The Skift Travel Podcast

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Summer's Hottest Short-Term Rental Markets
Seth and Sarah are joined by AirDNA Chief Economist Jamie Lane. Listen to the three of them chat about the data behind summer travel and short term rentals - who's going where and what the numbers tell us.
36 min
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Trends in Ultra High Net Worth Travel
The very wealthy don't travel like everyone else does – we discuss the latest trends for luxury vacations on the Skift Travel Podcast.
41 min
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Where Are the Women in Aviation?
Women have struggled to occupy leadership roles in the aviation industry, and we discuss the reasons why and what airlines are doing to reverse the gender gap in this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast.
31 min
129
What the Heck is Regenerative Tourism, Anyway?
The goal of regenerative tourism is to leave destinations and the environment better off than they would have been without tourism. But is it really new? And how can we know if it's working?
33 min
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What Data, AI, and Short-Term Rental Leaders To...
Executives speaking at the recent Skift Short-Term Rental Summit discussed a very wide variety of topics, and we talked about some of them in this week's episode of the Skift Travel Podcast.
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How Ozempic and GLP-1s Are Changing the Busines...
38 min
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Is Google Killing Online Travel?
26 min
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Business and International Travel Drove Earning...
The recent earnings seasons provided a glimpse into how the largest publicly traded travel companies are faring.
34 min
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The State of Conferences
47 min
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Airbnb’s Icons: Gimmick or Marketing Genius?
37 min
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The Awakening of Sleep Tourism
30 min
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Airbnb's Megawatt Payday and Should Billionaire...
28 min
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Meet Skift and Your New Co-Hosts
27 min
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Loyalty and Short-Term Rentals: What Are The Op...
25 min
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Oberoi CEO on Redefining Luxury for the Affluen...
20 min
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US Ambassador to India on Bridging the U.S. an...
27 min
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How Air India's CEO Plans to Connect India to t...
28 min
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Is India Safe for Female Travelers?
25 min
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Megatrends 2024: Robots and The Loneliness Crisis
35 min
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Reaching the Emerging Traveler
26 min
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Megatrends 2024: Artificial Intelligence, the O...
30 min
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Megatrends 2024: How India and the Middle East ...
This week’s podcast looks closer at the evolving dynamics of travel in India and the Middle East, highlighting the intersection of cultural influence, economic changes, and strategic marketing.
28 min
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Megatrends 2024: Junk Fees, Supply Chains and C...
35 min
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Megatrends 2024: How Hotels Will Seduce the Mid...
30 min
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Analyzing China’s Travel Reopening, Exactly A Y...
31 min