Tech companies have been hard hit by layoffs in 2023. Expedia Group, which has been consolidating its workforce since 2019, continues to tinker with staff levels.
What are the top-of-mind issues impacting the future of travel? During Skift Global Forum 2023, we surveyed travel industry decision-makers to gain insight into the foremost topics and emerging trends driving what’s next for the industry.
Skift Meetings held an Innovation Lab during IMEX’s Smart Monday where 16 expertly-selected event scientists facilitated conversations amongst a group of more than 100 meeting professionals.
There is light at the end of the Thai Airways pandemic bankruptcy restructuring. The airline is on track to complete the integration of its Thai Smile subsidiary by the beginning of January.
Investor activity is particularly notable in Sun Belt markets with strong population and rental growth. In early 2022, 28% of home sales went to investors buying single-family homes.
This is in essence a hostile takeover, and the acquisition may not go through. But if it does, it will create the largest budget hotel player in North America.