Announcements

Skift Global Forum 2025 takes place in New York City from 16–18 September, bringing together leaders across airlines, hospitality, technology, finance, and media for three days of big ideas and industry-shaping conversations.

Non-core expansion. Rewired distribution. Live public-policy experiments. This year’s Power Rankings spotlight the leaders taking the biggest risks in travel, staking cash, reputation, and time on moves they can’t easily unwind. The next 12 months will reveal who placed smart bets — and who just rolled the dice.

Skift Global Forum 2025 puts you in the room with the executives, innovators, and disruptors who are redefining airlines, hotels, and destinations. Are you in or watching from the sidelines?

Women aren’t afraid of risk – but they do face unique challenges. These leaders have blown past them and are reshaping the travel industry in the process.

Supply chains, shifting demand, geopolitics, sustainability mandates, and digital transformation are colliding to reshape the skies.

Women leaders with decades of experience and diverse perspectives are driving travel innovation. Skift Global Forum 2025 offers actionable insights, trend analysis, and strategies for building the next generation of hospitality.

Travelers are chasing more than rest; they want lasting vitality. Alexandra Walterspiel is betting that the future of luxury lies in wellness, and her approach at Sensei hints at where high-end hospitality is heading next.

What happens when technology meets timeless hospitality? Elie Maalouf, CEO of IHG Hotels & Resorts, shares how digital transformation, cultural connection, and bold investments are shaping the future of travel.

Go behind the scenes to discover how Skift Global Forum is engineered for insight, candor, and connection. Here’s how the travel industry’s most talked-about event comes to life — and why it feels different from anything else.

Skift is excited to announce the first-ever Skift Transatlantic Summit, in partnership with the European Travel Commission, taking place on October 15, in New York City. This inaugural event, hosted…