How Gen Z in India Travel: Spontaneous Yet Budget-Conscious
Indian Gen Z travelers are budget friendly, but their budgets might force them to shift to lower-end or alternative accommodations as hotel prices continue to surge.
Travel Industry Earnings Coverage
Don’t miss out on Skift’s in-depth coverage of earnings reported by public travel companies, including online travel agencies, hotel brands, airlines, and technology companies. Our earnings stories cut through the numbers to explain what’s really happening at companies and within the industry as a whole.
Booking Holdings Downplays Concerns That Agentic AI Platforms Will Displace It
Are generative AI platforms going to make Booking Holdings irrelevant? That's unlikely. The real issue is to what extent the company's economics may suffer.
Accor’s Two-Track Strategy: Luxury for Growth, Economy for Profit
Skift spoke with Group Deputy CEO Jean-Jacques Morin about Accor's strategic pivot in key areas, such as why half of its new hotels will be in Asia this year.
Choice Has Dumped Hundreds of Budget Hotels in Upscale Strategy Shift
Choice Hotels has been abandoning its roadside motel roots for more lucrative upscale and extended-stay properties. That means ice machines are out, and Instagrammable lobbies are in.
Tripadvisor’s Perplexity Deal: AI for Customer Acquisition Is Now a Thing in Travel
The emergence of AI platforms such as Perplexity, ChatGPT and others could see the travel industry redirect a huge chunk of marketing spend away from Google. Although Google has its own entrant, Gemini.
Why EaseMyTrip’s Nishant Pitti Stepped Down as CEO, but Isn’t Stepping Away
Nishant Pitti stepping down as the CEO was seen as a setback to EaseMyTrip, especially as he is also undertaking personal ventures, such as bidding for the revival of GoFirst.
JetBlue Still in Talks With ‘Multiple Airlines’ for Partnership, Sees Loyalty as Biggest Benefit
JetBlue president Marty St. George said the carrier had accounted for an airline partnership in its new strategy to boost profitability.
IHG CEO Touts Record Pace of Converting Buildings to Its Hotel Brands
"Here's a mostly empty office building that we want to turn into a cool hotel" is, in 2025, an easier sell to lenders than "Here's an empty lot that we want to turn into a cool hotel." That's true because of high interest rates and construction costs.
How the Hotel Segment Is Driving Growth for TBO Tek
TBO Tek is expanding aggressively post its IPO in a bid to dominate the B2B travel space. In order to stop resources from being overworked, it is experimenting with AI and technology to make operations more efficient.
Minor Hotels Reports Best Year Ever — And ‘The White Lotus Effect’ Hasn’t Even Started
With a blockbuster 2024 behind it, Minor Hotels is set to ride Thailand’s booming tourism scene through its starring role in The White Lotus.