Skift Global Forum 2025 Sessions

Intrepid CEO James Thornton shares how purpose-led strategy, human-centered experiences, and bold expansion plans can drive growth and resilience for travel companies in a time of disruption.

IHG’s one million-room milestone is impressive. So is the pace of conversions. But revenue pressure in key regions can’t be ignored.

Heritage Group’s Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio brings decades of travel and cruise leadership to Skift Global Forum to share his vision for AI, personalization, and luxury travel’s future.

Booking Holdings sees many Americans remaining cautious about travel. The good news: It has less U.S. exposure than rivals Expedia and Airbnb.

Royal Caribbean's passengers are definitely spending. Its plans to improve how its loyalty program and co-branded credit card reward guests may fuel future growth.

Travel doesn’t slow down, and neither do the people leading it. Skift Global Forum gives them a space to think strategically, connect meaningfully, and plan what’s next.

Neil Jacobs stepped away from operations but not from hospitality. With Wild Origins, he’s helping brands scale with purpose and avoid the pitfalls he’s seen before.

The last five years were about resilience and regrowth. The next five? Reinvention. Skift Global Forum 2025 is where travel’s next chapter takes shape — through bold ideas, strategic clarity, and the people reshaping the industry.

AOL co-founder Steve Case says his new Waldorf Astoria resort reflects more than just a real estate play. His hope is that the future of high-end tourism lies in community connections rather than resorts that are literally walled gardens.

Exclusive Resorts is taking control of OneFineStay, which offers hand-picked luxury homes and personalized concierge services. That represents a strategic expansion of both brands' reach in the affluent traveler segment.