[ad_1] Skift Take Minor Hotels, the hotel group behind brands like NH Hotels and Anantara, is going all-in on post-pandemic growth. It plans to increase its hotel portfolio by 36% by the end of 2026. Sean O’Neill Minor Hotels reported first-quarter results, reaffirming its plans to add 200 hotels worldwide by the end of 2026 […]

[ad_1] Nearly 1.4 million passengers and over 13,100 flights; these are the numbers which best describe the twentieth anniversary of TAP Air Portugal’s route between Prague and Lisbon. During the celebrations at Václav Havel Airport Prague, a unique Airbus A321neo in a special retro livery arrived in Prague. The airport firefighters welcomed it with a […]

[ad_1] Insurtech specialist Cover Genius has raised $80 million in a Series E funding round.  The investment in the New York-based company, which was set up in 2014, was led by Spark Capital with existing investors including Dawn Capital, King River Capital and G Squared also participating. According to a release, Cover Genius achieved 107% year-over-year growth […]

[ad_1] Skift Take According to Airbnb lore, the short-term rental was born in 2007 when, “two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home.” Fast forward 17 years and Airbnb now has over 5 million hosts … and most of them have neighbors. That’s led to some epic feuds. By Sarah Kopit | May […]

[ad_1] Cruise ships are widely considered to be one of the most luxurious ways to travel given the ever increasing list of amenities that can be found on board, and the fact that it seems they are constantly getting bigger and more impressive all the time. But what could the ships of the future look like? […]

[ad_1] Travel technology provider Simard, launched to provide corporate travel solutions based on the Winding Tree blockchain travel marketplace, is being “wound down” and “withdrawn,” CEO Don Birch confirmed to BTN portfolio mate The Beat. Simard was launched in 2021 by Winding Tree founder Pedro Renaud Anderson and travel technology consultant Matthieu Tahon to develop corporate […]

[ad_1] Skift Take Airbnb appeared to have begun a wave of delistings for its travel experiences offerings, upsetting some operators. However, Airbnb has made it clear that it remains committed to the experiences business, with plans to boost customer awareness of the category. Jesse Chase-Lubitz Airbnb appeared to be doing a larger-than-usual purge of its […]

[ad_1] Representative Image   Cvent, an industry meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, has released its lists of the Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for Asia-Pacific (APAC). These lists – which also include regional rankings for North America, Europe, and the Middle East & Africa – were compiled based on sourcing activity through the Cvent Supplier Network, […]

[ad_1] Less than one month after launching its pop-culture aligned exclusive Icons experiences in partnership with companies such as Disney, Pixar and Marvel, Airbnb has alerted dozens of individual tour and experience operators around the world that their experiences are being pulled from the platform. “We’ve made the difficult decision to remove your Experience from […]

[ad_1] Skift Take There is a sea change taking place in how banks – and particularly how credit cards – interact with the travel industry. Watch what Skift Research has to say. Seth Borko Earlier this week, Skift Research’s Seth Borko and Pranavi Agarwal hosted a LinkedIn Live session to discuss the evolving role of […]