An Action-Packed Agenda for Skift’s Future of Lodging Forum

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England’s Heritage Open Days run from 8 to 17 September encompassing more than 5,000 volunteer-run events, tours and openings, all of which are free. For this year’s festival, Sound Leisure, which has been manufacturing classic jukeboxes since 1978, will be offering tours of its Leeds factory and showroom, with the chance to meet the team who hand-build these retro wonders. 14 September, 10am, booking required

Although I don't particularly mind driving and enjoy a good road trip, I prefer to avoid congested highways (such as I-95) and love any opportunity to travel by train. So it's not surprising that I'm a big fan of the Auto Train, an Amtrak route unlike any other. 

Acadia National Park stretches over a rocky and mountainous coastal landscape of the Maine coast. The park has a wild beauty reminiscent of the Pacific Northwest and is home to an extensive network of hiking trails (120 miles, in fact) and its 30 lakes are prime fishing, biking, and boating spots. Mount Desert Island, where the majority of the park is located, has a quintessentially New England atmosphere, with charming fishing villages, bustling lobster boats, and colorful buoys dotting the harbors. While there are no lodges within the boundaries, there are plenty of hotels near Acadia National Park for anyone who would prefer a comfortable bed after a day of adventuring.

Brightline is once again delaying its debut at Orlando.

Skift Aviation Forum is set to take flight in Fort Worth, Texas, hosted by DFW Airport, and for this year’s opening night reception, we’re taking things outside at the Fort Worth Zoo on October 31 from 6-8pm CDT.

More than $30 million committed to help unlock paths to hotel ownership.

In addition to booming tourism numbers worldwide, travelers this summer have experienced scorching temperatures. That blistering heat has made travel difficult and could potentially create chronic health problems.

The Skift Aviation Forum is just weeks away. Taking place at the historic Statler Hotel of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas on Wednesday, Nov. 16, the forum will be a full day of insights, education, and networking with our speaker lineup of aviation leaders from up and down the Americas. 

Skift is gathering travel leaders from across the globe in Dubai this December to look at the larger context of travel in the Middle East and what lies ahead for this important region. We’re putting the latest trends and strategies for lodging, destinations, online travel, and consumers under a microscope with some of the best and brightest minds in the industry. 

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, December 1. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Sean Donohue, the CEO of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, has seen his airport make a significant rebound from the pandemic, becoming the world’s No. 2 in terms of passenger count.