The Skift Travel Podcast
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The Environment for Travel Startup Funding and M&A
Adam Harris, the CEO of hotel management software company Cloudbeds, has a great no-nonsense grasp of the macro – and micro – environment in the startup fundraising world.
47 min
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Busting Myths About Deglobalization and What It...
Skift CEO Rafat Ali sits down to discuss travel and globalization with strategist Parag Khanna
35 min
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Hotel Earnings Season Wrap-Up and 2023 Outlook
Hotel earnings season has just ended, with public hotel companies reporting their end of 2022 performances. In the latest Skift Podcast, our team covers the highlights, reviews the 2023 outlook, and pinpoints one of the most critical metrics to watch.
31 min
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The Big Issues Facing the Hotel Industry in 2023
Today, we’re going to look at some of the future trends happening across hospitality and the big questions facing the sector as a preview for our Future of Lodging Forum happening in London on March 29th, 2023.
14 min
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India's Potential as the Tourism Success Story ...
India is projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country later this year, as China begins to decline and India's population growth shows no sign of slowing until 2064.
53 min
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Southwest’s Terrible Holiday Fail
Southwest Airlines had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad holiday season
21 min
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Why Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano Is Optimistic ...
Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano tells Skift’s Sean ONeill what makes him optimistic about the company’s 2023 performance.
25 min
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Hilton CEO's Outlook for 2023
Liston to Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta in conversation with Skift CEO Rafat Ali from Dubai and Washington, D.C. last week.
34 min
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Generative AI and the Future of Travel
To get an understanding of why there is so much buzz about Generative AI and what this means for the travel industry and travelers, Skift CEO Rafat Ali talked to analyst and author David Mattin.
43 min
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Expedia's CEO on the Great Opportunities in Travel
Listen to Peter Kern, CEO and Chairman of Expedia Group, in conversation with Skift's Rafat Ali.
28 min
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IHG Hotels CEO on Scale and Strategy
"I’m really excited about the quality of the brand portfolio," IHG CEO Keith Barr said at Skift Global Forum.
25 min
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American Airlines CEO on the New Flying Normal
For this bonus episode of The Skift Travel Podcast, we turn to Dallas where we held our first in-person Skift Aviation Forum earlier this week.
32 min
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Balancing the Future With JetBlue's COO Joanna ...
“I’m going to bring you behind the tent, tell you what we’re doing,” JetBlue Airways COO Joanna Geraghty said at Skift Global Forum earlier this fall.
23 min
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What Tech Layoffs Mean for Travel Brands
The job losses at big tech brands including Facebook and Twitter present a big challenge for those companies and the talent they've lost. But the travel industry dealt with much of this in 2020. What's next?
20 min
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Google's Plans for the Future of Travel
Google is one of the undisputed heavyweights in online travel. So when one of the key masterminds behind all of its travel platforms and products talks about where the search giant is heading, it's worth paying attention to.
29 min
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Navigating Leadership, Community, and the Road ...
A look at future mobility possibilities, and how Waze can change the way cities move, along with insights into how the CEO made the journey from Expedia to the driving seat of Waze.
26 min
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What’s Next for Disney Parks
Listen to Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro discuss how the company will continue to thrive and push boundaries around storytelling and experiences.
24 min
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: Reimagining Travel’s F...
Skift founder and CEO Rafat Ali interviewed Chesky on stage at the Skift Global Forum in September 2022 in Manhattan, where the Airbnb CEO detailed his vision of the new era.
34 min
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What's Next for Travel with Booking Holdings CE...
The world’s largest travel company Booking Holdings is using people’s anxieties about their trips as a lens through which it prioritizes the products and services it is refining and introducing, such as flight search and insurance or other paid guarantees to cover when things go wrong.
28 min
120
Why Sustainable Tourism Is Good for Business
Radisson Hotel Group's Inge Huijbrechts and Cooler's Michel Gelobter speak with Skift's Sean O'Neill at the Skift Sustainable Tourism Summit in June 2022.
25 min
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Sustainability Isn't Easy With Intrepid Travel'...
Intrepid's Darrell Wade
23 min
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How Hotels and Short-Term Rentals Fit Together
Marriott’s Homes & Villas unit is taking a different approach to the home-sharing business than many of its competitors, focusing its growth on the company’s vast pool of loyalty members.
24 min
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What’s Next for Tour Operators?
Ulla Heffer Böhler, chief operating officer for the Travel Corporation, and Travis Pittman, the CEO & co-founder of TourRadar, spoke with Skift Senior Travel Tech Editor Sean O’Neill at Skift Forum Europe 2022.
29 min
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Sonder’s Secret Tech Sauce to Sell More Rooms
While hospitality company Sonder has a complex digital strategy in place to fill its properties, what it really wants is for its mostly Gen Z and millennial guests to brag about their cool stays on social media.
24 min
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How Shifts in Lifestyle and Work Will Reshape H...
Blueground's Alex Chatzieleftheriou and Selina's Sam Khazary speak with Skift's Seth Borko.
24 min