Sean O'Neill, Skift
Airbnb's move to offer more meetings spaces represents an example of one of Skift's 2019 Megatrends, as many giant online booking companies are looking for their next phases of growth by expanding into new areas.
4 weeks ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
It can take some airlines as long as a decade after a merger before they truly operate as one entity. But Alaska Airlines is working much faster to gobble up Virgin America. Part of that is because both carriers were relatively small. But by any standard, Alaska is moving quickly.
4 weeks ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Is this the end of the story? We're willing to bet that this one still has more twists and turns to come.
4 weeks ago
Cecilia Yap, Bloomberg
Philippine Airlines needs the funds to compete, while All Nippon Airways must expand beyond a graying Japan. A potential deal isn't surprising for the two carriers, which already codeshare between their countries.
1 month ago
Bloomberg
Another Chinese conglomerate, this one with insurance, pharmaceutical, and tourism holdings, is looking to expand globally through acquisitions. Given that HNA Group, Dalian Wanda Group. and Anbang are scurrying to unload assets, does Fosun's strategy raise any red flags?
9 months ago
Hannah Sampson, Skift
Tune in for a candid conversation about the strategy behind AccorHotels' many acquisitions, why the company wants to be part of consumers' everyday lives, and what the CEO has learned from spending hundreds of millions of dollars on startups.
10 months ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
This transaction makes one of the largest private players in leisure travel, Apple Leisure Group, even bigger and sweetens the potential reward for the almost inevitable private equity sale of its assets.
11 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Asset light, something with history and heritage, fewer than 200 hotels ... IHG CEO Keith Barr has quite a specific wish list. It doesn't sound like we'll have to wait too long until we find out the identity of the luxury hotel brand in question.
12 months ago
Joshua Fineman and Brad Olesen, Bloomberg
TripAdvisor will report earnings on February 14. Will its numbers be a valentine to investors? If not, perhaps the company should break up its relationship with the public markets. A move to private ownership could let it retool without fretting about quarterly targets.
1 year ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
HNA Group's decision to at least consider selling its stake in NH Hotels shouldn't come as a surprise. It will be interesting to see whether one of the big hotel companies emerges as a potential buyer.
1 year ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
NH Hotels may have turned down this approach, but it has not closed the door on others. And with minority shareholder HNA Group looking to raise cash, it wouldn't be a surprise to see another offer sooner rather than later.
1 year ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Many have dreamt of finding easy fortune in California. But Alaska Airlines is discovering -- via its merger with Virgin America -- that the airport tarmacs aren't paved with gold.
1 year ago