Articles tagged “travel trends”

This week in digital news, we delivered two stories on Priceline's past and future, and we're gearing up for Skift Tech Forum with a new interview series.

This week in hospitality, Accor continued its upmarket growth by acquiring Movenpick, unlocking some doors in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.

This week in digital news, Tripping had a slightly scary round of layoffs, and due to a different set of fears, corporate travel players strained to carefully make some progress.

This week in tourism, two cities are nearing their breaking points. Venice is so desperate to manage crowds that it's resorted to theme park-like measures, and Cape Town is trying to delay the "Day Zero" of its water crisis.

This week in aviation, Southwest is still struggling to regain the favor of nervous customers, and the carrier expands in Hawaii.

This week in aviation, we had our eye on earnings from American, JetBlue, Alaska, and Southwest, whose tragedy fallout continues. Also, if you've been stealing the blankets from business class: shame on you.

This week in tourism news, we had cruise and theme park earnings: Royal Caribbean is getting more ships, Universal is focused on its intellectual property, and Six Flags is set on overseas domination.

This week in hospitality news, Marriott officially stepped into the homesharing market and its loyalty program once again received high marks.

This week in digital news, we took a broad view on earnings from Expedia, Travelzoo, and Trivago, the last coming out on bottom. For more big-picture analysis, check out our first Corporate Travel Innovators List.

This week in hospitality, Marriott finally announced how it will combine all three of its loyalty programs. Meanwhile, hotel commission cuts are the new reality for meeting planners, and Airbnb takes a shaky step into the meeting and event sector.