Travel Industry Earnings Coverage

Don’t miss out on Skift’s in-depth coverage of earnings reported by public travel companies, including online travel agencies, hotel brands, airlines, and technology companies. Our earnings stories cut through the numbers to explain what’s really happening at companies and within the industry as a whole.

Airlines

Ryanair CEO: ‘No Justification’ for More Environmental Taxes on Air Travel

Airlines think they can win over consumers, investors, and other stakeholders with their environmental spin. Ryanair is clearly doing some things right, but the sector has a structural problem that isn't going to be solved by tweaking the edges.

Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago

Airlines

How Air France Plans to Take Advantage of Smaller Rival’s Demise

Aigle Azur was tiny in comparison to Air France, but it still offered competition in certain areas, with the traffic rights to and from Algeria now of particular interest.

Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago

Online Travel

Sabre Predicts Clear Skies for Its Airline Distribution and Tech Businesses

To paraphrase Sabre executives, airlines in North America are too fat and happy to be bothered to mimic the experiments with direct distribution happening in Europe. They're probably calling that right.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

Airlines

Envious IAG Boss Congratulates Delta on Latam Move

Delta's tactic of buying stakes in airlines across the globe is shaking up the world of airlines alliances, but the American carrier's gain is likely to come at the expense of others including IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia.

Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago

Airlines

Norwegian Air Just Might Have Found a Way to Save Itself

Well, well, well, who was expecting that? Not only did Norwegian beat stock market expectations on profitability, it announced details for its long-awaited joint venture and teased plans about a bold new direction.

Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago

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Online Travel

Travelzoo Places Bet on Social Media Marketing in China

In traditional business logic, the big beat the small. But in Asia-Pacific today, fast companies beat the slow ones. It's an open question whether Travelzoo can rev up its metabolism enough there to thrive.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

Hotels

Brexit Uncertainty Weighs on Premier Inn Owner Whitbread

While most economic forecasts think that leaving the European Union will be bad for the United Kingdom, uncertainty over how, when, or even if, Brexit occurs is doing plenty of damage at the moment.

Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago

Airlines

Finnair Sees No Impact From Flight Shame Movement

Flight shaming as a concept is now well established, and airlines are certainly under much more pressure to showcase their green credentials. The impact on passenger numbers, however, is so far limited.

Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago

Hotels

Accor CEO to Doubters in Asia: Our Brand-Heavy Strategy Is Working

Having more brands when cheap money is chasing real estate is good for Accor, but may not be for its hotel owners. This is especially true in Asia where owners are hoping that in time it won’t be a case of too many Accor hotels chasing too few hotel guests.

Raini Hamdi | 7 years ago

Hotels

IHG Expects to Prosper Even If the Global Economy Tanks

A slowdown is coming — we don't know when and it probably won't be at the same scale as 2008 — but it will happen. A bullish IHG claims its business and its model makes it well-placed to ride out the storm.

Patrick Whyte | 7 years ago