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The end of Spirit may not be the end of an era so much as the beginning of a reckoning. When fuel spikes, a botched merger, and a premium-obsessed traveler all show up at the same gate, the ultra-low-cost model doesn't just lose altitude — it stalls.

In this video from Skift Asia Forum 2026, Andrew Langdon, chief development officer at Accor, explains how generational shifts and rising competition are accelerating hotel brand conversions across Asia, with mid-scale and economy properties driving most of the growth.

The possible shutdown comes as negotiations over a bailout from the Trump administration have hit an impasse.

Call it the WhatsApp travel economy: like the messages, the travelers are invisible to everyone outside the conversation.

Havila Voyages has shown that low-emission cruising through Norway's fjords is technically possible. The harder question is whether the infrastructure to support it can keep pace.

Online travel agencies still dominate how people book travel. But that dominance is starting to face pressure from multiple directions at once.

Google built the AI search surfaces displacing travel’s organic traffic. Now it’s bringing travel advertisers into the system that powers them — and the price is the keyword control paid search has run on for decades.

Hyatt, Wyndham, and Choice Hotels reported earnings. Hyatt saw great strength in Europe thanks to the Olympics and in China, too. Wyndham become more optimistic about the year. Choice struggled. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

Misleading job posts and screening tools that overlook experienced candidates are leaving job hunters frustrated and disappointed.

Why did Choice Hotels underperform against competitors in every type of hotel during the best quarterly demand backdrop in recent memory?

With a second Huntington Place-connected hotel in the works, Detroit is looking to close a gap that has limited its ability to compete with other convention cities, a lack of hotel inventory. 

Royal Caribbean beat estimates and demand remains strong — but the Iran war is quietly rewriting the profit math.