Dennis Schaal

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.

Airlines

Iberia On Board App Shows Trailers for Upcoming Flights

For people who don't fly a particular airline very often, the in-flight entertainment lineup can be a wildcard and hard to predict. Iberia takes the mystery out of its in-flight entertainment options with an app that details all of the offerings before the flight,
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Hotels

Sabre Bets on Big Tech Changes at Major Hotel Chains

Travelocity was once the darling in Sabre's portfolio, and now the fastest-rising star is its hospitality solutions business. It has plenty of room to grow, particularly in EMEA and APAC, where chains do not dominate and there is so much need for advanced technology solutions.
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Online Travel

Hipmunk Raises $20 Million in Funding But It May Not Be Enough

Hipmunk is hoping that the funding will help it avoid the fate of Room 77, which also struggled to break out of the pack, and withdrew. Hipmunk is going to keep at it for awhile, but it has a tough road ahead of it given well-funded competitors such as Kayak, TripAdvisor, Google, and Trivago.
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Announcements

Best Time to Find Business Travel Price Drops is Tuesdays, Off-Hours

Just because corporations have negotiated fares with their preferred airlines doesn't mean these corporations don't have to be vigilant about carriers lowering their fares. A lack of vigilance about these price drops means businesses are wasting money, and leaving themselves open to charges of wastefulness to foes in the corporation.
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