Travel companies aren’t facing a new AI gatekeeper — they’re facing several. Now the infrastructure is being built across Amazon, Meta, and Google, and each works differently.
AI-powered impersonation is outpacing most organizations’ safeguards. For the events industry, where large payments, compressed timelines, and digital communication intersect, deepfake scams are an operational risk.
Travel companies betting on the premium boom may tend to view post-Covid wealth creation as an immutable fact. But a protracted economic shock would test the durability of the trend and their strategies.
Europe's hotel investment market had a strong year, with Northern Europe and upscale properties winning big. But fresh geopolitical uncertainty means the good times may already be under pressure.
Gulf carriers continue to offer some of the lowest fares between Europe and Asia, but as the Iran war drags on, the lure of a good deal has to be weighed against the risks of flying through the region.
Why does travel feel so expensive right now? In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko unpack a structural shift in the economy that’s quietly…