The Skift Travel Podcast
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Skift sits down with creatives, executives, and entrepreneurs from across travel to discuss their insights and perspectives on the hows and whys of travelers’ habits, industry patterns, and the seismic changes happening across the industry.
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Reinventing Travel Brands Through Modern Conten...
For this episode we take a deep dive into how Marriott is reshaping how brands — both in travel and beyond — rethink their role in content production and distribution. Marriott International has been a pioneer in this area, launching its own studio in la...
53 min
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State of Travel Startups and Venture Capital in...
A report published by CB Insights showed 2015 as one of the greatest year for travel tech funding, with more than $5.2 billion invested across 348 deals.
What does this year hold for startups?
To help walk us through what’s happening on the venture capit...
31 min
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The Past And Future of Local Discovery
Gone are the days of foldout maps and paperback guidebooks meant to help travelers navigate new terrain. Today’s it’s all about mobile apps, which in a highly-digitized environment are valuable tools not just for consumers to understand and explore new t...
27 min
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The Changing Trends in Health and Wellness Travel
When many people think health and wellness, they think spas, meditation, and yoga, but over the last two decades it has evolved into so much more. Now the field encompasses women-only surf retreats, health-conscious hospitality brands, a new focus on men...
22 min
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Discussing the Megatrends Affecting Travel in 2016
With our kickoff 2016 episode, Skift staffers Jason Clampet, Alexandra E. Petri, and Rafat Ali discuss highlights from the 15 big trends affecting travel in 2016. These trends are playing out across the global travel industry, from changing consumer habi...
31 min
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The Changing Landscape of Travel Video
With YouTube, Vimeo, GoPro, and hundreds of channels in HD, the choices of what to watch and how are greater than ever. The traditional travel programming isn’t dead, but how we see it has radically changed.
And what we expect to see as viewers continual...
31 min
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How Modern Luggage Got Smarter and Better Looking
Packing is an integral part of the travel experience, one that we all experience no matter where we are going or how we get there. To talk about the evolution of luggage, and the art of packing, we’re speaking with Diego Saez-Gil, CEO of Bluesmart, which...
26 min
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How In-Room Tech Is Changing Everything About H...
Smartphones are at the center of the evolution of guest experience at hotels. Third-party services are quickly developing apps and tools that transform personal devices into portals for the hotel experience. In this week's episode of the Skift Podcast, w...
33 min
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The Rise of Lifestyle Hotels And The Culture Dr...
31 min
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How Bikes Are Changing The Way We Experience Ci...
The humble bike is experiencing a cultural renaissance. Bike share programs are popping up in cities all over the world from New York to Medellín, city streets are transforming with the addition of painted bike lanes, and boutique bike brands are discove...
28 min
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The Renegade Tours Disrupting City Visits For T...
World-renowned museums will always have a spot at the top of tourists’ bucket lists. A small but growing group of entrepreneurs are responding to travelers’ changing expectations by building high-touch, low-tech experiences in these cultural institutions...
34 min
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Travel PR, The Invisible Engine Fueling Your Tr...
Public relations is the invisible engine that helps control many of the messages that travelers consume about destinations, hotels, airlines and cruises. In this week's podcast, we discuss the evolution of the travel PR industry, with host Samantha Shank...
41 min
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How Culinary Obsessions Are Changing the Way We...
Food has transitioned from necessity to obsession in recent years. We fill our social media streams with plate photos, suss out restaurant reviews, lust after a specific cuisine, and then travel thousands of miles or just across town to taste the most au...
38 min
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The Appeal of Mass Tourism in the Age of Authen...
Although slipping into a local routine in a strange and foreign city has never been easier, most tourists are confounded by their basic need to know that they have indeed seen and experienced a place as they imagined.
To discuss what draws a supposedly i...
31 min