Articles tagged “sharing economy”

We’re launching a new annual State of Travel presentation. Inspired in part by Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends presentations over the last decade, Skift has developed its version of a…

With the U.S. hotel industry performing well, it is losing some business from the sharing economy, but there isn't a lot of hurt yet. That could come later.

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson says he is having "fun" watching the development of Airbnb. He adds that Millennials will be a "massive" portion of Marriott's customer base in a decade. It won't be too much fun, though, if Millennial travelers stray from hotels as their best options for a stay.

Airbnb's ambitions listed here are a huge task and with its funding and right management, it may just have a chance at becoming the global leisure and hospitality brand for the millennial generation.

The human part of the travel service economy may become less and less important. What does that mean for the industry and how can it respond using data?

The generation that came of age indebted may aspire to ownership, but it is willing to settle for access to such things instead.