Sarah Kopit

In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, we unpack what may be the clearest signal yet that the U.S. travel system is under real strain.

Welcome to a special edition of the Trump Effect. We do this occasionally on merit, and I don’t think I remember a more chaotic start to a week. I’m aware it’s only Tuesday. Here’s yesterday, step-by-step.

The U.S. has come to a place where the government is asking for donations from its citizens to feed its TSA agents.

The Iran war exposed cracks across global travel, from broken systems and AI customer service failures to mounting pressure at U.S. airports.

The travel industry thought its infrastructure and crisis response were ready for the next big disruption. The war on Iran and its ripple effects have shown us that this optimism was misplaced.

Oil hit $100, airlines are under pressure, and Gen Z is not behaving like millennials did.

With a new DHS secretary incoming, here’s what the travel industry can expect to change — and what almost certainly won't.

Hotels are facing political pressures they were never built to handle.

ICE's Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis revealed what happens when hotels become political battlegrounds — and why the industry isn't ready for what's coming.

For decades, the travel industry has been an economy of excess — of eating more, drinking more, spending more. But blockbuster weight-loss drugs are now reshaping consumer behavior at a population level, and with it, how travel dollars flow.