Articles tagged “asia”

A quiet power shift is underway in global travel and most of the industry hasn’t caught up. The next decade is being shaped not in the West, but along a new corridor linking the Gulf, India, and Southeast Asia.

Travelers in Asia have outgrown the booking funnel. Platforms that fail to meet them in real time, solve friction instantly, and anticipate disruption will lose relevance fast.

Asia attracted international travelers in 2025 with relaxed entry rules and hefty marketing budgets. The U.S. took a different approach.

Minor Hotels has spent a year making moves that individually make sense. Whether they add up to a coherent global strategy is what the next stage will reveal.

Asia’s travel demand is deepening and decentralizing at the same time. Scaling into new markets is only half the equation. Delivering reliability at scale will separate operators that grow from those that stall.

As travelers trade up on experience and down on accommodation spend, value has become the new battleground. RedDoorz is betting that consistency, not scale alone, builds lasting trust.

A room full of senior travel leaders is only valuable if you leave thinking differently. That’s the bar Skift Asia Forum sets and consistently clears.

A war in one region. Airspace closures in another. Rising fuel costs everywhere. Travel isn’t pausing. It’s rerouting, recalibrating, and in many ways, being rewritten across Asia.

Asia is where travel strategy is being tested in real time. Bangkok offers a front-row seat to the decisions shaping the industry’s next phase.

Skift Asia Forum 2026 is where senior leaders shaping Asia’s travel ecosystem come together to stress-test strategy, share insights, and see how decisions in the region ripple across the globe.