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A Global Outlook for the Year Ahead at Skift Gl...
35 min
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Tourism’s Growth in the Middle East
Skift’s Middle East specialists sit down to discuss a big picture view on growth and dynamics in the Middle East.
39 min
128
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Super Apps, AI an...
A Fireside Chat with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
37 min
129
Choice’s Hostile Takeover Bid for Wyndham Expla...
In this episode Skift's hotel experts talk us through the details of the Choice-Wyndham deal, what might be motivating each side's actions, and what the story tells us about the current state of the hospitality landscape.
32 min
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Skift Ideas Podcast: The Power of Opportunity i...
36 min
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Travel's Future as AI Reshapes The World
48 min
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What's Going On at Skift Global Forum 2023?
28 min
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New York City Crackdown: What's Next for Short-...
44 min
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What the Hopin Fire Sale Tells Us About Events ...
Today on the program, Skift Lead Producer Jose Marmolejos speaks with Miguel Neves, Editor-in-Chief of Skift Meetings and host of the Skift Meetings Podcast.
24 min
135
The Remarkable Recovery of the Travel Industry
Today we feature audio from a livestream presentation done this week by Skift research analysts discussing The State of Travel in 2023
36 min
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Predictions from the Legends of Online Travel
The prognostications you’ll hear in this session give us some insight into the answer, and we can be certain that this question will loom large at the coming Skift Global Forum as our sessions look to tackle the theme of “Connection in the Age of AI”.
35 min
137
What the Expedia-Hopper Split Means for Online ...
On this episode of the podcast Skift's Lead Producer Jose Marmolejos speaks with Skift's Founding Editor and Executive Editor Dennis Schaal (the journalist who broke that story), as well as Skift Research Analyst Pranavi Agarwal (who recently published the definitive deep dive report on Hopper’s business model and performance), about why Hopper and Expedia’s business relationship fell apart so suddenly and dramatically.
44 min
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U.S. Cities Fight to Win Back Tourists
Skift Asia Editor Peden Doma Bhutia interviews Global Tourism Reporter Dawit Habtemariam about the series of articles he's written recently for Skift.com that detail the plight of U.S. cities
21 min
139
What's in Store for Hotel Tech and Innovation
Senior hospitality editor Sean O'Neill interviews travel tech reporter Justin Dawes about his experience on the floor of the Hospitality Industry Technology Expo and Conference, better known as HITEC.
19 min
140
Remote Company Retreats and the Business of Tea...
Lessons from the Skift Iceland Retreat
41 min
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The Future of Short-Term Rentals: Industry Lead...
Industry Leaders Look Ahead at Skift Summit
17 min
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New Podcast From Skift: Innovation and Creativi...
Introducing the Skift Ideas Podcast, a bi-weekly podcast featuring candid conversations on the innovations and ideas powering the future of travel.
39 min
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Where Smart Hospitality Companies Are Investing...
Discover what’s happening now in hotel investment in a conversation with one of the industry’s leading investor groups.
30 min
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Surviving As a Travel Startup in An Age of AI
The travel search box is broken. ChatGPT could be really instrumental in streamlining that down, what are the possibilities?
41 min
145
Rethinking Overtourism in the Post-Covid Era
"Overtourism" did its job since we coined it in 2016, now time to move on for more nuanced solutions.
32 min
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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
148
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