Category Travel & Leisure

Hotel tech company Mews said Tuesday that raised another $75 million. The company has now raised a total of $410 million, including $110 million a year ago.  The company is not disclosing the valuation for this round. Last year, the…

From opulent trains crossing golden deserts to ultra-exclusive island retreats, our latest round-up of luxury travel news includes pioneering brands that are pushing boundaries in the world of luxury travel.Saudi Arabia’s Dream of the Desert marries Arabian heritage with contemporary…

Serendipitous adventure, carefree nights with newfound friends in foreign lands, delicious foods for bargain prices, and the luxury of time to enjoy it all. Welcome to the world of long-term travel. When it comes to this kind of travel, I…

Expedia Group laid off hundreds of members of its marketing teams around the world and will internally announce a reorganization March 12, Skift has learned. The layoffs mostly impacted staff in content creation located in several cities, including Seattle, Austin,…

Whilst long haul trips in business class have been a regular part of our global travels in recent years, for which we are of course eternally grateful, our recent Singapore to London return flights in first class were an extra…

April is a beautiful time to visit the USA. It is a shoulder season, meaning the entire country is in its transition phase — be that squeezing in its last month of ski slopes or bursting with freshly bloomed wildflowers.…

I love to eat. In fact, eating is one of my favorite activities, and also one of my favorite aspects of traveling. Food is such an integral part of so many cultures that to skip out on meals when you…

As the travel industry in India continues to evolve at a rapid pace, Skift India Forum is set to bring together some of the most influential companies shaping the future of travel and hospitality. Taking place on March 17-18 in…

ANA Holdings raised eyebrows on Tuesday with a major new aircraft order. The Tokyo-based company, best known for its All Nippon Airways brand, announced deals with not one, but three separate planemakers.  At catalog prices, the agreements are worth around…

Budget airline IndiGo on Tuesday announced that it will operate its first-ever widebody aircraft on the Delhi-Bangkok route starting March 1. The airline plans to fly to Europe from mid-summer. “Starting between Delhi and Bangkok, we intend to shift to…