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Booking Holdings saw a negative impact from the Middle East conflict in the first quarter, but executives pointed to progress in the U.S. as a bright spot. Room night growth in the U.S. was in the low teens, the fourth consecutive quarter of acceleration. “We are taking share,” CEO Glenn Fogel told analysts during the

At the recent Skift IDEA Awards webinar, Skift Climate Reporter Darin Graham spoke with IDEA Awards judges Chris Miller, SVP of Sustainability at Aspen One, and Jonathan Gómez Punzón, CEO of the Málaga Tourism Board. Tourism emissions are growing at 3.5% annually, while global emissions rise closer to 1%. On current trajectories, travel-related emissions could

TikTok users last week may have noticed a surge in content filmed aboard a Virgin Voyages cruise ship. There were passengers showing off their outfits of the day. A creator in a wheelchair breaking down the ship’s accessibility features. A pastry chef reviewing the desserts (the pistachio macarons were “outstanding” while the chocolate brioche was

When Turkey’s foreign ministry publicly condemned India’s military strikes on Pakistan last May, the response was swift. But there were no diplomatic cables. No sanctions. No orders from the Indian government. Instead, within 36 hours, Indian travel companies suspended bookings to Turkey and Azerbaijan, another country that had condemned the Indian strikes. A routine ground-handling

Emirates is planning to add en-suite bathrooms in its first-class cabins, the airline’s president Sir Tim Clark has announced. “I’m working on en-suite bathrooms in first class suites,” he said Thursday via a video call at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit in Berlin. “I want everybody to hear that, so everyone rushes out the door

As Managing Director and Vice President of International Markets at Trip.com Group, Chai, has scaled a platform built in Asia across more than 200 countries, each with radically different payment rails, traveller psychology, and cultural expectations. He talks about “Skillvenirs” — travellers who now choose destinations based on the skill they want to return with:

At this week’s Google Cloud Next conference, which wrapped Friday, the company positioned travel as a testing ground for its latest push into “agentic” AI — systems designed to handle multi-step tasks in a single chat. At the center is the cloud division’s newly announced Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform — a kind of “mission control”

H World International has posted a profit for the first time since its Chinese parent, H World Group, acquired it for around €700 million ($819 million) in 2019.  The subsidiary formerly known as Deutsche Hospitality – which operates 118 hotels as of the end of 2025 – generated approximately €63 million ($73.7 million) in adjusted

Air New Zealand CEO Nikhil Ravishankar said the carrier has been hit harder than others by the recent fuel crisis spurred by the Iran war, adding that high costs are causing it to cut capacity.  “We can’t recover the full cost of this fuel,” Ravishankar said in an interview earlier this month in New York.

Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko explore how two powerful forces are reshaping how people decide where to travel. On one side is culture, with shows like The White Lotus turning hotels and destinations into global demand drivers. On the other is technology, as AI tools

Accor told investors Thursday that oil-price fallout from the Iran war won’t derail its 2026 profit targets. The market didn’t fully buy it. Shares closed slightly down. “The only, frankly, rate pressure we see is really in the UAE, where rates are clearly down,” said Martine Gerow, chief financial officer. “We’re not seeing that pressure

In 2025, international demand papered over a softer U.S. performance by major hotel groups. First quarter 2026 might be the opposite.  The major hotel groups will likely report that U.S. hotels had their best quarter in a year. That would be consistent with the first-quarter picture painted by industry-wide CoStar data.  Revenue per available room,

OpenAI has turned on cost-per-click ads inside ChatGPT, according to Digiday. The shift moves ChatGPT ads off an impression-based model — where advertisers paid for views — and onto the pricing model that underpins search advertising. Per-click pricing is how Google built its ad empire, and it’s the benchmark travel marketers already use to measure

Over half of mainland Chinese travelers would not consider visiting the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the next three months, according to a survey conducted by travel research firm Dragon Trail International. Releasing later today, the research also found that nearly 7% of travelers have already canceled booked trips to the region

Key Points A partial review by NYC’s Office of Special Enforcement found 27% of approved short-term rental listings are illegal. Despite Airbnb’s compliance with host registration under Local Law 18, many hosts later convert listings to illegal stays, and the law does not mandate Airbnb to remove them. NYC has issued about 600 warnings to

Alex Schellenberger, Chief Brand & Marketing Officer at Mandarin Oriental, operates where brand, guest experience, commercial strategy, and global growth intersect. Mandarin Oriental is not chasing expansion for its own sake. The focus is on building a portfolio that holds pricing power, earns loyalty, and delivers experiences that feel rooted in place. At Skift Asia

JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty said in a note to staff that the carrier is not considering filing for bankruptcy right now, following wide speculation that high fuel costs could force the carrier into  Chapter 11.  “It’s not something we’re considering,” Geraghty said in the note, which was seen by Skift.  She described the current environment

Skift Take: Hotels that cut fossil fuels can lower operating costs and risk and even improve guest comfort, but the industry still treats decarbonization as optional, too expensive, confusing, and hard to compare or find. Read the Complete Story On Skift View original source here