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The last-minute cancellation of RightsCon wasn't a procedural hiccup — it was political capitulation to foreign pressure. Organizers chose Zambia precisely for its visa-free access for 167 nationalities. It turns out a welcoming visa policy is no guarantee of a welcoming government.

CloserStill spent 2025 expanding in the U.S. and Europe, focused on its technology, infrastructure, and health care portfolios. Searchlight's capital is fuel for a much bigger bet on America and high-growth technology markets.

While planners put the most effort into education and programming, it’s the entertainers — from musicians to mentalists — who often leave a lasting impression.

Luxury brands have spent two decades optimizing for the human eye. A meaningful share of their traffic will soon belong to something else entirely.

The end of Spirit may not be the end of an era so much as the beginning of a reckoning. When fuel spikes, a botched merger, and a premium-obsessed traveler all show up at the same gate, the ultra-low-cost model doesn't just lose altitude — it stalls.

In this video from Skift Asia Forum 2026, Andrew Langdon, chief development officer at Accor, explains how generational shifts and rising competition are accelerating hotel brand conversions across Asia, with mid-scale and economy properties driving most of the growth.

The possible shutdown comes as negotiations over a bailout from the Trump administration have hit an impasse.

Call it the WhatsApp travel economy: like the messages, the travelers are invisible to everyone outside the conversation.

Havila Voyages has shown that low-emission cruising through Norway's fjords is technically possible. The harder question is whether the infrastructure to support it can keep pace.

Online travel agencies still dominate how people book travel. But that dominance is starting to face pressure from multiple directions at once.

Google built the AI search surfaces displacing travel’s organic traffic. Now it’s bringing travel advertisers into the system that powers them — and the price is the keyword control paid search has run on for decades.

Hyatt, Wyndham, and Choice Hotels reported earnings. Hyatt saw great strength in Europe thanks to the Olympics and in China, too. Wyndham become more optimistic about the year. Choice struggled. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.