Articles tagged “travel trends”

This week in hospitality, we explore the path Airbnb might take in 2020, a week after its initial IPO announcement. Meanwhile, Hyatt offers a more elevated food-and-beverage experience — with a little help from Danny Meyer — at its new brand Caption.

This week in digital, Airbnb plans to go public in 2020, this after the company surpassed $1 billion in its second quarter revenue. Meanwhile, Hotelbeds is taking action as more hoteliers have complained about unfairness from opposing travel agencies.

This week in tourism, a proposed requirement for visitors to turn over their social media history to obtain a visa waiver could hurt U.S. tourism. Meanwhile as China’s outbound tourism is decreasing, India's travelers might fill the void for destinations like Australia.

This week in hospitality, Expedia Group becomes the first exclusive distributor of Marriott's wholesale and promotional rates starting in mid-October. Plus, the UK has regulated travel companies like Expedia, Booking.com, Agoda, Hotels.com, ebookers, and Trivago from pressuring consumers.

In this week's digital news, Datalex continues to plummet under the looming threat of losing its contract with Lufthansa. Meanwhile, the EU's top antitrust regulator has her focus set on implementing an additional digital tax.

This week in hospitality, Minor International is suing Marriott International for a property's "highly disappointing" performance, possibly setting a noteworthy precedent. Then we look at Airbnb's acquisition of HotelTonight ahead of a broader discussion at Skift Global Forum this week.

This week in tourism, don't miss our deep dive on the impressive boom and troublesome bust of Iceland's tourism industry since the 2008 financial crisis. This long read is an essential follow-up on our previous investigation of Iceland's rise three years ago.

This week in tourism, officials in Eastern Europe are examining their western neighbors to avoid the slippery slope that leads to excessive visitation. Then Los Cabos finds a workaround for the closure of Mexico's federal tourism board.

This week in hospitality, new Airbnb settlements with Boston and Miami Beach could begin to level the playing field. Then we ask meeting planners, what would happen if Trump held the G7 at his Miami resort?

This week in tourism, we concentrate on American DMOs whose funding remains uncertain, while Thomas Cook struggles to secure its own future through Fosun. Then we have stories on fluctuating visitation to Dubai, Mozambique, and Australia.