Category Travel & Leisure

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…

Police and workmen are removing illegally placed key boxes from public property in the historic centers of Rome and Florence.  The key boxes, which allow tourists to enter short-term rentals without meeting hosts in person, have become symbols of the…

Hyatt Hotels is expanding its reach into the so-called “upper-midscale” segment with a new brand, Hyatt Select, designed to attract cost-conscious travelers while offering hotel owners a conversion-friendly option with lower operational costs. The Chicago-based hospitality company launched Hyatt Select…

Skift Take Six new speakers added to the Skift India Forum lineup from Uber, Government of India, Travel Corporation India, DreamSetGo, ixigo, and ALHAGHA. As we gear up for the second annual Skift India Forum on March 17-18 in Delhi-NCR,…