Skift Global Forum 2015: Crystal Cruises CEO on Building a Lifestyle Brand
Luxury brands are evolving alongside luxury traveler's increasing demands.
Dennis Schaal is Skift’s Founding Editor and Executive Editor. Dennis has been a reporter focusing on online travel and short-term rentals for more than two decades at Skift, Tnooz, USA Today, and Travel Weekly. He is well-known for tough one-on-one interviews on stage at Skift events, including with the CEOs and top execs of Expedia, Uber, Booking Holdings, Priceline, Kayak, Hopper, and more.
JetBlue in Partnership to Open Hotel in Old TWA Terminal at JFK Airport
Few international airports have an on-airport hotel but JFK will get one in 2018. The TWA Flight Center Hotel will be located near JetBlue's Terminal 5 and it will be a nice homage to the iconic airline. TWA, that is.
Ad Blockers Could Be Travel Media’s Next Crisis
The potential increased popularity of ad-blocking software doesn't spell doomsday for travel media sites. Quality sites will still be in demand and the publishing world will adapt. That is what change is all about.
A Boutique Hotelier Explains What’s Wrong With the State of Online Booking
Independent hoteliers are indeed exploring alternatives to the big online travel agencies, including finding ways to spur more direct bookings, but sometimes it seems like a steep, uphill battle.
Expedia’s Acquisitions: Orbitz Buy Caps Off 3 Years of Major Deals
It was a helluva ride but the Expedia-Orbitz deal was never in serious jeopardy because there is plenty of competition despite the Expedia-Travelocity-Orbitz consolidation. But if Expedia gets greedy in the future and uses its new powers unwisely, you can bet that regulators will pounce.
Expedia Antitrust Regulators Decide That Orbitz Is Too Small to Matter
We said all along that increased competition from Booking.com and TripAdvisor's burgeoning power as a hotel-booking site would be enough to get the Expedia-Orbitz deal approved. The Antitrust Division saw Google as an up-and-coming force in flight and hotel bookings, as well.
United CEO to Frequent Flyers: ‘We Can Do Better’
United CEO Oscar Munoz Munoz is saying all the right things and needs to reassure MileagePlus members before more of them bolt to other airlines. But after years of poor performance, members of United's loyalty program and other customers will want to see concrete results, not just the verbiage.
Skift Global Forum 2015: How Delta Air Lines Views the Transformation of Public Relations
Balancing the interests of the airline and the needs of the passengers who fly it every day leaves little room for error on the PR side.
Expedia Investing Millions to Better Sell Airline Tickets
Expedia intends to improve customers' abilities to compare airfares from airline to airline but it will face a huge challenge in doing so because the airlines themselves will resist those sorts of comparisons.
Startup Stories Series: Do Accelerators Really Help Travel Startups?
A startup is only as good as the real-world use case it's trying to address, and sometime it takes the support of an accelerator to discover how to do this.