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Growing up in Houston, Larry Jackson was intrigued by the business news. After earning a Bachelor of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, he began his career as

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Kill the Front Desk: CitizenM CEO Says Marriott Backs Its Tech and AI Vision

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CitizenM built its reputation by doing everything traditional hotels don’t: digitizing the check-in experience, offering tiny rooms, and hiring staff based on personality rather than past training. Now that Marriott is acquiring CitizenM for $355 million, industry watchers are asking whether the corporate giant will strip away what made it special. CEO Lennert De Jong […]

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Luxury Hotel CEOs: Wealth Boom in India and China Is Driving Travel Demand

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Luxury travel demand is being driven by growing wealth in India and China, according to hospitality leaders who gathered this week at a Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) meeting in Brussels. Collectively, the over 45 hotel brands that use GHA as their loyalty program – which include Minor Hotels, Corinthia, Pan Pacific, and Kempinski – reported

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Air India Trims Long-Haul Services by 15%: These Routes are Affected

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Skift’s coverage of the Air India crash is offered free to all readers. Air India on Thursday night announced the list of international routes that it will be temporarily suspending or reducing as part of a 15% cut in its widebody operations.  The changes, effective from June 21 to at least mid-July, impact long-haul flights to North

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Why Bhutan Went All-In on Crypto for Its Tourism Sector

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Bhutan has launched the world’s first nationwide crypto-based tourism payment system.  Partnering with crypto payment unit Binance Pay, and DK Bank, Bhutan now lets visitors pay for nearly everything in cryptocurrency — from visa fees and flights to local handicrafts and fruit at a roadside stall. This marks the first time a nation has integrated

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Air India Scales Back International Flights After Fatal Crash and Rising Regional Tensions

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Skift’s coverage of the Air India crash is offered free to all readers. Air India said Wednesday that it would start reducing international flying on widebody aircraft by 15% until mid-July, a decision that comes nearly a week after the carrier experienced a fatal plane crash in Ahmedabad.  The carrier said it was reducing international

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Indian Aviation Regulator Says ‘No Major Safety Concerns’ in Air India’s Boeing 787 Fleet 

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Skift’s coverage of the Air India crash is offered free to all readers. The surveillance of Air India’s Boeing 787 fleet has not revealed “any major safety concerns” so far, Indian civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said Tuesday night. DGCA added that “the aircraft and associated maintenance systems were found to

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