Matthew Parsons travel tips

A former executive at Orbitz is launching a corporate travel agency in partnership with Spotnana — the secretive technology startup backed by Concur co-founder Steve Singh.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Monday, March 13. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

“Scrappy” is how Ann Schlemmer, CEO of Percona, describes her company’s approach to booking team travel and retreats.

American Airlines’ restructuring of its global sales team will involve the departure of three experienced senior leaders, Skift has learned.

Financial services company Brex is relaunching its travel booking platform after swapping agency partners.

Companies are making little effort to track and reduce the carbon emissions within their travel programs, according to two reports published this week.

The UK’s On the Beach Group has now said chief financial officer Shaun Morton will take up his new position as CEO on June 30.

A San Fransisco-based advisory firm is seeing more company bosses and their entourages embark on fact-finding trips around the world to gain better business insights.

The days of the typical hotel search results page are numbered, thanks to large language models like ChatGPT.

American Airlines has ruled out delaying the removal of 40 percent of its airfares from traditional retail channels next month.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Monday, March 20. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

The San Francisco Travel Association is working more closely with the city’s hotels to promote smaller meetings and events.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, March 24. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

American Airlines is going live with its New Distribution Capability offers with global distribution system Sabre on April 3, marking the point of no return for its removal of 40 percent of its airfares from traditional retail channels.

Remote work is embedded in the overall lodging sector, going by many speaker insights and observations shared on stage during Skift’s Future of Lodging Forum on Wednesday.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, April 6. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Ride-sharing firm Lyft has appointed David Risher, a former Amazon and Microsoft senior exec, as its new CEO.

Online travel agent Hostelworld is seeing demand soar for bookings across Central America, as it reports an uptick in bookings coming through its new app.

Panama’s Copa Airlines is increasing its surcharge for tickets issued in Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport from $12 to $18 per direction.

French hospitality giant Accor plans to grow its business through offering more experiences, as well as “surprising” its guests.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, March 31. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.