Skift Daily Briefing

Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, February 18, here in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Hilton, the world’s second largest hotel company, reported a $720 million loss for 2020, with $225 million of that coming from its fourth quarter.

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, February 17, here in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Arne Sorenson, the CEO of Marriott for the past nine years and only the third chief executive in the company’s history, passed away on Monday. He was 62 and...

Good morning from Skift It’s Tuesday, February 16, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Airlines in the U.S. have adjusted their mask mandates to be more accommodating of passengers with disabilities.

Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, February 12, here in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Hotel operator Wyndham is stretching globally for new branding deals. To help with recovery, the company is betting on conversions, which were up 60 percent in...

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, February 11, here in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Trivago’s recent acquisition of Weekend.com is taking it to the world of online travel agencies as the company continues its transition away from hotel metase...

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, February 10, here in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Germany-headquartered TUI is relying on the UK, its biggest market, to make a comeback this summer, the company said in its latest earnings announcement on T...

Good morning from Skift It’s Tuesday, February 9, here in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Good morning from Skift It’s Monday, February 8, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. The U.S. hotel sector’s unemployment rate is once again on the rise, as experts point to a slower-than-expected vaccine rollout hindering the industry’s recovery, wri...

Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, February 5, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. There’s an unlikely contender emerging as a great city to visit in Asia. Ho Chi Minh City is making a case to become one of the most resilient destinations in a post-...

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, February 4, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. A growing number of governments are trialling digital health passports, offering a glimmer of hope that more countries will reopen their borders by the end of this...

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, February 3, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. JetBlue Airways could triple the number of flights it offers at New York's sought-after LaGuardia airport under its new alliance with American Airlines that some c...

Good morning from Skift It’s Tuesday, February 2, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. U.S. airline workers face a new round of anxiety with United and Hawaiian airlines warning almost 15,000 employees on Monday that they could be back on unemployment...

Good morning from Skift It’s Monday, February 1, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, January 29, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. American Airlines CEO Doug Parker stood steps from the U.S. Capitol just four months ago, calling on Congress to provide billions of dollars in additional aid.

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, January 28, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. U.S airlines were just beginning to sound optimistic about the year ahead, talking about a tipping point in the travel recovery when Americans feel comfortable to f...

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, January 27, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Americans appear eager to break out after nearly a year in their coronavirus pandemic bubbles. Flight searches are up for trips later this year and multiple U.S.

Good morning from Skift It’s Tuesday, January 26, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Good morning from Skift It’s Monday, January 25, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. The gold is starting to lose its shine, as Donald Trump steps out of the presidential limelight and faces repercussions after the breach of the U.S. Capitol by his su...

Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, January 22, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. United Airlines cut hard and cut deep when the coronavirus pandemic hit a year ago. As the largest U.S.

Good morning from Skift It’s Thursday, January 21, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. The dark winter for the U.S. travel industry continued in December. According to Skift Research's latest U.S.

Good morning from Skift It’s Wednesday, January 20, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. U.S. travel executives will watch with hope along with the rest of the world at noon Wednesday as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris assume the office of president and vi...

Good morning from Skift It’s Friday, January 15, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. And now, here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Delta Air Lines is mapping out a three-phase recovery plan for the return of corporate travelers, prompting executives to forecast the optimistic possibility of profi...