Seth Borko travel tips

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

The dynamics of ancillary travel product distribution for airlines is continuously changing. Brand loyal customers are the order of the day. Yet in symbiotic ecosystems where airlines use online travel giants like Expedia to tailor their travel packages, competition for loyal customers is unavoidable.

OK, millennial, goodbye, boomer? One of the biggest shifts of the pandemic snuck under our noses as we hit play on the next episode of Tiger KingIt became official in early 2020: millennials overtook the baby boomers as the largest generation in the United States. 

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, December 22, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

India is projected to surpass a rapidly aging China as the world’s most populous country this year, a development that Skift founder and CEO Rafat Ali and Senior Research Analyst Seth Borko said would have enormous implications for the travel industry during the Skift Megatrends event in New York City on January 10.

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. That shift carries huge implications for travel across the globe, and has the potential to rewire the race for attracting global tourists around the world. Skift addressed this in its Megatrends 2023 package in the story India Becoming the New China in the Reordering of Asia Travel.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, February 17. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Skift Research’s latest report looks at how online travel booking habits changed during the pandemic and how these behaviors will continue to evolve. Since February 2020, Skift has been regularly surveying 1,000-plus Americans about their travel behaviors first on a monthly, and then a bi-monthly basis. The topline results of these surveys are published as our U.S. Travel Tracker. However, we ask more granular travel questions that have not been published previously. 

Skift Research believes that generative Artificial Intelligence represents a $28 billion-plus opportunity for the travel industry. It stands to change the way that we search for travel, how companies provide customer service, and could drive operational efficiencies across the industry.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, June 7. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Airbnb touted early progress Wednesday for its new listing service, where owners of multi-family properties allow tenants to occasionally rent out their units — in exchange for a share of the revenue.

Sonder CEO Francis Davidson acknowledges that his company has undergone a lot of changes throughout the years, and it’s poised for more, with the short-term rental operator considering expansions to popular leisure markets.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, June 16. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Airbnb claimed growing traction for a listing service where owners of multi-family properties allow tenants to rent out their units from time to time. The real-estate program, launched in the U.S. last November with about 175 buildings in 25 markets, now has 260 properties in 40 markets.

The cost of listing a new home on the luxury short-term rental platform Plum Guide has decreased 85 percent in the past year because of implementing new AI tech.

Skift Global Forums have long been recognized as a leading platform for travel professionals and industry experts to converge, discuss, and shape the future of the travel industry. Over the past decade, these forums have witnessed numerous groundbreaking insights and ideas that have transformed the way we think about and experience travel.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, July 18. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

New U.S. banking data from the JPMorgan Chase Institute, a think tank embedded within the country’s largest bank, suggests that households remain healthier than many economists feared. This could help explain why, in the face of higher inflation, travel spending has remained robust.