Indiaâs hotel industry recorded strong growth in the first quarter of 2025, according to real estate firm JLL: The sectorâs revenue per available room (RevPAR) was up 16.3% year-on-year and 8% from the previous quarter. During the quarter, 79 new hotels were signed with nearly 9,500 keys, and 31 new branded hotels opened, accounting for […]
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday flyers can expect to soon see improvements at Newark Liberty International Airport. âYou’re gonna see improvements in this airport, in this airspace,â Duffy said at a press conference in Newark. âYou’re gonna see improvements again in the telecom. And then you’ll see improvements with the staffing issues with regard
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India is now the worldâs third-largest aviation market, a milestone that has been highlighted in a new report released Sunday by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Indiaâs 174 million passengers in 2024 accounted for 4.2% of global air traffic, compared to Chinaâs 16.7% and over 18% for the U.S. While that marks a major
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IndiGo is doubling its order of Airbus A350 wide body jets and entering a new partnership with Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM, and Virgin Atlantic â a move that signals the Indian carrierâs push into long-haul international markets. âWe will continue to add one aircraft each and every week for pretty much the next decade,â
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Booking.com has abruptly ended its affiliate partnerships with travel bloggers and other content creators, giving just 30 days’ notice and offering no explanation for the decision. The move has sparked confusion and frustration among affiliates â they face lost income and work to update or remove affiliate links. Booking.com declined to say how many partners
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Amadeus powers much of the global travel ecosystem, processing around 3 billion flight searches every day. As Head of Research and AI Center of Excellence, Rodrigo Acuna Agost leads efforts to turn this vast data into smarter travel experiences. At the upcoming Skift Data + AI Summit, Rodrigo will share how Amadeus uses artificial intelligence
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A UAE business leader, Shaikha Al Nowais, was nominated Friday for the leadership position of the UN’s tourism agency. Her nomination will now be put to the United Nations General Assembly for its approval. Al Nowais is on track to become the next Secretary General of UN Tourism, to begin in January 2026. The tourism
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This episode of the Skift Travel Podcast featured a discussion with Vered Raviv Schwarz, president and chief operating officer of Guesty, a property management platform for the short-term rental industry. Raviv Schwarz, Head of Research Seth Borko, and Editor-in-Chief Sarah Kopit delved into the current state of short-term rentals, the role of technology in the sector,
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Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, May 30. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. United Airlines and JetBlue announced on Thursday a new partnership that will see the two carriers link loyalty programs and networks, write Airlines Editor Gordon Smith and Airlines Reporter Meghna Maharishi. United and JetBlue are
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United Airlines is not interested in acquiring JetBlue, CEO Scott Kirby said Thursday. “I’m reluctant to do a merger,” Kirby said at the WSJ Future of Everything event. “There’s other ways to do it.” He pointed to his experience with past mergers, and said that they are difficult, particularly integrating technology and cultures. Kirby was
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