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As travel demand remains strong, iSeatz has released its fourth annual “State of Loyalty: 2023 Hospitality Rewards Report” to help hospitality executives understand the competitive landscape of loyalty rewards portfolios and develop engaging rewards strategies.

While artificial intelligence (AI) can whip up a storm of automation and efficiency, the essence of travel lies in the good old human touch. Travel companies ought to tiptoe cautiously into the realm of AI, using it to bolster rather than banish human capabilities.

Booking's Smart Flex product is essentially another example of so-called fintech products that are making the travel industry more creative in solving problems for consumers and suppliers.

Airbnb plans to scale up worldwide a U.S. partnership with landlords who let their tenants host guests at their apartments. The multi-family market represents a mostly untapped greenfield for Airbnb. And vice versa.

Considering Booking Holdings' close relationship with Google historically, it's no surprise that Priceline went with Google Cloud for its generative AI integrations. Now, who's next?

Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at Agoda’s competitive edge, Hostaway’s funding, and what travel leaders are saying about AI.

In a recent panel discussion, industry leaders from Sabre, Travel in Motion, and Oman Air joined Skift to discuss the current airline retailing landscape, how consumer needs are evolving, and the best way to address those needs: transitioning to modern retailing powered by offers and orders.

Apple doesn't let Best Buy discount iPhones, and hoteliers don't want online travel agencies like Agoda to undercut their rates. A win for the hotel industry would be a loss for travelers.

Not a bad payday, considering the partial exit yields a substantial six-fold return for H World Group. However, the heightened scrutiny on startup valuations has kept a lid on gains for Oyo.

Hopper is the new kid on the block. Except it's not. Founded in 2007, it spent a decade building a huge database of flight information before selling its first flight booking in 2016. The time it spent on its cutting edge price prediction capabilities have paid dividends, leading to the launch of a suite of fintech products which have been fundamental in Hopper's disruption of the legacy OTAs.