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Urgent Advisories & Alerts (2)
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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.
Brussels is looking to advance legislation that would clarify local authorities’ power to crack down on short-term rentals amid Europe's housing crisis.
Decius Valmorbida thinks the industry competes too hard on closed ecosystems and cooperates too little on the plumbing. His bet: open, shared foundations grow the pie for everyone. We'll test whether rivals actually build them together at Skift Global Forum this September.
Industry Headlines (65)
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Lower priced tickets can help build loyal visitors while premium add-ons drive more spending at the parks.
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The expected return of international travelers and a busy events calendar give hope for a Q4 recovery.
Carnival is adjusting its rewards, ships, and onboard offerings to keep customers coming back.
Airline News (61)
Four years after Flyr bought its way into hotels, it's handing the unit to one of the two rivals Skift said it would have to beat.
Despite constraints at its biggest hub, competition from Delta, and surging fuel prices, Alaska’s chief commercial officer told Skift that he thinks the carrier can dominate the West Coast with its premium investments and push into international routes.
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India is looking east to solve a problem that has been forcing its airlines to fly west the long way around.
Hotel & Hospitality (58)
Asset-light growth can help hotel companies scale faster, but owners still carry the capital risk. Operators with skin in the game may be better positioned to test ideas, challenge investment assumptions, and focus on long-term hotel value.
Dubai’s luxury hotels face a choice between protecting rates and filling rooms. Value-adds let them do some of both. The question is how long their 2025 buffers will last.
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Join Skift and industry leaders for a webinar exploring how AI is changing hotel discovery and booking. Learn how travelers are using and trusting AI, why accurate property information matters more than ever, and what hotels can do now to ensure they’re accurately understood, confidently recommended, and easily booked.
If Japan reaches 60 million visitors by 2030 as planned, hotel companies will need more rooms, and more affordable ones. And that is exactly what Hilton aims to do.
Cruise & Tour (21)
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For any company investing in premium, the question is whether you’re competing on your product alone or on where you take the guest.
Sri Lanka wants more tourists, of course. But these days, it is keeping a close eye on not just how many arrive, but what they are worth beyond the arrival count.
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OneSpaWorld’s path to $1 billion in revenue offers an unusually clear look at who captures the money inside the cruise economy…and why controlling the customer matters more than controlling the service.
Technology & Distribution (87)
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From a competition perspective, Vrbo is catching up to Booking.com and Airbnb in pushing the fee burden onto hosts. Eliminating or greatly reducing guest fees has great optics, but travelers will end up paying for them in the form of higher rates.
Travel AI wins when it removes work without removing the parts of travel people actually want to enjoy.
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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