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Marriott’s journey in India began 25 years ago. The company today boasts of over 100 hotels, with another 79 in construction. 

Skift Global Forum is one of the largest and most influential travel industry conferences around, featuring leaders from all the top companies — we don’t blame you for wanting to attend! To ensure you have the best shot at leadership approving your ticket, we’ve put together some resources that might help:

Guesty could go public as soon as next year. 

Tech is vital to the future of successful vacation-rental businesses, but it won’t solve everything. 

There’s a big demand from Indian tourists to visit the U.S., but there’s not as much demand the other way around.

As we enter into a new year, it is the perfect time to take a look back at the iconic year of events that occurred in 2023. We kicked-off the year with our annual Megatrends, in New York City, London and online. Then in March, we took Skift’s Future of Lodging Forum to London and in June, we brought back one of our most popular events, Skift Short-Term Rental Summit, where we had a SOLD OUT show. We later hosted our 10th and largest Skift Global Forum yet in New York City while simultaneously introducing our first ever Skift Meetings Forum. We rounded out the year with our fourth-annual Skift Aviation Forum in Fort Worth, Texas in November and hosted our second-annual Skift Global Forum East in Dubai in December. Truly a year for the books.

American Airlines is adjusting its course during the pandemic recovery to boost its profitability, such as by focusing on under-served routes in the U.S. and by making its frequent flyer program an even bigger revenue generator. 

Jason Calacanis and Brad Gerstner are looking forward to the days that generative AI becomes reliable and has a real effect on how the world operates. And they believe that could be the case in some areas in as soon as a year.

Can Airbnb clearing fees be eliminated? “Essentially, yes,” said Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky.

Uber is pushing forward with experiments in other areas of travel. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi detailed some of the plans on Thursday during the final session of the 2023 Skift Global Forum.

The travel industry could see a disruption from generative AI sooner rather than later.

Expedia Group caused a stir this summer when it cut ties with the growing online travel app Hopper.  Peter Kern, Expedia’s CEO, stood by the decision onstage Wednesday at the Skift Global Forum during a session moderated by Skift executive editor Dennis Schaal. Expedia Group owns brands including Expedia.com, Vrbo, Hotels.com, Travelocity, and Orbitz.

Being ranked among the top 10 of the largest U.S. airports is no small feat, but it’s something that Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has done repeatedly.  

Generating demand is forever the challenge of the travel industry. The need for renewal is constant, particularly when looking to attract future generations.

Jongyoon Kim, the CEO of South Korea-based superapp Yanolja, sees Tesla as the metaphor for its company highlighting how the electronic vehicle company has been rethinking the entire value chain.

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. 

“I’m going to bring you behind the tent, tell you what we’re doing,” JetBlue Airways COO Joanna Geraghty said at Skift Global Forum earlier this fall.

Over 200 leading companies are attending the Skift Aviation Forum this week at the historic Statler Hotel in Downtown Dallas on November 16. This includes companies like Southwest Airlines, Air Canada, American Airlines, and Sun Country, just to name a few. 

Brazil will remain a challenging place for ultra low-cost carriers (ULCC) to successfully operate due to its legal environment, high labor and fuel costs and burdens for flight disruptions.  

We used to talk in pre-pandemic years about how travel is moving East, with the epicentre and greatest volumes of travel no longer happening in North America or Europe, but in Asia. The pandemic has shifted that momentum back somewhat, and the Middle East has really taken on the role of connecting parts of the world.

Skift Global Forum Eastwill gather the top CEOs and travel industry leaders to the heart of the Middle East in Dubai, from Dec. 13-15 for three days of sessions, panels and networking opportunities. The Forum will look at the future of travel in the dynamic and growing Middle East and Asian regions, pull apart recent trends and discuss what they mean for the growth and future of the multi-faceted region.