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Uncle Sam Wants to Buy Your Airline
The President of the United States floated the idea of the federal government buying my frenemy Spirit Airlines.
Sarah Kopit is the Editor-in-Chief of Skift, where she oversees editorial content and also co-hosts the Skift Travel Podcast. Sarah is a Bloomberg alum, where she ran breaking news operations in the Americas, a recovering attorney and a University of Michigan graduate.
How TV and AI Are Reshaping Travel Demand
If travel demand is being shaped by entertainment and filtered through AI, what role do travel brands actually play in influencing decisions?
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Where Were We?
Here's the state of the union for all things Trump-and-Travel related.
The Crisis Crushing America’s Hotel Owners
The hotel franchise model isn’t broken yet, but the owners propping it up are starting to do the math.
The Squeeze: Inside the Crisis Crushing America’s Hotel Owners
The big hotel brands have never been more profitable. The owners — those who actually run the hotels — are getting hit from all sides. The franchise model is showing cracks.
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The Trees Are Blooming. The Bag Fees Aren’t Coming Down
The war on Iran has nearly doubled jet-fuel costs, and carriers wasted no time passing those along to us.
Why Flights Stay Cheap While Travel Costs Rise
Why does travel feel so expensive right now? In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko unpack a structural shift in the economy that’s quietly…
Jamie Dimon’s Shareholder Letter Has 8 Warnings Travel Execs Can’t Afford to Miss
Jamie Dimon didn't write a travel memo per se, but he might as well have. Softening consumer demand, oil shocks, AI disruption, and an immigration crisis — the threats are real, and they're arriving all at once.
What’s Really Changing Inside the Airline Industry
Airline leadership shakeups, alliance shifts, and AI-driven discovery are all hitting travel at once. In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko break down a week that reveals something bigger happening inside the airline industry.
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Trump’s No Good, Very Bad Week
There are few things that seem to motivate government change more than meltdowns at the airports, and security lines at some of the nation's busiest hubs are still more than 3 hours.