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Skift Take: Airbnb's rekindled push into luxury is its latest revival of initiatives dropped during the pandemic. Among them, Airbnb has expanded its hotels and experiences businesses, and frequently says that it will eventually debut flights. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: As trips become more fragmented across providers, travelers still expect someone to step up when plans unravel. For travel brands, how they respond to disruption may be becoming as important to loyalty as the rewards they offer when everything goes right. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: A government minister, an EU regulator, a member of the European Parliament, and the airline and destination chiefs who move the corridor rarely share a stage. On October 15 in Dublin, they do, and so can you. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: Wyndham's scale could help a brand that has been slow to get properties built. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: The appointment comes as Brand USA President and CEO Fred Dixon prepares to rejoin NYC Tourism + Conventions. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: While Delta is still in the early stages of building out its own media network, personalization could become a major revenue stream for airlines looking to appeal to more affluent travelers. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: The safety case for Terminal 1 is credible, but the plan also happens to give Navi Mumbai the international traffic it needs. Whether that's coincidence or design, airlines will keep asking. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: G Adventures is moving beyond its traditional small-group adventure customer, and that changes both the size of the opportunity and the execution risk. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: The open question is whether Pavilion's model can scale. Private equity investors will want returns, majority-owner operators will seek to retain autonomy, and the efficiency of operating a dozen or more software systems will be tested. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: There's no evidence of distressed sales in the Gulf hotel market. But the war clearly changed the math buyers need to close deals. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: While IndiGo's latest fuel hike is smaller than April's increase, but the third fuel-charge hike this year shows that India's low-fare era is increasingly being tested by higher airline costs. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: Who said airlines have to fly every route they sell? Low-cost-carrier Tigerair Taiwan is testing a way to tap another carrier's network, sell the journey itself, and skip the traditional interline setup. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: India is betting that open digital infrastructure can make its vast, fragmented tourism supply easier to discover, book and eventually surface through AI. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: One source said Dakota Smith had a lot of credibility in the B2B space, Hopper's most important division. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: Hilton's CEO says he wants to make booking through AI agents easy. For now, Meta's Muse struggles to pull a price from hotel group sites, and OTAs may remain an easier door. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: Tourist taxes are usually sold as a way to manage crowds. Their deeper appeal is political: They raise money from people who cannot vote against the officials spending it. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: Thai Airways emerged from years of restructuring with ambitious plans to expand its fleet and international network. A flood-driven operational breakdown at its Bangkok hub has now cost its CEO his job. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: United has a real lead with Starlink and is smart to make as much noise about it as possible. Travel history suggests the lead won't last nearly as long as the enthusiasm around it. … [Read more...]

Skift Take: Hotel tech investments keep climbing, but profits aren't keeping pace. Can hotels promise that AI will mean no job cuts and a payoff on the P&L at the same time? … [Read more...]

Skift Take: United is betting that Starlink will become one of its biggest selling points as it ramps up rollout of the in-flight Wi-Fi. Meanwhile, its chief rival, Delta, is receiving pushback online for not choosing the internet provider. … [Read more...]