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Skift Take Glenn Fogel recognizes that generative AI is still young â and full of bugs â but there’s no time to experiment like the present. Justin Dawes Booking Holdings has a lot of AI experiments in the works. All five of the travel giantâs consumer brands â Booking.com, Priceline, Kayak, Agoda, and OpenTable â […]
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Skift Take For Air France, Paris 2024 is a marathon rather than a sprint. The financial impact of a one-off ‘hosting hit’ should be comfortably absorbed by longer term benefits for the brand. Gordon Smith Air France insists it is playing the long game after a costly Olympic Games. The French flag carrier – part
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Skift Take As Gen Z and millennial travelers increase their travel spending, theyâre turning to social media to discover, plan, and share life-changing travel. Snapâs native features and core principles support travelers across the trip life cycle while helping brands attract and convert these high-value consumers. Snapchat This sponsored content was created in collaboration with
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This sponsored content was created in collaboration with a Skift partner. According to a September 2024 report from Skift and McKinsey and Company, the global marketplace for travel experiences offers a more than $1 trillion opportunity. Yet, offering a cohesive customer journey and scaling that capability for attractions and experiences is a continual challenge for
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Skift Take Chinaâs visa-waiver list has a clear message: itâs rolling out the welcome mat for high-spending, long-staying European travelers. It’s a smart move to capture more of Europeâs thriving outbound tourism market to give Chinaâs tourism sector a fresh boost. Peden Doma Bhutia As China moves ahead with its visa waiver program, it has
China Waives Visa Rule for 7 More Countries — A ‘Surprise’ Entrant Joins the List Read More »
Skift Take As Indians look for destinations to travel to in the upcoming winter season, the visa waiver extension is likely to benefit Thailand. Bulbul Dhawan Thailand has extended its visa waiver for Indians “until further notice” the Tourism Authority of Thailand said this week, leading many to infer that this could be a permanent
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Skift Take Tripadvisor officials are doing their jobs in that they are trying to grow the company in the event no strategic transaction takes place. But eventually there has to be one. Dennis Schaal Tripadvisor didn’t repurchase any shares in the third quarter because it is considering “a variety of potential strategic alternatives.” That was
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Skift Take It’s been a tough run for Trivago in the Google Hotels era. No one ever said the metasearch business would be easy. Dennis Schaal Destinia, a Spain-based online travel agency, recently announced it would no longer use Trivago to attract bookings because the German metasearch company was demanding higher compensation from advertisers. In
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Skift Take Ben Baldanza, who pioneered the modern ultra-low-cost business model in the U.S. and turned Spirit into one of the most profitable airlines, has died following a battle with ALS. Meghna Maharishi Ben Baldanza, the former CEO of Spirit Airlines who transformed the ultra-low-cost carrier into a disruptive powerhouse, died on Tuesday. He
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Skift Take Saudi Arabia just finished with its gaming ‘World Cup’. Next is the gaming ‘Olympics’. Josh Corder Saudi Arabia is set to host the first Esports Olympic Games next year, an event it hopes will bring in a new group of tourists for gaming. The Gulf nation is so serious about building a world-class
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