Skift Global Forum 2023

A summer in Capri or Sicily? What drugery! As European spots burst at the seams in peak seasons, local residents are opting to escape as fast as they can.

Omer Acar runs some of the most old-school luxury hotel brands in the world, in Raffles and Orient Express, but looking ahead, he's thinking about how to move with the times. The answer: Services over goods.

While flights and hotels are the backbone of the travel industry, the demand for experiential travel creates a ripe playground for AI disruption to focus on the experience economy.

Competition certainly played a role in the Expedia-Hopper split. Which company suffered the greatest? The larger company, Expedia, had more resources to absorb a hit.

Uber has been experimenting with an expanded travel app in the UK. Results are looking good, so those trials will continue.

Airbnb is turning its attention from New York City toward other cities that are more welcoming.

Maritz Holdings president and CEO David Peckinpaugh shared plans to streamline the company under one brand while rebuilding its workforce and implementing AI at the inaugural Skift Meetings Forum.

The travel industry could see a disruption from generative AI sooner rather than later.

The rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence has far-reaching implications, particularly for startups specializing in niche AI travel services, who are at risk of becoming obsolete before getting off the ground.

It may not be a good time to be a budget airline in the U.S. but that's not slowing the growth of David Neeleman's latest venture, Breeze Airways.