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Swiggy Has a New Travel Concierge. Can a Food Delivery App Make It Work?
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (149+ words) Travel is full of problems that don't fit neatly into an app. Swiggy's Crew is betting it can handle the messy parts. Swiggy is betting that travel's real friction isn't the booking — it's everything else. The Indian food delivery and…...
The Race for Chinese Travel Demand Is Now a Fight to Get on the AI Shortlist
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (254+ words) skift.com First read is on us. Get unlimited access with Skift Pro. Unlock your next read Travel marketers have spent decades convincing Chinese travelers to pick them. Now they have to convince AI to mention them. - How can lesser-known…...
Uber to Lay Off 3,300 Employees, Reducing Management Jobs by 20%
17+ hour, 33+ min ago (233+ words) Dennis Schaal is Skift's Founding Editor and Executive Editor. Dennis has been a reporter focusing on online travel and short-term rentals for more than two decades at Skift, Tnooz, USA Today, and Travel Weekly. He is well-known for tough one-on-one…...
Travel Execs to Meet With Trump to Push Inbound Tourism
19+ hour, 34+ min ago (165+ words) The meeting comes on the heels of the World Cup tournament and follows four consecutive months of inbound travel declines. Executives from the U.S. Travel Association, American Airlines, Hilton, and other travel brands are set to meet with President Donald Trump…...
Amadeus's President of Travel on Why the Traveler, Not the Platform, Should Hold the Controls
19+ hour, 25+ min ago (789+ words) Decius Valmorbida thinks the industry competes too hard on closed ecosystems and cooperates too little on the plumbing. His bet: open, shared foundations grow the pie for everyone. We'll test whether rivals actually build them together at Skift Global Forum…...
Virgin's New International Trains Could Cut Emissions, Fares — and Fuel Its Loyalty Program
22+ hour, 57+ min ago (214+ words) Increased competition on the track connecting the UK and continental Europe could be a win for the environment if it pulls travelers off planes, but prices need to be lower. Virgin has another incentive in mind: loyalty points. Virgin has…...
Ryanair Pulls Winter Capacity and Warns Rivals May Struggle to Survive
23+ hour, 38+ min ago (178+ words) Ryanair has a fuel hedge most airlines would envy, and it's still cutting unprofitable winter flights. Its more exposed rivals should be nervous. Ryanair is cutting its traffic target for the financial year by 2 million passengers as the carrier limits…...
Southwest to Launch Airport Lounges in 2027
22+ hour, 41+ min ago (146+ words) Skift First read is on us. Get unlimited access with Skift Pro. Unlock your next read Lounges are the latest step in Southwest’s rapid transformation from a low-cost domestic carrier to a full-service operator. - Which specific markets are likely to…...
For UAE Short-Term Rentals, Occupancy Is Recovering — Demand Hasn’t Fully Caught Up
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (192+ words) Occupancy is recovering faster than demand because supply is shrinking. AirDNA’s Q3 numbers still show bookings running 13% behind last year. UAE short-term rental occupancy is climbing. But AirDNA data says that’s because supply is shrinking, not because demand has come back…...
The Economics of Flight Search, Post-Google
23+ hour, 45+ min ago (384+ words) Lex Haris is Skift's Managing Editor. Lex has been a news editor for more than 20 years and loves talking to reporters and editors about stories they’re excited about. He was previously Vice President of Editorial at CBS News and Executive…...