Travel Marriott Executive Takes on New Challenge of Growing Design Hotels Brandskift.com - Danni Santana While Design Hotels is not solely dependent on its loyalty agreement with Marriott to bolster its brand, our bet is that growing the number of …
India Booking Site Ixigo’s Rail-First Strategy Propels Growth in Indiaskift.com - Sean O'Neill An exclusive first look at Ixigo’s fiscal year financials reveals that the travel price-comparison startup is growing rapidly. Its story suggests how …
Travel The Anti-Flying Movement Is Slowly Starting to Hurt European Airlinesskift.com - Patrick Whyte A lot of people feel guilty about flying, but the number prepared to give it up is still pretty small. That’s not to say it can’t grow, especially as …
Thomas Cook Thomas Cook May Sell Nordics Division and 3 Other Aviation Trends This Weekskift.com - Isaac Carey Throughout the week we post dozens of original stories, connecting the dots across the travel industry, and every weekend we sum it all up. This …
Volcanoes Bali Flights Canceled After Volcano Eruptsskift.com - Rachel Bronstein Indonesia canceled flights to and from the nation’s main resort island of Bali after the Mt. Agung volcano erupted late on Friday. “Currently flights …
Flying Grounded Boeing 737 Max Jets Get White-Glove Care So They Can Fly Againskift.com - Brian Sumers While regulators contemplate whether Boeing Co.’s 737 Max can safely return to the skies, workers in a California airplane-storage yard keep a …
Flying China to Help Airlines Seeking Compensation from Boeing 737 Max Groundingskift.com - Rachel Bronstein China’s airline industry association has thrown its support behind 13 Chinese carriers seeking compensation from Boeing for groundings of the 737 Max …
Flying United Moves to Oust Avianca Chairman, Claim Controlskift.com - Rachel Bronstein United Continental Holdings Inc. is seeking to oust Avianca Holdings SA’s chairman and largest shareholder, just six months after the two airlines …
Airbnb Airbnb Troubles in Chile Worsen With Death of Tourists in Apartmentskift.com - Raini Hamdi Six Brazilian tourists died Wednesday in downtown Santiago from a carbon monoxide leak in an apartment they rented through Airbnb, worsening an …
Hotels Executive Q&A: Posadas’ Meteoric Growth in Mexico and Beyondskift.com - alison Posadas, a 50-year-old Mexican-owned and -operated company, has risen to become the largest hotel operator in the country. Currently, the brand has …
Lego Activist Investor Urges Legoland Operator Merlin to Go Privateskift.com - Patrick Whyte A U.S. activist investor wants to push Britain’s biggest theme park owner off the stock market, saying it would be worth more in private …
Travel Startups Target Asian Markets for Flying Taxis Debutskift.com - Raini Hamdi The world’s first passenger-drone services may debut in Asia — but the technology behind these flying taxis will be largely European. Volocopter of …
Guide Books Lonely Planet to Revamp Its Guidebooks, Starting With Chinaskift.com - Isaac Carey CEO Luis Cabrera has big plans to invest in digital opportunities, but right now the company is still in the experimental stage.
Travel Travelperk Looks to Crack Europe’s Complex Biz Travel Marketskift.com - Andrew Sheivachman Perhaps the most notable story in corporate travel in the last few years has been the rise of a new crop of travel management companies looking to …
Travel Prowler Raises $24 Million for Decision Tool: Travel Startup Funding This Weekskift.com - Sean O'Neill This week travel startups announced more than $309 million in funding, as Mafengwo, Prowler.io, Instawork, Revenue Analytics, Dawex, and Outpost …
Boeing 737 MAX FAA Makes No Promises About Lifting Boeing 737 Max Banskift.com - Brian Sumers Representatives from more than 30 countries met with Federal Aviation Administration officials Thursday to hear the U.S. regulator’s approach to …
Hyatt Hyatt Launches New Lifestyle Brand Division to Meet Growing Demandskift.com - Danni Santana Hyatt has launched a new lifestyle division, encompassing both its existing Hyatt Centric brand and those formerly of Two Roads Hospitality, which …
Airbnb Activist Site Inside Airbnb Uses Startup’s Own Data to Highlight Illegal Listingsskift.com - Sean O'Neill Murray Cox chuckled when he was invited to a meeting with Airbnb executives in downtown Manhattan in February. For four years Cox has been publishing …
Thomas Cook Imperiled Thomas Cook in Talks to Sell Nordics Divisionskift.com - Patrick Whyte Thomas Cook has confirmed it has been approached by private equity firm Triton Partners over a takeover of its Northern Europe business. Talks between …
Travel Amadeus Traveler Data Exposed in a Thwarted Data Leakskift.com - Sean O'Neill A computer expert discovered a vulnerability in one of the systems used by travel distribution company Amadeus, which said it had fixed the issue and …
Flying Control of Struggling Avianca Could Pass to United Due to Loan Breachskift.com - Rachel Bronstein Avianca was a failing airline with 37 outdated planes when German Efromovich purchased it out of bankruptcy in 2004. Over 15 years the Bolivian …
Serko, Travel Tech Provider of Zeno, Nearly Doubles Headcountskift.com - Andrew Sheivachman New Zealand’s Serko, one of the more interesting technology providers in corporate travel, is staffing up amid a serious push into North American and …
Travel Buzzy Wellness Beverages Fend Off Brand Copycatsskift.com - alison The Skift Wellness newsletter is our weekly dispatch focused on what’s happening in wellness from a global business standpoint. Skift Wellness lives …
Travel How Travelperk Builds Better Tools for European Business Travelersskift.com - Andrew Sheivachman Corporate travel has not done a good job at solving the problems faced by actual business travelers. Smaller corporate travel companies, along with …
Machine Learning Skift Webinar: Machine Learning — Creating More Human Interactions for Travel Brandsskift.com - Gianna Greco In our upcoming webinar, we’re taking a closer look at machine learning, a technology that has the potential to transform how travel brands interact …
Travel Ctrip’s Global Push Starts to Pay Off in Diversified Revenue Streamsskift.com - Sean O'Neill Ctrip serves the world’s biggest e-commerce market, China. Its next targets are outbound Chinese travelers in Southeast Asia, plus customers in India …
Travel Tencent Leads $250 Million Funding in Chinese Travel Site Mafengwoskift.com - Raini Hamdi Tencent Holdings is leading a $250 million investment in Chinese travel site Mafengwo, expanding its footprint in a fast-growing online travel and …
Travel Amadeus Begins Powering Next-Gen Airline Selling Via Online Agenciesskift.com - Sean O'Neill Online travel agencies have been late to the airline sector push to sell airfares and other products in more modern ways. Travix has reached a …
Travel Skift Forum Asia: Agoda’s CEO Touts Homesharing for That Competitive Edgeskift.com - Danni Santana Hundreds of the travel industry’s most forward-thinking executives will gather for our first Skift Forum Asia in Singapore on May 27. In just a few …
Travel Potential Slowdown Raises Concerns for Meetings Sectorskift.com - Andrew Sheivachman Greetings from Germany, where IMEX Frankfurt is in full swing with meetings and events professionals from around the world. Despite the usual …
