Dennis Schaal Archives

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

Airline Pilots To Get More Rest But New Rules Will Mean More Delays

The new FAA rules on pilot rest could lead to more flight delays and cancellations, but ensuring that pilots in the cockpit aren't nodding off because they are excessively tired is sensible and worth it.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines

Southwest Gets More Fuel-Efficient While Poised To Fly Internationally in 2014

With new, international destinations slated to begin in 2014, Southwest will need this fuel savings and all of the efficiencies it can find.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

How Booking Sites Performed on Stock Markets in 2013

It was a great year on the stock markets in 2013 for online travel agencies as a whole. Their businesses are increasingly global, and many are benefiting from expansion into developing markets and boosting their hotel products.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

UK Edges Closer To New Discounting Rules For Booking Sites and Hotels

The rules being discussed would apply to Europeans booking rooms in the UK, and the framework would be fairly narrow in scope. They do not address broader rate parity issues, but would indeed provide for more competition and would be good for limited numbers of travelers.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Cruises

Carnival’s Q4 Impacted by Higher Advertising Spend, Advance Bookings Show Weakness

Increased advertising, lowering cruise prices and trying to win back the hearts and minds of travel agents have been key to Carnival's brand-rebuilding efforts. Advanced bookings for 2014, even though they are on par with last year's lower pricing, have been sluggish, pointing to the challenges ahead for Carnival.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Sabre Lays Off More Than 200 Employees In Addition To Job Cuts at Travelocity

By bringing in former Continental chairman and CEO Larry Kellner as Sabre chairman, and installing Tom Klein as the new CEO, Sabre is signaling that it is readying a strategic move, possibly an IPO, in the near future. The Travelocity deal with Expedia, Travelocity divestments of zuji and Travelocity Business, and these layoffs may all be pieces of the puzzle.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

Amadeus Accelerates Hotel IT Business With $500 Million Acquisition of Newmarket International

Hey, the airline business is rough, and with this acquisition Amadeus gets diversification, and a much bigger foothold into the hotel sector, particularly for groups and events. Companies such as Pegasus, Sabre, and Trust International could feel the competitive impact.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines

Norwegian Launches $178 Fares on Dreamliner from JFK to Bergen

These cheap fares are undoubtedly introductory ones, and heading to Bergen, Norway, however beautiful, isn't the most convenient for leisure travelers intent on making their way through Europe. Still, this is a bargain and could be disruptive if Norwegian can make some money on the route in a sustainable way. That, of course, is an open question.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines

Seattle Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson Partners With Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines should think big about this partnership with Russell Wilson. Be creative, and throw a Hail Mary pass if you have to.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

TripAdvisor Joins 5 Other Travel Companies on Nasdaq-100 Index

Getting added to the Nasdaq-100 Index is an accomplishment. Staying on it is another challenge.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago