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Evolve has spent two years rebuilding its stack to make AI investments traceable directly to the P&L. Arun Nagarajan isn't theorizing about what AI could do for travel operations.

The value of a Skift IDEA Award shows up in faster trust, internal momentum, stronger commercial conversations, and industry positioning that competitors notice immediately.

Skift Global Forum is built for senior travel leaders making decisions in a market that no longer rewards passive observation. The agenda sets the frame. The room tests the assumptions. The value comes from hearing what leaders are willing to say before the market has settled on a consensus.

We surveyed over 1,000 people across the travel industry. Founders, heads of commercial, product leads, the people who either approve event budgets or end up defending them later.

Travel executives are expected to perform indefinitely under pressure. Dr. Romie Mushtaq makes the case that brain health, not hustle, is what separates leaders who last from those who don't.

Vivek Bhogaraju doesn’t follow AI hype. He tracks where capital moves, and right now it’s flowing toward agentic AI that is starting to dismantle legacy hospitality tech.

When Bahrain, Ajman, and Dubai introduce relief measures within weeks of each other, it points to something broader than routine policy support.

Climate strategy in travel now sits firmly inside cost control and risk management. Energy, water, infrastructure, and location decisions are shaping margins and asset value. The market still undervalues the companies that moved early.

Booking.com's Laura Houldsworth brings hard data and regional authority to a conversation that every operator, platform, and investor with APAC exposure needs to be at Skift Asia Forum for.

Boon Sian Chai has watched Trip.com's international business scale across more than 200 countries while keeping its edge hyperlocal. At Skift Asia Forum, he'll make the case for why Asia's travel operators are not catching up to the West — they're running ahead of it.