Online Travel

Mac and iPad users get premium treatment on Orbitz

Orbitz is beginning to skew hotel displays according to the computing or mobile device you use. Get a grip on those iPads, this is only the mere beginning of an online travel agency personalization push.
Online Travel

Priceline blasts Hotel Tonight on inflated savings claims

Priceline is calling out Hotel Tonight on its allegedly inflated savings' claims, and the issue is one that permeates the travel industry as purported discounts can sometimes turn out to be fictitious.