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Skift Global Forum 2021

Complete coverage of speakers and conversations at the travel industry’s top event. Read summaries, watch video highlights, and stay up to date with the latest announcements.

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Skift Global Forum Video: Putting the World on Vacation Through Subscription Travel

In this conversation from 2021's Skift Global Forum, Carolyn Kremins, president at Skift, speaks with Michael D. Brown, president and CEO, Travel + Leisure Co. and Jaqueline Gifford, editor in chief, Travel + Leisure, about the future of subscription travel.

Travel + Leisure Co. + Skift | 3 years ago

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Hotels

Skift Global Forum Video: Traveler Trends & Insights Driving Recovery

In this brand talk from Skift Global Forum, we hear from Wendy Olson Killion, senior vice president of Expedia Group Media Solutions, on key data from their latest Traveler Trends & Insights Driving Recovery report.

Expedia Group Media Solutions + Skift | 3 years ago

EventMB

Biggest Takeaways for Event Professionals From the Hybrid Skift Global Forum

The Skift Global Forum 2021, the premier global conference on the business of travel, took place last week in a hybrid format. With speakers and attendees joining in-person and online, we uncover the most valuable takeaways for event professionals.

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Tourism

10 Big Questions I Have on the Future of Travel Post-Pandemic

These are strangely precarious and hopeful times. These are the big questions I have as travel is poised for a big recovery, even as some answers have emerged in the last year.

Rafat Ali | 3 years ago

Airlines

12 Can’t-Miss Quotes From Skift Global Forum

The global travel industry still faces uncertainty in its recovery. But one thing is certain from all the interviews (and sometimes opposing viewpoints) at Skift Global Forum: How the world travels won't look like it did two years ago.

Cameron Sperance | 3 years ago

Tourism

How Travel Execs Reacted to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky’s Golden Age Vision

Several fellow speakers aligned themselves with Brian Chesky at Skift Global Forum in a surprising show of unity among the dogfighting.

Matthew Parsons | 3 years ago

Travel Technology

Hopper CEO Hopes to Create a Google-Crushing Superapp for Travel

The generational signs are there, according to Hopper Chief Frederic Lalonde , and they're showing a future for superapps in the West.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 3 years ago

Hotels

TWA Hotel Owner: Hospitality Needs to Adopt the Airline Pricing Model

Airlines shed their money-losing reputation by unbundling products and services and charging passengers on an à la carte basis. The recovering hotel industry could deploy the concept to make more money coming out of the pandemic.

Cameron Sperance | 3 years ago

Tourism

U.S. Destinations Rush Plans to Welcome Return of International Visitors

Those U.S. destinations that have stayed ready during the pandemic for the return of international visitors don't have to waste valuable time getting prepped. The White House's unexpected relaxation of rules, however, has tourism officials scrambling.

Rashaad Jorden | 3 years ago

Hotels

Accor’s Hotel Owners Are Clamoring to Become Lifestyle Brands

CEO Sebastien Bazin has certainly evolved Accor's luxury and lifestyle lineup, but will that be enough to help him finally break into the U.S. market?

Matthew Parsons | 3 years ago