Articles tagged “travel trends”

This week in tourism, we did a feature on Myanmar, specifically how travel companies are divided on how to cope and respond to the military's genocidal policies. Compared to cruise line earnings, it's a pretty dark story, but one that demands our attention.

We coined the term "overtourism" last year, and more destinations are waking up to this new reality of crowd management and prevention. Don't miss our Skift call on Tuesday, November 7 when our experts sit down and talk solutions.

This week in hospitality, we considered why certain hotel companies go asset-light, asset-heavy, or asset-recycler. On the homesharing side, how is it possible that most avid U.S. travelers have never used Airbnb?

This week in aviation we looked at Air France-KLM's approach to courting millennials, plus we launched our latest newsletter on trends in the next-gen aviation industry: Airline Innovation Report.

This week in digital news, Ctrip bought social reviews company Trip.com for Skyscanner, seemingly to access in-destination content. But what's the real endgame here?

This week in digital news, we concentrated on Expedia. The online travel agency axed its price-matching guarantee and CEO Mark Okerstrom has a plan to become number one in the sector.

This week in aviation, Ryanair moved past its legal dispute with Google over misleading ads, and JetBlue took a new step toward direct booking.

This week's digital news revolved around funding. Priceline invested $450 million in Chinese e-commerce, vacation rental property management company Vacasa raised $103 million, and travel startup incubators are booming.

This week in hospitality we thought about removing friction. Airbnb's hotel-like concept could standardize homesharing; the Standard Hotels CEO sees value in easy, same-day booking, and hotels try to reduce guests' anxiety.

This week's digital news was all about new frontiers. Snap bets on visual-first searching; augmented reality gains traction at events, and there's a whole crop of apps devoted to easing travel anxiety.