AI Frontiers and Broken Deals: Travel Industry Digest
Skift Data + AI Summit wrapped up.
If you weren’t there, here is what mattered. Ten key takeaways from the front lines.
We are talking AI...
Skip the flight. Find the romance closer to home.
We buy into this myth that love requires altitude. That to feel special, you have to cross oceans, navigate security lines, and wait for...
Chicago To Tokyo? Boring. Necessary? Yes.
American Airlines is going back to Japan.
Starting in March 2027 — wait, let's check that date, is it really 2027? The prompt says March...
The Delta Gold Business Amex isn’t exciting. But it works
You’re flying Delta. Maybe just a few times a year. Maybe once a quarter for client dinners and team off-sites. You don’t need a...
Amsterdam Is Burning For Its Attention
The sun comes out in summer. The sky clears. Dutch people smile.
Then the tourists arrive.
They swarm. They don't move. They block the bike lanes.
Dilara...
Bhutan at night isn’t what you think
Thimphu doesn't sleep. It just gets quieter, then louder again.
At 2,316 meters elevation, the air is thin. The lights in the valley blink awake....
The Man Who Ran Stalin’s Terror
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Fear has a shape. In...
Everglades Airboats and Carbon Sinks
It pulls 14 million tons.
That’s how much CO2 the remaining freshwater marshes and mangroves of the Everglades snatch from the atmosphere each year. A...
Moving points to Hyatt isn’t hard, but the rules changed
World of Hyatt stays near the top of hotel loyalty lists. Why? The earning and redemption mechanics make sense. Plus you can shove credit...
JetBlue Wants Your Tax Money. A Judge Said No.
JetBlue is keeping the TSA security fee you pay on award tickets. They don't refund it to your bank. They give you a credit.
Bad...
Hotel Hacks, Airline Grumbles, And Other Web Oddities
The bad news hits hotel workers first. Front desk staff and reservations teams are getting blasted with phishing emails. Fake ones. They claim to...
The OMAAT Video Experiment (Pray It Doesn’t Flop)
No airline “enhancement” jokes this time. Seriously. When an airline cuts your free meal and calls it progress, that’s one thing. What I’m about...
Noble’s 150-Hotel Binge
Hotel deals usually stall out. Noble Investment Group didn't.
They’ve grabbed 149 hotels in just eighteen months.
One hundred and twenty-four came last year. Another twenty-five...
The Art of the Silent Flight
Get on the plane. Claim the seat. What now? Do you engage? Do you mute the world? Most people wonder this. I have a...
Mystery over the Arabian Sea: Boeing 737 Plummets in Minutes
Late Tuesday. The lights of Sharjah still warm on the wings. Five people onboard. A cargo run. Routine? Maybe. Then everything broke.
The Flight Path...
