Hotel chains are quietly developing plans to bypass traditional booking intermediaries, aiming to increase direct bookings from corporations and businesses. Why it matters: This move could disrupt how business travel is sold today, potentially squeezing out traditional travel management companies and online travel agencies. Why hotels are pushing for change: Some hotel executives believe they can...
Gibraltar, the longtime UK territory at the southern tip of Spain known famously for its tourist hot spot The Rock, could be joining by year’s end the European Union’s Schengen region, a change in border restriction that could boost future tourism prospects. A new treaty that is close to being negotiated would allow Gibraltar to join Schengen, made up of 26 European countries that have abolished...
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Megatrends, our annual forecast of the top travel industry trends, is back for another highly-anticipated program in New York City, London, and online next month. Last year, we welcomed approximately 500 attendees to New York City and London, and heard from top travel executives from companies like GetYourGuide, Marriott International, Expedia Group, and more while we explored the following...
Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, September 12, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Listen Now Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Episode Notes A growing number of women are making waves in leadership positions throughout the travel industry, and Skift is featuring 25 of them in our inaugural list, Generation Next: The Women Shaping Travel’s...
Ground Transport AI-Powered Revenue Management Transforms Ground Transportation The integration of AI-powered revenue management by ground transportation operators is transforming the industry, introducing dynamic pricing and demand forecasting. Traditionally reliant on static pricing, the bus industry is now embracing more granular control over pricing strategies, allowing operators to adjust...
Noha Abdalla Choice Hotels CMO Noha Abdalla, the chief marketing officer at Choice Hotels, considers herself a problem solver, and she’s had several marketing positions over the years where she’s worked as a quasi-internal consultant charged with taking on a new challenge. At Choice Hotels, which she joined in 2022, the goal was to expand beyond the company’s traditional focus on the franchisee...
I listen to travel tech companies that have boosted their revenue despite the pandemic shock to the travel industry. These vendors can reveal clues about what’s on the minds of travel execs shopping for tech. But to be clear: When I sum up a vendor’s views and forecasts, I’m not saying they’re the last word on any topic. This week, I listened closely to Cloudbeds. Cloudbeds, based in San Diego...
One week after Ariane Gorin took over as the new CEO of Expedia Group, the company issued a statement Friday that Chief Technology Officer Rathi Murthy, and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, senior vice president, core services product & engineering, are no longer working at the company. Expedia Group cited “a violation of company policy,” but wouldn’t provide additional details on their exits. The...
Online Travel This Week Online travel has a ton of loose ends, questions to be answered, and fortunes to be won or blown, and these issues didn’t get resolved, of course, just because the Gregorian calendar spent its annual allotment of days on December 31. Here are some of the open questions for online travel in 2022: Who Will Be Tripadvisor’s Next CEO? The search for a CEO at Tripadvisor to...