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May 15, 2017

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7 New Stories to Start Your Week

We're going to keep telling you how excited we are about the upcoming Skift Global Forum, so in that sense today is just another day that ends in a "y."

We also have another exclusive interview with a leading industry CEO, this one with Amadeus' top exec who explains how his company is negotiating the changing world of travel distribution. — Jason Clampet, Editor-in-Chief

Top 3 Reasons You Cannot Miss Skift Global Forum

Top 3 Reasons You Cannot Miss Skift Global Forum

Looking for reasons to attend Skift Global Forum? Look no further. We've mapped out exactly why you can't afford to miss the largest creative business forum in the global travel industry. Register for our last Early Bird Tickets now.

Travel Tech CEO Series: Amadeus Is Evolving Despite Airline Distribution Pressures

Travel Tech CEO Series: Amadeus Is Evolving Despite Airline Distribution Pressures

In his first interview with Skift, Amadeus's chief executive Luis Maroto makes a persuasive case that his $24.8 billion company is successfully navigating industry changes.

AccorHotels’ New Flight and Hotel Packages Target Loyalty Members First

AccorHotels’ New Flight and Hotel Packages Target Loyalty Members First

In its attempt to own more of the traveler experience from start to finish, AccorHotels is leveraging the power of its loyalty program — something its peers, no doubt, will also want to do going forward.

U.S. Travelers Want to Go to Cuba But Brands Were Too Aggressive, Too Soon

U.S. Travelers Want to Go to Cuba But Brands Were Too Aggressive, Too Soon

Travel brands and Cuba's ailing infrastructure are already struggling with accommodating 285,000 U.S. travelers per year in and around Havana. What happens when that number multiplies by seven?

Love Global Entry? 6 More Options That Speed Travelers Through Customs

Love Global Entry? 6 More Options That Speed Travelers Through Customs

Global Entry is the gateway drug. Now other countries are allowing you to skip through immigration faster than ever before. And it is easier than you would think.

Overtourism and Lax Oversight Threaten Great Wall of China

Overtourism and Lax Oversight Threaten Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China doesn’t need Hollywood to remain one of the world’s wonders. But stampedes of Chinese tourists still threaten an artifice that northern armies failed to conquer.

How Do Hotels and Online Travel Agencies Really Define a Direct Booking?

How Do Hotels and Online Travel Agencies Really Define a Direct Booking?

There ain't no such thing as a free booking.

Weekend Roundups

How Travel Media Missed the Digital Leap and 13 Other Digital Trends This Week

How Travel Media Missed the Digital Leap and 13 Other Digital Trends This Week

These are the digital trends we were talking about this week.

U.S. Travel Industry Jobs Show Healthy Growth and 12 Other Tourism Trends This Week

U.S. Travel Industry Jobs Show Healthy Growth and 12 Other Tourism Trends This Week

These are the tourism trends we were talking about this week.

Spirit Air Sues Its Pilots Union and 6 Other Aviation Trends This Week

Spirit Air Sues Its Pilots Union and 6 Other Aviation Trends This Week

These are the aviation trends we were talking about this week.

Generator Hostels CEO Departs and 9 Other Hospitality Trends This Week

Generator Hostels CEO Departs and 9 Other Hospitality Trends This Week

These are the hospitality trends we were talking about this week.

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