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Navigating the Future: What’s Next for Global Distribution Systems? 

Sluggish recovery in the air distribution business, despite record travel demand, signals a disturbing trend for global distribution systems (GDSs). Without a one-size-fits-all strategy, GDSs should look again at their business models as airlines continue to push for direct bookings.
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The Evolving Role of Experiences in Travel

This new report, created in collaboration between Skift and McKinsey, examines the world of travel experience—ranging from stadium rock concerts to guided nature hikes to in-home culinary gatherings and everything in between. The report offers an assessment of the experience industry as it stands today, presents ideas that could help address current dissatisfactions, and looks at opportunities for various players to capitalize on growing interest.

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Skift Travel Health Index: 2024 in Review

2024 marked a year of normalization for global travel, with the focus shifting from recovering to pre-pandemic levels to achieving real growth beyond those. While challenges remain, the industry demonstrated resilience and is poised for continued growth in 2025.
Saniya Zanpure | 2 months ago

A Deep Dive Into Luxury Hotels

Luxury travel is evolving to encompass multiple experiential aspects of travel. In order to best capitalize on high demand and supply gaps, luxury hotels can differentiate themselves by broadening their offerings and embracing lucrative emerging experiential trends.
Robin Gilbert-Jones | 3 months ago

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February 2025 Highlights

Global travel softened slightly in February 2025, declining 1% year-on-year. While travel policy shifts pose risks to global travel, consumer demand remains strong, particularly in emerging markets.
Saniya Zanpure | 1 week ago

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Hotel Distribution Outlook 2024

By 2030, direct digital bookings will dominate hotel distribution, generating over $400 billion of hotel gross bookings — overtaking the online travel agencies which are expected to bring in a smaller $333 billion of hotel bookings.
Pranavi Agarwal | 5 months ago

How Authentic Experiences Shape the New Tourism Economy

The tours and experiences space is rapidly evolving in an altered post-COVID-19 market, driven by desires for authenticity, immersion, and “experiencing like a local”. Not only is this a major opportunity for tour operators and travel agents, but experiences also drive extension of trips, presenting opportunities for the accommodation and other travel sub-sectors as well.
Robin Gilbert-Jones | 5 months ago

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A Deep Dive Into Luxury Hotels

Luxury travel is evolving to encompass multiple experiential aspects of travel. In order to best capitalize on high demand and supply gaps, luxury hotels can differentiate themselves by broadening their offerings and embracing lucrative emerging experiential trends.
Robin Gilbert-Jones | 3 months ago

How Authentic Experiences Shape the New Tourism Economy

The tours and experiences space is rapidly evolving in an altered post-COVID-19 market, driven by desires for authenticity, immersion, and “experiencing like a local”. Not only is this a major opportunity for tour operators and travel agents, but experiences also drive extension of trips, presenting opportunities for the accommodation and other travel sub-sectors as well.
Robin Gilbert-Jones | 5 months ago

Skift Travel 200 Index

The Skift Travel 200 combines the financial performance of nearly 200 travel companies worth more than a trillion dollars into a single number. The ST200 makes it easy to track travel industry performance for the first time ever.

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October 2024 Highlights

The global travel industry continued its growth momentum in October 2024, reaching 110, 10% growth above 2023. The Asia-Pacific region leads the charge, driving global growth. 

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