Skift Originals

Airlines

Northern Europe and Switzerland Have Best, Most Expensive Transportation

Price often matches quality, with the more expensive northern European countries having more modes of transport traveling more frequently with cleaner and more modern stock.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

3 Airline Seats That Can Stop the Battle for Legroom

Seats can't really make people nicer, but they can help make flying more pleasant.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

International Air Traffic Snapshot for April 2014

Although it can be difficult to spot trends via monthly updates, the small increases and decreases in air traffic are signs of larger shifts in the global travel industry.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Daily Travel Startup Watch: Bookingkit, ShuttleBeacon And More

Dan Peltier, Skift | 10 years ago

Tourism

Bali’s Bid to Become a Bitcoin-Friendly Vacation Destination

Bit by bit, Bitcoin is becoming more of a possibility for wary travelers. But the question remains: Will travelers use it?

Mark Johanson, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Last-Minute Hotel Bookers Prove More Moderate Than Spontaneous

HotelTonight's marketing team likes to play up spontaneity as a prime booking motivator, but this data suggests that users are in need of reasonably priced rooms without the bells and whistles.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

GoEuro Raises $27 Million in Funding for Rail, Bus and Flight Platform

Doing what GoEuro is attempting to do, collecting and structuring all the data necessary to bring all of these varied transportation modes together, is harder to do than squeezing into a rush-hour subway in Times Square. But, someone's got to do it.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Russia’s Ostrovok Adds Airbnb, Makes Misleading ‘Biggest’ Claim

In the short term, we'll probably see a divide between the booking (Ostrovok.ru) and metasearch sites (Hipmunk) that will partner with Airbnb, and the more conservative ones that won't. The holdouts will eventually come around.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Tourism

Interview: How a First Time CEO Fixed a Totally Broken Oakland Tourism Board

Due to a confluence of rising rents in neighboring San Francisco and Berkeley, the area of West Oakland is evolving into the "Brooklyn by the Bay"—but don't actually say that in Oakland.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Do Robots Have a Real Future in the Hospitality Industry?

It's not impossible to imagine a future where robot intelligence plays a crucial role in the logistical operations side of certain hotel brands.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago