Skift Take Sessions

Skift Take Sessions is a weekly podcast featuring candid, journalist-led conversations with the CEOs and senior leaders shaping the global travel industry. Recorded live at Skift events, each episode adds the context that matters — why the conversations are relevant now and what we learned about where travel is headed next. Learn more about episodes and sponsors here.

Podcasts

Intrepid Travel’s Secret: Purpose, Profits, and Why Small-Group Tours Are Booming

Intrepid Travel is proving that you can build a mission-driven travel company and still be more profitable than ever. In this Skift Take Sessions episode, Wil Slickers tees up a…

Wil Slickers | 1 month ago

Podcasts

Destination Marketing Is Now AI Marketing: Brand USA and Spain’s Playbook for 2026

In this Skift Take Sessions episode, we hear from Fred Dixon, CEO of Brand USA, and Miguel Sanz, President of the European Travel Commission and Director-General of Turespaña.

Wil Slickers | 2 months ago

a man sits on a stage while interviewing another man on a screen behind him.

Podcasts

Sierra AI CEO Bret Taylor on Agents, Loyalty, and Distribution

AI is becoming the new front door to travel, and consumer behavior is moving faster than most companies can keep up.

Wil Slickers and Seth Borko | 2 months ago

Hotels

Prism’s Motel 6 Bet: Ritesh Agarwal’s IPO Setup and the Budget Hotel Comeback

OYO is now Prism, and the strategy is bigger than a name change.

Wil Slickers | 3 months ago

Hotels

IHG CEO: “Growth Is Moving East” + The Ruby Bet and the Next Wave of Hotel Conversions

In this Skift Take Sessions episode, Wil Slickers sits down with Skift hospitality reporter Sean O’Neill for a quick, high-signal setup on what mattered most from IHG CEO Elie Maalouf’s…

Wil Slickers | 3 months ago

Airlines

Alaska Airlines Under Pressure: IT Outages, Hawaiian Integration, and the Seattle Global Push

Alaska Airlines is in one of the most important transition moments in its modern history, and it is happening under real operational pressure. In this Skift Take Sessions episode, Wil…

Wil Slickers | 3 months ago

a woman executive of an airline talking onstage at a conference

Airlines

JetBlue’s Reality Check: Joanna Geraghty on Disruptions, Decisions, and the Comeback Plan

This episode starts with a quick setup conversation between Wil Slickers and Skift’s airlines editor Gordon Smith, teeing up why this JetBlue session hits differently: it opens with a real-time…

Wil Slickers | 3 months ago

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel at Skift Global Forum 2025.

Online Travel

Is ChatGPT the New Travel Gatekeeper? Glenn Fogel on Booking’s AI Strategy

If AI becomes the front door to travel, who wins and who pays?

Wil Slickers | 4 months ago