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The aviation and hospitality sector's growth, coupled with workforce expansion, is a sign of India’s recovering economy post-pandemic.

Travel Counsellors, a UK-based tech platform for travel agents, has acquired Planisto, a similar company that specializes in trip planning and booking. 

With an extra lift from Las Vegas, U.S. national ADR growth surpassed the consumer price index for the first month since May 2023. Excluding Las Vegas, U.S. ADR still would have increased 2.5%.

Four Seasons New York Downtown has introduced a new in-room shopping experience that will allow guests to shop the Hotel's most sought-after retail items from the comfort of their rooms. 

Booking.com can argue that it doesn't used banned screen-scraping to access Ryanair flights. Meanwhile, Google, "an honest/transparent OTA," can do no wrong in Ryanair's eyes.

Governments are watching passive income earners through new value-added tax measures.

Group trips with friends and family, particularly during quieter travel periods, are among the trends defining multi-day adventure itineraries this year.

As we kick the year off with Megatrends next week, we're thrilled to bring a day of in-depth and thought-provoking conversations between industry leaders and Skift editors to travel leaders across the globe both in NYC and London. Get a peek behind the curtain to what travel might look like in 2024 and beyond.

Local development giant Emaar loses five hotels. Marriott gets three as it continues to swell its portfolio and Kempinski gets two, doubling its footprint in the city.

Analyst David Katz of Jefferies forecasts the 2024 prospects for U.S.-based hotel leaders Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Wyndham, and Choice.

Regal Hotels International Holdings Ltd is partnering with the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia to build about 100 hotels around the world worth US$5 billion with an emphasis on the Middle East

Were the meeting trends we forecasted for 2023 on the mark? What did we get right? What did we miss?