Matthew Parsons, Skift
Startups should take note of venture capital firm Lakestar's vision of what makes a travel company successful if they want to emerge stronger in the post-Covid world.
4 days ago
Matthew Parsons, Skift
As well as the devastating short-term effects, we're now starting to see how coronavirus can equally have longer lasting impacts on the corporate travel sector.
4 weeks ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
The coronavirus pandemic made some travel companies seem like dominoes stacked too closely together. But private equity will help some businesses like Vacasa escape this crisis without toppling over.
1 month ago
Rafat Ali, Skift
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.
3 months ago
Brian Quinn, Skift
Please join Skift editors and research analysts, along with VC investors and startup founders, for this dive into the state of travel startups today.
3 months ago
Seth Borko, Skift Research
Travel is a long-term megatrend because all across the globe people appreciate the value that it brings to their lives. This holds true across a vast range of human differences — cultural, geographical, religious, historical, generational, and more.
3 months ago
Seth Borko, Skift Research
We are headed into a winter for travel startups. But travel won't be gone forever. And history teaches us that startups are often the first to pinpoint our industry’s new direction as we exit a crisis.
3 months ago
Pavel Alpeyev, Bloomberg
With a second Vision Fund, Japan has emerged as the dominant driver of key technologies, many of which apply to travel and tourism. While the first staked ridehailing and the future of work technologies, the second is said to eye opportunities in artificial intelligence and autonomous driving.
11 months ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Several travel startups dream of going public. Lyft's initial public offering shows that profitability isn't necessarily as important as growth in the eyes of some investors, among some other key lessons.
1 year ago
Seth Borko, Skift Research
Analyzing startups and venture capital trends helps us glimpse the future of travel.
1 year ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
As an airline, AirAsia has led its peers in many metrics, especially on cost control. But its new effort to nurture startups has the odds against it. Will this effort bring strategic gains for the company? We’ll know in a few years.
1 year ago
Seth Borko, Skift Research
Analyzing startups helps us understand what the future of travel holds. The latest generation of startups promises innovation across many facets of travel: hospitality, tours, airlines, business travel, and more.
1 year ago
