Articles tagged “travel trends”

This week in aviation, British Airways had our attention. The airline mulled risky loyalty changes for 2018, tried to balance cost-effectiveness with premium service, and changed its relationship with Sabre.

This week in digital news, it's earnings season and the online travel agencies did not deliver. At least Expedia, Priceline, TripAdvisor, and Trivago are all in good company.

This week in hospitality, the big news came from the White House: restrictions on travel to Cuba are here. It looks like American hotel companies will suffer less than their European and Caribbean counterparts.

This week in tourism, we did a feature on Myanmar, specifically how travel companies are divided on how to cope and respond to the military's genocidal policies. Compared to cruise line earnings, it's a pretty dark story, but one that demands our attention.

We coined the term "overtourism" last year, and more destinations are waking up to this new reality of crowd management and prevention. Don't miss our Skift call on Tuesday, November 7 when our experts sit down and talk solutions.

This week in hospitality, we considered why certain hotel companies go asset-light, asset-heavy, or asset-recycler. On the homesharing side, how is it possible that most avid U.S. travelers have never used Airbnb?

This week in aviation we looked at Air France-KLM's approach to courting millennials, plus we launched our latest newsletter on trends in the next-gen aviation industry: Airline Innovation Report.

This week in digital news, Ctrip bought social reviews company Trip.com for Skyscanner, seemingly to access in-destination content. But what's the real endgame here?

This week in digital news, we concentrated on Expedia. The online travel agency axed its price-matching guarantee and CEO Mark Okerstrom has a plan to become number one in the sector.

This week in aviation, Ryanair moved past its legal dispute with Google over misleading ads, and JetBlue took a new step toward direct booking.