41+ min ago   (376+ words) Rashaad Jorden is Skift's Associate Editor/Archivist. He often delves into topics that readers turn to Ask Skift, our AI chatbot, for information. Before finding his way to Skift, he bounced around the U.S., France, Japan and UK. He greatly misses…...

17+ hour, 50+ min ago   (148+ words) Weeks after closing its self-service developer portal, Amadeus revealed that building new ties to connect its travel systems to Claude, both for developers and the travel workforce. Amadeus is working with Anthropic to make flight and destination content available inside…...

1+ day, 5+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 12+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 21+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 23+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 23+ hour 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…...

2+ day, 3+ hour 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…...

2+ day, 2+ hour 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…...

2+ day, 7+ 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…...