Jason Clampet

Hotels

On the Ground and in the Cloud at HITEC 2023

Skift's travel tech and hotel experts talk through this year's edition of HITEC, focusing on what smart hoteliers are doing to better serve guests both now and in the future.

Ryanair Set a New Passenger Record in June

Ryanair (RYA.I) flew a record 17.4 million passengers in June, its highest for a single month and a 9% increase from a year earlier, the low-cost carrier said on Tuesday.
Tourism

Portugal Set a New Tourism Record in May

The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal hit a record of more than 1.8 million in May, with visitors from the United States becoming the second-largest group, data from the…
Travel Technology

Hotelbeds Hires Banks to Prepare IPO

Buyout fund Cinven and Canadian pension fund CPPIB have hired Morgan Stanley and Evercore to prepare an initial public offering for Hotelbeds, Expansion newspaper reported on Friday citing unidentified market…

Updates to Ask Skift AI Chatbot

We are excited to introduce several new features to our chatbot, Ask Skift, that enhance its capabilities and improve the user experience. First, we have integrated OpenAI functions, allowing Ask…
Airlines

Norwegian Air Will Get a New Loyalty Program

Norwegian Air and Nordic hotels group Strawberry said on Tuesday they plan to form a joint venture company which will provide benefits to the members of the groups' respective loyalty…
Hotels

Accor Adjusts Its Outlook Upward

Accor, Europe's biggest hotel group, raised its outlook at its capital markets day on Tuesday and forecast its 2023 revenue per room (RevPAR) to grow within a range of 15%…