Sean O'Neill, Skift
Clear doesn’t let you skip security screening at U.S. airport checkpoints, but its promise is to make the effort take less than five minutes consistently. Clearly United has heard from its most frequent customers that they value that consistency.
4 months ago
Alyssa McDonald and Matthew Burgess, Bloomberg
It's generally sound investment advice to "buy low and sell high." But foreign investors looking at North Korea may be underestimating how disastrous the economy is behind its veil of propaganda.
1 year ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Follow the money — at your own risk, of course. These two hedge funds are putting their money in airline and online travel agency stocks, often investing in competitors. Rising tides lift all boats, after all.
2 years ago
Associated Press
With a stake in LATAM, Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker seems intent in embarking on a global investment strategy with parallels to that of rival Etihad, although the latter has hit the pause button and is reviewing its strategy after some European investments that haven't worked out so well.
3 years ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
AccorHotels continues to make strategic investments that attempt to round out its overall portfolio. Investing in a boutique chain like Germany's 25hours is a good way to grow its boutique and lifestyle hotel offerings.
3 years ago
Brian Sumers , Skift
JetBlue's investment in JetSuiteX is probably not a game-changer. But it is unusual, and it will be interesting to see how the JetBlue/JetSuiteX partnership evolves.
3 years ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
Some Chinese investors have plenty of cash to spend on foreign investment and between easier approval processes and a slower Chinese economy the Chinese are eager to spread their portfolios overseas.
3 years ago
Dennis Schaal , Skift
If the alternative lodging sector is still in its early days, then it is reasonable to envision that the market for services that help property owners and managers decipher the complexities of local rental taxes will only grow. HomeAway's investment in HotSpot Tax should burnish a hoped-for image of a vacation rental site that wants to ensure compliance with local laws.
5 years ago
