Travel Technology

Mews founder Richard Valtr talks to Skift about Flexkeeping, the company’s 13th acquisition, and how it fits into the platform. 

Leaders from the travel industry spoke at the Skift Global Forum about agentic AI and its potential impact.

TikTok is making a serious play for travel brands, as its popularity grows among older users with more disposable cash. 

AI memory and who controls it is about the fundamental architecture of customer relationships in an AI world. The companies that get this right will define the next era of travel.

Tech is hyperventilating about the whopping new $100K fee for H-1B visas. Travel shouldn’t breathe easy either. 

AI was all the rage at the Skift Global Forum this week, with the industry’s top executives revealing excitement, and uncertainty, as the tech takes center stage in travel.

The growth-at-all-costs playbook that built online travel platforms is dead. The disruption opportunity with new players isn't theoretical anymore, it's structural, and it rewards depth over scale.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky talks beds, bots and better travel experiences, and that’s just the beginning, as it eyes new businesses and AI expansions. 

CEO Jason Liberty says the cruise ship operator sits on ‘Himalayas’ of data and is ready to use the disruptive technology further.

For now, Kayak’s challenge is less about technology than traveler behavior: convincing consumers to trust a conversational AI to handle bookings, and not just fall back on the familiar search box.