Hotels
Hilton Wants to Use AI to Personalize Hotel Bookings
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Hilton’s AI hopes, Jumeirah’s expansion, and tours tech in Southeast Asia.
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 Mulls New Revenue Stream — Charging Hosts for Additional Services
Airbnb has lot on its plate: suspensions in multiple jurisdictions, incessant regulatory hurdles and more. But when its comes to business focus, the company is growing and paying more keen attention to how it serves the hosts on its platform.
Hotels
Pandemic First Mover MCR Still Going Strong on Hotel and Tech Investments
MCR is using the expertise from its growing hotel enterprise to inform the development of its own growing hotel tech companies. What better strategy to solve some of the industry's biggest problems and make money doing it?
Hotels
Hotel Investors See New Promise in Long-Term Gap Between Supply and Shifting Demand
For the next few years, properties that deliver a differentiated experience will benefit because there is more demand than supply, hotel investors say.
Experiences
TUI Eyes Luxury Hospitality Growth With New and Relaunched Hotel Brands
TUI's ability to move beyond its safe middle-market playground through an expanded luxury offering came under the spotlight at the Skift Future of Lodging Forum. Ultimately, a brand's market share is way more than customer segments — it's really rooted in experience and value.
Hotels
Google Exec on Adapting Tech for the Changing Travel Consumer
Google has the data to understand exactly how the travel industry has changed post-pandemic — and how its technology needs to change with it.
Hotels
Hilton Tests New Ways to Increasingly Personalize Guest Bookings
Strides in artificial intelligence will enable Hilton and many others to enhance and speed up personalization efforts. You ain't seen nothing yet.
Short-Term Rentals
Vacation Rentals Sector Stays Fragmented: When Will It Consolidate?
Short-term rentals have grown both in size and type, especially after the pandemic. Travelers blurring the line between business and pleasure means the fragmented industry will soon consolidate to serve to this new "bleisure" traveler.
Online Travel
Booking.com's Top Tech Exec Says Generative AI Could Redesign Its Search Pages
The online travel agency will embrace “adaptive content” in what could be a significant evolution in the way people look for hotels. But any changes will be dictated by its customers, rather than hype.
Hotels
Jumeirah CEO Says Luxury Wins in Middle East Are Fueling Global Expansion
Jumeirah seems to have set its eyes on expansion. Now after Middle East, Europe and Asia, is it ahoy Americas?