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A surge of strategic acquisitions reshaped the meetings and events industry in 2025, as private equity and global operators sought scale and specialization amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty.

2026 is shaping up to be a milestone year for U.S. convention centers. Cities across the country are completing multi-million-dollar renovations and expansions to meet rising planner expectations, offer flexible event spaces, and compete for large-scale conventions. 

Travel’s reliance on legacy infrastructure continues to shape the ceiling for innovation. OnArrival aims to lower that barrier with an open-access platform that gives consumer brands a faster path to launching and scaling travel products.

Air travel has entered a new era, and airlines are redesigning the travel experience from the ground up. For American Airlines, this means leveraging AI, automation, and real-time data to deliver smarter discovery, greater transparency in choice, reduced friction, and enhanced customer care.

Total overseas visitation to the U.S. fell in 2025, but some states are faring better than others.

While the depreciating rupee pressured costs and outbound demand, it was a cascade of geopolitical and operational shocks that truly tested Indian travel companies.

As the airline industry increasingly turns more premium, loyalty programs — already airlines’ biggest asset — are becoming even more important to their long-term strategy.

It's great to be an airline like Ryanair: Your market clout is so strong that OTAs are just glad to sell your flights without receiving any other compensation from the airline.

Test your knowledge of the year's events in the global hotel industry as reported in Skift.

For today’s short-term rental hosts and operators, margins are tightening as the market matures. As tax and regulatory issues continue to be a moving target, new research underscores why compliance is emerging as one of the most consequential and underestimated issues facing the STR sector today.

Today’s airline loyalty programs are critical business drivers shaping both company profitability and traveler engagement. American Airlines is pioneering yet another frontier in loyalty through evolutions to its long-standing AAdvantage program.