Category Travel & Leisure

Martin Gauss has been removed as CEO of Latvian national airline airBaltic. The company confirmed Gauss’ departure in a statement Monday that said the decision was taken by the supervisory board following a regular shareholders meeting.  The company is majority-owned…

Republic Airways and Mesa Airlines, two of the largest regional carriers in the U.S., said Monday that they plan to merge.  The two carriers said the merged company would be called Republic Airways and listed as “RJEt.” The all-stock agreement…

The AI revolution is going global and shifting from a discovery function to a personal agent. Social media companies are integrating search and transaction functions into their platforms, paving the way for a new era of social commerce. Sub-Saharan Africa…

Twenty-five years ago, planning a trip in India was an exercise in patience. Travelers relied on neighborhood travel agents, flipping through bulky brochures and making endless phone calls just to book a hotel or flight. Visiting a destination before confirming…

This year has been much slower for travel startup funding compared to last year. In the past three weeks, eight travel startups raised $159 million. The numbers were roughly the same in the prior three weeks. Last year, there were three…

The U.S. hotel industry is navigating significant challenges stemming from President Trump’s tariff war, according to a leading hotel asset manager whose team runs a $12.5 billion portfolio of properties on behalf of owners. Michelle Russo, founder and CEO of…

Get out a sheet of paper and write down all your set expenses: rent/mortgage, car payments, cable/streaming bill, cell phone, insurance, school payments, etc. Tally them up. Then write down all your discretionary spending. This is what you spend on…

Vacation rental platform Savvy is taunting Vrbo and Airbnb with billboards in Austin, where Vrbo is located in an Expedia Group office. “Think of us as Airbnb and Vrbo’s hotter, cooler, smarter, younger sibling that never has fees. Stay smarter.…

Finding the best travel deals is a matter of timing. A lot of people think travel is just expensive, but in reality, there are incredible deals happening all the time. They often don’t last too long, and you have to…

Skift Take The Skift Data + AI Summit on June 4 in New York City will feature leaders from Brand USA, Amex GBT, Amadeus, Meta, Destination Toronto, and Hilton discussing how AI is transforming travel marketing, automation, and personalization. The…