The travel space race is firmly on. We all know about billionaire plans from Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson to launch a new era of galactic tourism, but now there is another player on the market. And they want to make space tourism more available to more travellers. Space Perspective is on the …
A software company has just raised $25m to help airline companies to upsell. The solution offered by Gordian Software enables travel sites, including Hopper, Trip.com and Priceline, to sell ancillaries such as baggage and premium seat selection for their airline partners. Travellers can pack their bags and get ready for the upselling upswing. The startup …
Berlin, NYC and Dublin sold out for the summer. This summer, business travel is booming. Not only are companies enjoying that staff can travel more freely again, but employees are also taking the chance to stay longer and convert business trips into workcations. Recent research by AltoVita shows that some cities are now ‘sold out’ …
Sequoia warns founders of ‘Crucible Moment’ and advises how to avoid the Death Spiral In past crises, Sequoia has shared influential memos such as “R.I.P. Good Times” in 2008 and the “Black Swan” memo in Covid 2020. Sequoia is now back with another warning: “Adapting To Endure”, a 52-page deck (not behind a paywall) about …
You saw this term everywhere in the past year: SPACs. The bright people from TNMT did a deep dive into the hype and now they launched a report sharing their findings around the topic – here is what they published. Got an idea about sustainable tourism? Want to discover the potential of space technologies? The …
Skift Aviation Forum 2022 will take place in-person in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, bringing together CEOs and senior executives from across the airline industry to discuss the future of aviation. Join us for a day of fast-paced, deep dive conversations into the business of aviation, combining Skift’s editorial viewpoint, extensive research insights, and broader travel …
The largest creative business event in the global travel industry. Skift Global Forum 2022 — the flagship global conference on the business of travel — will return as a full scale in-person event in NYC and broadcast online globally.
Join us as Skift editors and research analysts speak with leaders across tourism to explore what actions they have taken towards their sustainability goals, what we can learn from their experiences, how they are hoping to scale these initiatives across travel, and what all of travel can do to truly create a more equitable industry …
Exploring What’s Next For Accommodations: The Great Merging. Join us May 11-12 in-person in New York City, as Skift editors and research analysts consider lodging’s future with a room full of the industry’s leading minds across hospitality and short-term rentals. It will be an event to remember in this unique time across travel.
Join Skift editors and research analysts for this online-only event as we dive into discussions with the leaders across travel who are spearheading travel loyalty’s new frontier as we look to define the new needs for consumers and the innovations that will lead in this competitive landscape. Join Us on April 21 for the Skift …
