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Skift Daily Briefing — 43 episodes

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1

Canada Is Still Not Coming Back to the U.S.

2

The Best World Cup Marketing Cost Nothing and British Airways Started It

3

EasyJet Is Being Sold and Every Independent European Airline Is Watching

4

AI Chatbots Are Skipping Travel Apps Even When They're Connected

5

Airbnb Beat Marriott at the World Cup and Spent Less Doing It

6

The Government Wants Airlines to Hide Fees Again

7

Supersonic Flight Over the U.S. Is Back on the Table

8

Hotel Owners Are Ditching Big Brands and Going Independent

9

Apple Wallet Wants to Run Your Entire Trip Now

10

Europe Is Melting and Airlines Want to Ban Something They Say They Don't Do

11

Marriott Is Getting Into Apartment Rentals and Airlines Are Invisible to AI

12

Airlines Are Keeping Fares High Even as Fuel Prices Drop

13

World Cup Hotels Are Charging More but Rooms Aren't Filling Up

14

The Gulf Is Opening Back Up. European Airlines Are Still Waiting.

15

Airlines Keep Losing and AI Can't Even Read Their Fares

16

Marriott's Loyalty Program Is So Profitable Its Own Hotel Owners Are Revolting

17

U.S. Tourism Is Sliding and the World Cup Hasn't Fixed It

18

Airfares Are Up 20% and Travelers Are Not Stopping

19

Aviation's 2050 Climate Goal Is Slipping and Nobody Has a Fix

20

The U.S. Just Made Visas Pay-to-Play

21

United Still Wants American. The Airline Industry Is Bleeding.

22

The World Cup Was Supposed to Save U.S. Tourism. It's Not Going as Planned.

23

Sonder's Founder Just Came Back...With an AI Travel Startup

24

One Guy Used AI to Pull 881,000 Fares and Broke the Travel Industry's Brain

25

Two Billionaires Just Quietly Took Over Las Vegas

26

United's CEO Just Buried JetBlue in Public — and He's Not Done

27

Hotels Spent 10 Years Fighting OTAs — Then AI Showed Up and Changed Everything

28

Ryanair Just Made Every Other Airline Look Bad

29

Gulf Travelers Are Searching but Not Booking, and Brand USA Wants Canadians Back

30

Expedia Is Rethinking AI, and Google Is Coming for Hotel Bookings

31

NYC Hotel Workers Land a Historic Deal, and It's Going to Cost You

32

Americans Are Desperate to Travel, but Not Everyone Can Afford To

33

Travel Inflation Is Surging Faster Than the Economy

34

Travel Demand Is Splitting the World Into Winners and Losers

35

TikTok Is Officially a Travel Booking Platform

36

Spirit’s Shutdown Is Making Airfare Pain Even Worse

37

Google’s Grip on Travel Faces a New Lawsuit as Tripadvisor Bets on AI

38

Airlines Burn Through $5 Billion as Disney Makes More From Fewer Visitors

39

Spirit’s Collapse Sparks Airline Grab as Uber Expands in Travel

40

Spirit Airlines Collapses as World Cup Demand and Loyalty Face Reality Check

41

Uber Enters Hotel Booking as AI Debate Shapes Travel’s Future

42

Asia Is Overtaking Travel as Airlines and Luxury Brands Adapt

43

Budget Airlines Seek Bailout as U.S. Travel Slump Hits Rentals