Announcements

Come take a virtual seat at the table and watch our editorial and research teams discuss (maybe even debate) all the important topics you will be hearing during the following week at Skift Global Forum. You don't want to miss all this preview banter.

We're excited to open the conference with IAC Chairman Barry Diller, lauded author Laurie Garrett, and remote work expert Darren Murph as we discuss the broad forces reshaping travel in 2020 and beyond.

Skift Forum Asia takes shape as a virtual conference this year, with speakers from across the region being interviewed over video. It will be a day jam packed with insights and strategies on how companies are adapting and where travel is headed.

All types of business events are in danger of their revenue streams of tickets, sponsorships, memberships, and other types of fees being eroded. This is happening as the world gets used to digital formats and alternatives emerge to physical networking, matchmaking, and other tasks we get out of these events. The threat sounds familiar?

Dubai is offering a master class on safety, operational protocols, and reopening to the world. Other countries, including the U.S., need to take note. 

Cultural diplomacy is often found in museums and cultural initiatives. It is seldom found in hotels. The Royal Mansour in Marrakech was a statement of intent from the king to show the best of the country's craft and service. The result is impactful, especially in these times — perhaps more so than other means of country branding.

This September, Skift Global Forum 2020 will present the frank, transparent ideas the industry needs as it faces its greatest crisis. As an online global conference, Skift editors will lead in-depth conversations with leaders as they work to rebuild the industry.

We have always assumed constant movement is better. I am questioning that now, in an extended lockdown world ...

We may have asked our reporters and editors to do the impossible task for this year's Skift anniversary. Tell us what travel will look like when we celebrate our 9th year in 2021. What you will read, of course, is the most accurate snapshot yet of where we could be next year.

If your consumer-facing experience is cutting edge Mac, but your back end is a dusty PC, you have a problem. Now more than ever as workers return to the job, hospitality brands need to ensure that the experiences, both physical and digital, that employees have are as strong as the consumer experience.