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.

Cruises

Carnival Splendor Power Loss Likely Caused by Crew Member Error

Carnival needs its new CEO to step up and get involved right away. The cruise line needs to take responsibility for its seeming lack of crew-member preparedness and whether there may be links to this and the low, low wages it pays.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines

Despite Dreamliner incidents, 23 Boeing 787s airborne at the moment

It's business as usual for now for major airlines with Dreamliners in their fleets as the investigation proceeds in London.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

SkiftX

Smokey Bear gets a makeover: Battling fires and dispensing hugs

All jokes aside, Smokey's mission is a very serious and important one, given recent tragedies such as the deaths of 19 firefighters in Arizona who perished battling a wildfire.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines

The 13 longest wait times at U.S. Customs in May

Delta is trying to woo business travelers on lucrative long-haul flights from JFK Terminal 4, but the airline likely won't be publicizing the fact that arriving passengers face the longest peak-wait times of any airport in the country in trying to get through Customs.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

Analyst: HomeAway's new revenue model may be too hyped-up

HomeAway's transition to offering a pay-per-booking model, with some parallels to but not a carbon copy of Airbnb's, may be more difficult than HomeAway and investors expect.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Travelers don't stick to one device when researching and booking travel

The study shows that there are no easy answers for travel research and transaction sites and apps: With travelers willing to change devices by whim, location or activity, travel websites have to accommodate the devices within reach, and will have to be flexible enough to handle new devices to come.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines

FAA makes its pilot-training tougher in response to Colgan Air tragedy

The FAA's announcement on new co-pilot training requirements is not tied to the Asiana Airlines crash and only relates to U.S. airlines, but it does resonate given heightened safety concerns.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines

Southwest enables businesses to buy loyalty points for employees

Loyalty points are increasingly becoming a new and broader currency with businesses rewarding them to employees, and even some travel startups awarding consumers airline points for hotel stays.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

TripAdvisor gives independent hotels a new way to compete for bookings

There's been so much talk about hotel rate parity, and the sameness when searching for a hotel room. TripAdvisor's invitation to often-overlooked independent hotels and B&Bs may provide some real choice.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines

U.S. airlines lose bag-fee monopoly as extra costs spread to Europe and India

At some juncture, there will be a tipping point when passengers rebel against bag fees. There is no sign that this is imminent, however.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago