Articles tagged “travel trends”

This week in aviation, some folks were nervous. United's CEO is handling one piece of bad press after another, while various airlines fear that President Trump's new tariffs on Chinese goods could come back to haunt them.

This week in digital news, we looked at how mobile payments might displace cash, and how artificial intelligence might displace tourism workers — or not.

This week in tourism news, we have all the cruise developments you can handle plus two heavy hitters: an analysis of Puerto Rico's new post-hurricane visitation push and the implications of protest tourism thriving in Washington, D.C.

This week in hospitality news, Airbnb made a serious move toward attracting hotels and bed-and-breakfasts onto the platform. Missed this week's Skift Call on the Airbnb threat? Stay tuned for a podcast featuring highlights.

This week in digital travel news: Booking.com intends to grow into a full-service online travel agency, and Trivago wants to increase its Google advertising, but Ctrip hit a stumbling block.

This week in aviation, United said it may introduce domestic premium economy, and it may have to consider the problems it has had rolling out its Polaris service.

This week in tourism news, we looked at two extremes: the sad reality of the Trump Slump and how to manage overtourism. Somewhere in the middle, we analyzed whether Cuba guidebooks are on the level.

This week in aviation, we analyzed several developments at American Airlines. The carrier is leveraging its plentiful data, tracking those who defect to another airline, and starting long-haul basic economy.

This week's tourism news is all about cruising. News Editor Hannah Sampson reported from the Seatrade conference on overtourism, breaking cruise stereotypes, and the pitfalls of focusing exclusively on millennials.

This week's digital news brought Google to the fore. First, Facebook is trying to compete with the search giant on travel ads, but secondly, why is Google burying the lowest hotel rates?