Online Travel News

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky detailed the company's massive reinvention at the Skift Global Forum, which includes leaning more into experiences, hotels, and international growth.

The growth-at-all-costs playbook that built online travel platforms is dead. The disruption opportunity with new players isn't theoretical anymore, it's structural, and it rewards depth over scale.

Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin at Skift Global Forum 2025 addressed the impacts of the AI revolution, the company's brand strategy, and prospects for international growth, among other topics.

When three industry titans swap war stories and one-liners, you get more than laughs... You get a masterclass on how no industry mixes grit, glamour, and gut instinct quite like travel.

From the opportunities of AI to the threat from Airbnb, Fogel opened the Skift Global Forum 2025 with a conversation that left few stones unturned.

Travel investor Greg O'Hara discussed Middle East trips, AI impact, and portfolio updates in a wide-ranging interview at Skift Global Forum 2025.

It's hard to see how an Exclusive Resorts-Inspirato deal doesn't eventually happen, barring another suitor coming into the picture. Of course, there are egos involved.

Agoda trimmed jobs in Singapore, Shanghai, and Budapest, but the layoffs aren’t what landed the online travel agency in trouble. The bigger controversy is how the company warned employees not to seek help from authorities or unions, with severance pay on the line if they did.

Expedia Group's consumer brands aren't firing on all cylinders. It's a priority to rev them up.

Two of the biggest online travel agencies in Asia have decided that sharing inventory is a faster route to scale than going it alone. That is the key takeaway.