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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.

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Needs Strong Listings Growth To Hit Forecasts – A Heavy Lift: Analyst

All of Airbnb's competitors are vying for new listings, as well, so the company has some high targets to reach. And 2026 sometimes feels like it's a decade away; plenty of unknowns will shape prospects.

Airbnb Needs Strong Listings Growth To Hit Forecasts – A Heavy Lift: Analyst

Hotels

Unleashing AI: The Potential for Hospitality Brands

Hospitality brands stand to benefit from both the creative possibilities and the efficiency that AI will bring. Here's how to start thinking about it now.

Unleashing AI: The Potential for Hospitality Brands

Online Travel

Expedia CEO Calls Out Rival Agoda: How They Get Those Cheap Prices

Apple doesn't let Best Buy discount iPhones, and hoteliers don't want online travel agencies like Agoda to undercut their rates. A win for the hotel industry would be a loss for travelers.

Expedia CEO Calls Out Rival Agoda: How They Get Those Cheap Prices

News Blog

Choice Hotels Tech Chief Sketches Path to Tapping Generative AI

Choice Hotels sees a potential in generative AI (artificial intelligence) to reshape the hotel sector, according to an interview chief information officer Brian Kirkland did on Bloomberg TV right before the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend. "To be commercially viable, and to be something that really transforms how we do business, … we need to…

Hotels

Ambiente Sedona Brings Landscape Hotel Design Trend to U.S.

Place what are essentially glass boxes amid breathtaking scenery. That's the "landscape design" trend in hotels. A great case in point is the new luxury hotel Ambiente Sedona.

Ambiente Sedona Brings Landscape Hotel Design Trend to U.S.

Short-Term Rentals

Blueground Buys a Rival Housing Platform to Help Launch a Partner Network

Blueground's second acquisition this year is part of its strategy to build a global accommodation network, listing third-party inventory.

Blueground Buys a Rival Housing Platform to Help Launch a Partner Network

Hotels

Hotel Cultural Managers Add Diversity and Community Engagement

Some hotels are hiring "culture managers" to broaden their community programming. It's a promising move, given the rising numbers of guests seeking local discovery and cultural tourism.

Hotel Cultural Managers Add Diversity and Community Engagement

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…

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.

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

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.

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