MGM tips

The travel industry has experienced extraordinary growth over the past decade. This year alone, expenditures for the global travel industry are expected to reach nearly $6 trillion. As those of us in the industry know, it’s also highly complex and rapidly changing. No digital intelligence company has stayed closer to these ongoing shifts in traveler behavior and market dynamics than Skift.

Executives at MGM Resorts International are hopeful that gaming may be approved by the United Arab Emirates, possibly as soon as this year.

The U.S. has kick-started a multi-year infrastructure boom, but too much of it is focused on airports, reckons Bill Hornbuckle, CEO and President of MGM Resorts International.

Marriott International has signed a licensing deal with MGM Resorts to let Marriott Bonvoy loyalty members earn points when staying at 17 MGM resorts, starting in October. Bookings at 40,000 of MGM’s rooms mainly in Las Vegas will be available through Marriott’s site and app by year-end.

If you are in a major tourist destination this summer you know that tourism’s post-pandemic recovery is doing just fine – at least on the ground. This week the Skift Research team took the anecdotal and checked it against the data to provide the best look at the current state of the travel industry, from crowded piazzas, to remote short-term rentals, and on to packed economy airline cabins.