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Future of Lodging

As the lines continue to blur between hotels and short-term rentals, Skift is focused on the technology and the consumer behaviors that are driving this. Follow our coverage across the wide world of lodging, from traditional hotels and motels to urban short-term rentals and traditional vacation rentals.

News Blog

Evolve Lays Off 14 Percent of Its Staff

Vacation rental property manager Evolve is laying off 14 percent of its staff — or 164 employees. In a memo to employees, Evolve’s chief executive officer Brian Egan wrote “We are operating in a market that has become increasingly dynamic and volatile. Specifically, marketwide supply growth has considerably outpaced demand growth, which has led to…

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 11 months ago

Hotels

Arlo Hotels Still Wants to Be Hip – But With Larger Rooms

Arlo Hotels, a U.S.-based independent brand, first bet on micro hotels, which pack in more guests per property. But now it favors larger rooms. It's betting that creating "experiences" and charging extra may prove more reliably profitable.

Sean O'Neill | 12 months ago

Short-Term Rentals

a&o Hostels Idea: Take ‘Dirty, Ugly’ Buildings, Make Them Sustainable

a&o is part of the hospitality industry that honors refuse, repurpose, reduce as the new slogan in achieving its net-zero goal. And giving new life to old buildings on the way.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 12 months ago

Short-Term Rentals

There Were Fears of an Airbnb Slowdown But Then Summer Travel Demand Kicked In

Airbnb naysayers don't have to lose sleep over tanking stock prices just yet. Contrary to the market response to a purported "bookings slowdown," summer travel demand is still high.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 12 months ago

Hotels

Hilton Moves Deeper Into Extended Stay With Its New Project H3

It was only a matter of time before Hilton formally announced it was opening an extended-stay brand, considering it's becoming a hot commodity for its major rivals.

Rashaad Jorden | 12 months ago

Hotels

Cracking the Code for a New Wave of Members Clubs

There is a boom in private clubs around the world. But, in the race to garner members and open outlets, personalized service and the underlying craft have gone missing. True hospitality plus thoughtful social and commercial dot-connecting remains a nice open white space.

Colin Nagy, Skift | 12 months ago

Hotels

Surging Hotel Rates Spur Cost-Conscious Travelers to Trade Down in Creative Ways

House-sitting platforms are in prime position to take advantage of surging travel demand. It's an affordable travel option for many compared to hotels and some short-term rental properties.

Doyinsola Oladipo, Reuters | 12 months ago

Online Travel

10 Highest-Paid Online Travel Execs in 2022

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 | 12 months ago

Short-Term Rentals

HomeToGo Sees Record Booking Revenue, On Track to Break Even This Year

At a time when other vacation rental companies that went public in special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, deals are struggling, HomeToGo is paving its way toward profitability.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 12 months ago

Hotels

The Evolution of Hotel In-Room Entertainment

Hotels have made enormous investments in recent years to improve in-room entertainment options for their guests, which won't slow down anytime soon as travelers expect to have the comforts of home in their guest rooms.

Rashaad Jorden | 12 months ago