John McCorry, Bloomberg
The LaGuardia passenger experience will make a big leap forward this weekend and is slowly getting better. But outside the terminals, anyone who's flown through the airport recently knows that traffic patterns are a mess.
1 week ago
Elise Young, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Henry Goldman, Bloomberg
President Trump promised voters an overhaul of the country's infrastructure and so far he hasn't delivered. The northeast corridor rail tunnel is perhaps the greatest infrastructure test the president will have to put money where his mouth is.
2 weeks ago
Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg
Again, how is New York City's law that much different from the agreements Airbnb has made with cities that include San Francisco, Chicago, and New Orleans with regard to sharing host information?
2 months ago
Mailman X + Skift
China’s social media market can be tough to crack for destination marketers based overseas. But the success of NYC & Company, the city’s official DMO, has shown that data-driven insights are key to creating a digital strategy that resonates with Chinese outbound travelers.
3 months ago
Olivia Zaleski and Gerrit De Vynck, Bloomberg
Another month, another lawsuit in the ongoing battle between Airbnb and New York City. We foresee much more wrangling to come.
4 months ago
Henry Goldman, Bloomberg
While we respect regulation for important matters like safety, perhaps New York should let the market take care of some of these issues.
4 months ago
Patrick Clark, Bloomberg
The NoMad/Garment District neighborhood is seeing plenty of new hotel development, and we at Skift look forward to tracking the trend right here in our own back yard.
4 months ago
Chris Dolmetsch and Olivia Zaleski, Bloomberg
The way in which this new law was written leaves little wiggle room for Airbnb to use the Communications Decency Act as a defense. This can go one of two ways: Airbnb and New York City duke it out in court or, eventually, Airbnb may have to set up a registration system for hosts as it has in San Francisco, New Orleans, and Chicago.
5 months ago
Olivia Zaleski and Gerrit De Vynck, Bloomberg
For those wondering what will likely happen in New York, we need only look at the examples of San Francisco, New Orleans, and Chicago. The big difference here, however, is the bad blood between Airbnb and New York City: Can both entities work together to develop a registration system as Airbnb has in those other U.S. cities?
5 months ago
Olivia Zaleski, Bloomberg
Financing litigation was an inevitable strategy for Airbnb, especially in, arguably, the company's most challenging regulatory market.
5 months ago
Nic McCormack, Bloomberg
Camping is camping no matter how much you try to dress it up. But, for the huddled masses of busy New Yorkers trying to escape the summer heat, this is the closest thing to backyard camping you can get.
5 months ago
Patrick Clark and Gillian Tan, Bloomberg
This isn't your grand aunt's timeshare. Hilton Grand Vacations is making a bet that a timeshare can be an effective product among upper-class travelers by acquiring property in one of Manhattan's most expensive districts.
5 months ago