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Tourism
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at hotel CEO pay, profiting from China's travel boom, and the tricky business of private clubs and hotels.
Rashaad Jorden | 6 months ago
Airlines
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby replaced Delta's Ed Bastian as the highest-paid U.S. airline chief in 2022. Here's how much the industry's leading executives took home — as well as how their pay was calculated.
Kristin Majcher, Skift | 6 months ago
Short-Term Rentals
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at hotel CEO pay, the top short-term rental companies, and Indigo’s banner year.
Hotels
Most CEOs at the largest hotel companies ended 2022 with less actual overall compensation than they might have. We know this fact thanks to a splendid new U.S. reporting requirement, which cast pay packages in a fresh light.
Sean O'Neill | 6 months ago
Online Travel
Sonder and Vacasa, both of which face potential delistings in 2023, gave their CEOs pay packages worth $21 million and $13 million, respectively, over the coming years. As these things go, that's ample motivation to improve performance.
Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago
Travel Agents
In Skift's top stories this week, travel agents describe their changed roles, the highest-paid hotel CEOs are revealed, and Vancouver Island Tourism adopts a new tourism model.
Sonia Menken | 1 year ago
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at hotel CEO pay, the Spirit-Frontier-JetBlue takeover drama, and surging short-term rental prices in the U.S.
Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago
Take a look at last year's hotel CEO compensation tables. The top bosses did well, and why not? Navigating the pandemic was tricky. Yet there was a wide disparity in the pay between most CEOs and workers. That's harder to defend.
Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago
In Skift's top stories this week, the causes of airlines' chaotic summer are revealed, the list of the highest-paid online travel agency CEOs is unveiled, and travel companies are turning to TikTok to recruit new staff.
There is a degree of irrationality in CEO pay on many levels, including the companies' relative performance. The pay disclosures also expose the wide disparity in employee pay at Booking versus Airbnb.
Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago
