Rafat Ali

These are the questions whose answers one way or the other will define how travel moves on from here and what the coming future would look like. These broad lines of enquiry will define our coverage of the global travel recovery in coming months and years.

What does the changed world of travel look like ahead, according to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, and what is his and the company's role in it? I will dig in with him this Friday at 3 p.m. ET, in this livestream.

All of a sudden, the world has woken up to travel's hugely consequential role in the world. Our editors discuss how the the travel media (including Skift) should cover this industry moving forward.

What travel industry and traveler anxieties will we be coping with and having to adjust around? This week's episode of The Long View will focus on that question, and others.

Cities will still be the economic, creative, multicultural hubs of the world, and I, for one, am looking forward to living in and visiting them again. Listen to this for 30 minutes and rediscover why.

Depending on how much of an optimist or realist or pessimist you are these days, you can certainly find your travel industry recovery shape in this one slide from McKinsey here.

What does the current crisis mean for the hotel owners and investors? Alan Woinski has understood the pulse of the lodging sector for 25-plus years, and I am keen on hearing lessons and learnings ahead. Join me this Friday.

Tell us what your letter-from-the-future would be. What do you, the travel industry professionals, want the travel industry to become five years from now?

What are travel companies doing to preserve value while surviving the crisis? Good conversation with focus on opportunities ahead in B2C, B2B, and corporate travel companies and travel suppliers.

I'm excited about starting this online weekly livestream on larger perspectives on the crisis in the global travel industry, the daily and long-term struggles, and the different ways of looking at opportunities in these times.