Trends and Tendencies

Travel technology company Sabre is increasing its focus on India, and leading the push is Samual Machado, who returned to Sabre last year to lead its India and South Asia operations.  The company’s investment plan includes hiring from India’s top…

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, May 21. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Google unveiled a series of travel-related AI upgrades at its developer conference on Tuesday, writes Travel Technology Reporter Justin Dawes.…

The Indian hotel sector is expected to cross INR 1 trillion ($11.7 billion) by the end of the current financial year and touch INR 1.1 trillion ($13 billion) by 2026-27, according to risk management and monitoring platform Rubix Data Sciences.…

Delta Air Lines officially resumed service to Tel Aviv on Tuesday after suspending service to the city following a May 4 missile attack at Ben Gurion Airport.  The carrier said it made the decision to resume service following an “extensive…

Google announced several AI enhancements during its annual I/O developer conference Tuesday, with travel-related demos for many of them. It’s the biggest travel-related AI update since last year’s conference, where Google announced a trip planner for the Gemini chatbot, which…

The new Hotels.com AI-powered chatbot is simple to use, but the errors make it unlikely to be especially helpful at this early stage. That’s what our results showed after testing the updated Hotels.com app. Expedia Group last week released the…

Ascott, the Southeast Asian hotel group, says it’s actively seeking resort acquisitions to round out its portfolio of extended-stay travel lodging as it seeks to double its overall property count by 2028. “We certainly would want to be acquiring resorts,”…

Members of Congress help shape the future of the travel industry — and some are personally investing in it, too. A Skift analysis of congressional financial disclosures reveals that more than three dozen lawmakers and their spouses have traded stocks…

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Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, May 20. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Despite having millions of loyal users, Airbnb will face several challenges in its quest to build a $1 billion experiences…