Dennis Schaal, Skift
Uber needs to shed its Saudi Arabia investment as long as Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman remains in power, and the country bombs innocents in Yemen. Uber's leaders know they have to do this, but how they dump their Saudi investment and the extent of the divorce remain to be seen.
6 days ago
Visit San Antonio + Skift
The City of San Antonio is investing heavily in the downtown core and adjacent neighborhoods to provide more opportunities for residents and convention attendees to explore the area and engage with each other’s communities.
2 weeks ago
Visit San Antonio + Skift
San Antonio is building on its past as a city of pioneers who once led the country’s expansion into the American Southwest. Today, the new frontier is digital. San Antonians are again moving the nation forward in technology, medicine, energy and other advanced industries, which conference planners can leverage to drive innovation in their organizations.
2 weeks ago
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority + Skift
Las Vegas is becoming a world leader in autonomous systems, drone tech, esports, and other emerging industries. Those clusters of local expertise offer a growing value proposition for conference organizers who want to tap into the future of innovation.
7 months ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
The bureaucracy at a major legacy airline often rivals that of a government. So when Lufthansa Group decided it needed an innovation hub, it purposely built it in Berlin, far from the main headquarters. That was probably a good idea.
9 months ago
Colin Nagy, Skift
Here's to some of the most innovative and thoughtful brands in travel today. These companies are doing the heavy lifting to make travel and hospitality more inspiring.
1 year ago
London and Partners + Skift
Destinations can be doing a lot more to forge alliances between tourism and tech. London & Partners shows how.
1 year ago
Nicholas Brautlecht, Bloomberg
Every year, innovators show up to these events showing what is possible on an airplane. And in the end, airlines adopt few of these suggestions. Often, carriers don't want to mess with what they know works, especially if there's a big cost to adopting new technology.
2 years ago
Jeremy Kressmann, Skift
Airbnb tends to get most of the credit when consumers talk about "alternative accommodation." But ultimately it may be efforts undertaken by online travel agencies like Expedia and Priceline that truly bring short-term and whole-home rentals into the travel mainstream.
2 years ago
Jeremy Kressmann, Skift
Every travel company wants to be known as innovative. But creating the right culture for innovation can be challenging. That's why travel incubators seem like such a great strategy: access to outside partners, ideas and talent with minimal risk.
2 years ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
With airline profits likely to continue for awhile, it's probably time for U.S. carriers to invest in innovation.
2 years ago
Sabre + Skift
With lengthy queues, redundant processes, and a lack of personalization, it's no surprise customers have no love for modern airports. It's time for airports to reexamine their approach to customer experience and start creating the airport of the future.
3 years ago