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Hotels

Hotel Earnings: 7 Things We Learned From Companies in the Skift Travel 200

Hotels recently discovered that they'd rather have fewer guests paying more. But can they keep holding the line on prices as they face other challenges?

Sean O'Neill | 12 hours ago

Hotel Earnings: 7 Things We Learned From Companies in the Skift Travel 200

Tourism

Stonewall National Museum Ends Membership With Visit Florida

A tourist attraction has cut ties with Visit Florida over its LGTBQ Travel removal. It's only one but more could follow, putting pressure on the organization to change course.

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 day ago

Stonewall National Museum Ends Membership With Visit Florida

Airlines

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary: eDreams CEO Is ‘Spoofing His Shareholders’

Expedia, eTraveli Group, lastminute.com, Kiwi, loveholidays.com and Omio have authorized access to Ryanair flights. eDreams Odigeo is missing in action — and it hurts.

Dennis Schaal | 1 day ago

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary: eDreams CEO Is ‘Spoofing His Shareholders’

Airlines

How Holiday Packages are Boosting EasyJet and British Airways

Once snobbishly consigned to the ‘bucket and spade brigade,’ package holidays are one of the fastest-growing products in UK travel. This lucrative opportunity to diversify revenue has not gone unnoticed by British Airways or easyJet, with both airlines rapidly expanding their highly profitable holiday divisions. 

Pranjal Pande and Gordon Smith, Skift | 1 day ago

How Holiday Packages are Boosting EasyJet and British Airways

Experiences

5 Key Trends in Travel Experiences

Spending on tours and activities may hit $300 billion by 2025. Expect to see more consolidation pressures, growth in demographic targeting, adoption of AI, and attempts to react to climate change.

Jesse Chase-Lubitz | 1 day ago

5 Key Trends in Travel Experiences

Podcasts

Travel’s Great Renewal (and Reckoning) – Skift Travel Podcast

This month brings the return of the Skift Global Forum, where travel executives will offer no shortage of opinions about the state of the industry. What topics will they discuss?

Rashaad Jorden | 1 day ago

Travel’s Great Renewal (and Reckoning) – Skift Travel Podcast

Skift Meetings

The Neverending Fam Scammer Nightmare

As long as there have been fams, there have been fam scammers. They’re a costly nuisance that the industry can’t seem to get under control.

1 day ago
The Neverending Fam Scammer Nightmare

Airlines

What’s Next For Azul, Brazil’s No. 2 Airline?

Azul is now the second-largest carrier in Brazil. The pandemic did little to deter its growth, but the airline must find a solution for its increasing debt levels. Could a merger fix this?

Ashab Rizvi | 1 day ago

What’s Next For Azul, Brazil’s No. 2 Airline?

Airlines

Japan to Introduce U.S.-Style Electronic Travel Authorization: 71 Nations Affected

Think travel to Japan is a breeze? Time to bid sayonara to that idea! Your Japan trip just got an upgrade in red tape.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 days ago

Japan to Introduce U.S.-Style Electronic Travel Authorization: 71 Nations Affected

Airline Weekly

Qantas in Focus

In part one, Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat take a closer look at Qantas and ask how major new projects could change its business. In part two, we turn our attention to Colombian national carrier Avianca and put its latest earnings in context. 

2 days ago
Qantas in Focus

Short-Term Rentals

Home Swapping Is Thriving in New York City While Short-Term Rentals Fade

Like many condos in New York City, home-swapping isn't addressed in Local Law 18. Should it be?

Dennis Schaal | 2 days ago

Home Swapping Is Thriving in New York City While Short-Term Rentals Fade