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Key Points Thailand wants 4 trillion baht ($118 billion) in tourism revenue by 2032, up 48% from 2025, which requires about 5.8% annual growth while arrivals are falling for a second straight year. The plan shifts the emphasis to yield — cruise and yacht tourism, higher-spending markets, events, and dispersal — but pricing power isn’t

Few companies have spent more on Los Angeles’ elections this year than Airbnb, which has put millions behind Mayor Karen Bass and other local candidates. Airbnb’s spending touches several fights that matter to its business in the city, including a proposed temporary easing of short-term rental restrictions during the 2028 Olympics, which are expected to

Oman’s hotels are taking a far bigger hit from the U.S.-Iran war than the country’s headline arrival numbers suggest, Skift’s analysis of tourism data shows. The country received 2.5 million visitors from January to August, down 0.8% year over year, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information’s (NCSI) latest tourism report. The figures

Air India is looking to increase its existing widebody aircraft orders as it seeks to expand its international network and regain market share from foreign carriers. CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said the airline is in discussions with Airbus and Boeing about adding more widebody aircraft to support its long-term ambitions. “We want to increase our order

Booking.com is okay with travelers starting their trip planning with AI. It just wants to be the platform to close things. Travelers are increasingly researching trips with AI, but that doesn’t mean the booking follows. Booking.com frames its challenge in Asia-Pacific as staying relevant at the moment people are ready to pay, wherever they may

JetBlue is raising bag fees again. For travelers in economy, the cost of checking a bag is now $50, up from $45, if purchased more than 24 hours before departure, according to its website. Bags checked in within 24 hours of departure will cost $60. During peak periods, checked bags will cost $55, up from

This sponsored content was created in collaboration with a Skift partner. North America remains one of Ireland’s most valuable visitor markets, but the outlook is getting more complicated. At the Skift Transatlantic Summit, Tourism Ireland Chief Executive Alice Mansergh pointed to continued growth alongside signs of softening demand as travelers contend with higher costs and

Key Points UAE hotel occupancy fell to 67.6% in September from 79.9% a year earlier, and Dubai international visitors dropped 44% to 6.97 million through August. Dubai short-term rental forward bookings are down 37.5% for November and about 26% for December and January, versus a 6% to 8% gap in late September. Nine foreign airlines

Halloween is over, but for Europe’s airlines the scariest weeks may still lie ahead. Ryanair, the continent’s largest carrier, warned Monday of pay freezes, slower recruitment and AI efficiencies as it reported a 15% drop in half-year profits and braced for a €2 billion ($2.24bn) spike in its annual fuel bill in the group’s fiscal

One of the most revealing ways Gravity Haus members use the company’s properties involves someone who isn’t staying overnight. Jim Deters, the company’s founder and CEO, describes a parent driving up from the Denver area, dropping the kids at ski school and using a membership to make the property a base for the day. There’s

President Donald Trump bashed Norway earlier this week, calling it a “shit house country” after the Oslo-based Nobel committee did not award him a peace prize. “Frankly, Norway sucks,” Trump said at a Sunday rally in Michigan. Visit Norway, the country’s destination marketing organization, was quick to capitalize on the insult. The organization made a

Hyatt has moved to block Hilton from registering the name Select by Hilton, setting up a rare trademark fight between the two hotel companies. Hyatt filed an opposition Monday with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, citing its own Hyatt Select registered trademark and two pending applications. Hyatt then filed

Alaska Airlines is laying off 200 employees as it grapples with high fuel costs and has lost $416 million in the past nine months of the year.  The cuts only impact back office roles, so pilots, flight attendants, ramp agents, and maintenance technicians are among those that won’t be affected, a spokesperson confirmed to Skift.

Key Points Disney laid off 100 to 200 theme park employees, concentrated in Imagineering, after timelines shifted on various projects. Experiences generated more than half of Disney’s total segment operating income in fiscal 2025, even as third-quarter international park income fell on consumer softness in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The cuts follow earlier reductions in

Key Points Silkhaus will cease operations at the end of November 2026, citing sustained regional conflict and its effect on travel across the GCC, after raising more than $10 million in equity and debt. Demand indicators are down sharply: Dubai international visitors fell 44% to 6.97 million through August, UAE hotel occupancy slid to 67.6%

Key Points Thailand cut its 2026 arrivals forecast to 33 million from 36.7 million, and its 2027 target of “at least 33 million” keeps the lower ambition in place. Arrivals are tracking at about 69,000 a day against the roughly 114,000 a day needed. Supply keeps coming: 167 hotel projects nationally at the end of

Hyatt’s growth now runs through the affluent vacationer. In the third quarter, Hyatt’s U.S. RevPAR climbed 8.2%, including a lift of roughly 50 basis points from the FIFA World Cup. Executives attributed the performance to the resilience of “premium travelers.” “Luxury leisure has just remained the juggernaut of growth for us,” said CEO Mark Hoplamazian