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Riyadh Air was built to turn the Saudi capital into a global hub. Months after launch and following a wave of Houthi attacks, it is landing passengers 270 miles away and driving them in by coach.
Owners, not brands, carry most of the payroll burden. The union's answer is blunt: There is "enough money in this system." But owners see things differently.
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The people who decide where live demand lands, who captures it, and how it gets sold are speaking in one closed room in New York on September 22. The tourism authority that turned Las Vegas into standing economic infrastructure is on the agenda. So is Live Nation, the company routing where the next live moment []
The Middle East’s recovery remains vulnerable. Renewed travel warnings make a rapid rebound less likely, leaving accommodation providers focused on both rebuilding demand and recovering pricing power.
Industry Headlines (57)
Travelers in the region are adapting to conflict rather than retreating from it, with flexible fares in demand and, for some, shorter booking windows.
Yes, United is struggling to keep pace with soaring fuel costs, but CEO Scott Kirby thinks its rivals have even bigger problems ahead.
Klook may have pulled its IPO, but the pitch hasn’t changed. Experiences are still one of the least digitized parts of travel, and that’s a lot of runway. The catch? Viator, GetYourGuide and the OTAs know it too, and Klook needs to move fast before they close the gap.
Every new travel assistant wants to simplify my life, starting with another introduction.
Americans and Canadians have stopped traveling like one market. Whether a European destination runs North America from New York or has a team in Toronto, the ones that plan for each market separately stand to take the growth.
Both companies are betting that the one-click enrollment capabilities for Delta SkyMiles will boost engagement with business travelers.
Airline News (57)
IndiGo and Air India may move their flights, but Adani’s two-airport strategy will depend on whether foreign carriers with complex connecting networks follow.
Travelers do not separate a connectivity failure from the rest of their trip. Airlines, hotels, platforms, and connectivity providers must build reliable access into the journey before AI raises the stakes.
Houthi strikes have cut Riyadh off from scheduled flights and pushed the kingdom’s events season into 2027. The longer the closure lasts, the harder it gets for Saudi Arabia to sell itself as a reliable host for business tourism.
Southwest is the latest airline to slash its profit outlook for the year as surging fuel costs bite into record revenues.
The UK may not need to win many more Indian travelers so much as encourage the ones it gets already beyond London. With 94% of direct seats landing in the capital, a $2 billion visitor-spend target by 2030 will depend on regional flights and bookable itineraries.
New cabins are expensive, complicated, and slow to arrive. Celebrity chefs? A faster way to serve up an upscale experience — and help justify the premium fare.
Hotel & Hospitality (60)
Paid loyalty is gaining traction in Asia Pacific, where subscriptions are already a habit. Accor is treating its 485,000-member program as a revenue channel, not a discount scheme. The real test is renewals, and those are only now arriving in volume.
Egypt’s hotel pipeline already matches its new pitch, with nearly 90% of planned rooms upscale or luxury. The harder part to deliver is the rest of a premium trip — the best Nile vessels, guides and transport — which already sell out well in advance.
Marriott is cutting corporate jobs, not hotel staff, in a global restructuring. Some affected workers may land newly posted roles, it says.
A new pact between MGM Resorts and Barry Diller's People Inc. effectively ends merger talks. It's uncertain who else might want to buy an operator whose Las Vegas resorts have been sliding for two years.
PS has built one of the more defensible businesses in premium travel on a 90-minute window and nearly a decade of regulatory groundwork. For hotels, lounges, and clubs chasing the same customer, the lesson is that protecting a guest's attention can be worth more than monetizing it.
Luxury hotels that rely on long-haul, high spending guests have been hit by Middle East unrest while their budget and midscale counterparts have fared better with a broader mix of arrivals.
Cruise & Tour (21)
At Skift Global Forum 2026, Lindblad Expeditions CEO Natalya Leahy explained how expedition travel is redefining what luxury is. Affluent travelers increasingly value expert guidance, personalization, authenticity, and emotional connection, giving Lindblad room to grow without sacrificing the meaningful, intimate experiences that define its brand.
With AI changing the face of online discovery, many tourist boards and destinations are grappling with how to finesse the message. For Tourism Ireland, this has prompted it to measure how often it is shaping the answers that AI provides.
The war is raising the cost of attracting the international travelers Saudi Arabia needs to meet its tourism ambitions.
India has listed out four Ps for hitting 100 million visitors. It lacks a fifth: a published path. With arrivals falling, the hope is there’s a plan behind the promise, before this turns into a pipe dream.
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Technology & Distribution (94)
Hosts and guests both have complaints when it comes to short-term rental review takedowns. For hosts, a single negative review can cost up to hundreds in lost revenue each month.
At Skift Global Forum, Sierra CEO Bret Taylor argued that AI agents could connect booking, service, sales, and loyalty into a more seamless customer relationship, organized around the traveler rather than a company’s internal structure.
Paying nothing up-front has been one of Airbnb's clearest growth levers. Will Vrbo get the substantial lift that Airbnb got when it introduced Reserve Now, Pay Later last year?
AI could give travel consolidators a new way to improve the companies they buy. The question is whether the gains are real, repeatable, and worth the price of admission.
Spirit's collapse has given Frontier room to raise fares and attract more passengers – but record revenues have yet to translate into meaningful profits.
Travel customers switch platforms on price and inventory with little friction, and Luxury Escapes’ CEO builds around that. His bet is a paid membership with a genuine paywall over partner pricing, a moat he expects to matter more as AI agents enter booking.
Supplier Updates (2)
Travel's commerce layers are merging into one system, and control of that system will set margins for the next decade. We're bringing the operators making those calls together at Skift Commerce Summit this November.
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