Travel Loyalty News

Airlines and hotels have built huge businesses on America’s uncapped card fees, but rarely talk about what makes them possible.

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley, Michael Goldin, and Jamie Lane each share the stat from Skift's State of Travel 2026 report that hit hardest for…

Is Air Canada saying goodbye or simply au revoir to 25% of Aeroplan? A repurchase clause suggests the airline is keen to keep its options open.

Fee cuts are the story of this earnings season. IHG has a different answer and a different argument for why it doesn’t need to follow peer pressure.

Delta is betting that it will see a mix of business and leisure travel to Saudi Arabia as it prepares service to Riyadh. Other carriers have struggled to break into the market.

Capital One Travel built its business around how people actually travel. Its Premier and Lifestyle Collections bring that strategy to lodging, helping premium travelers navigate a growing range of options through more thoughtful discovery and curation.

Marriott is paying franchisees back from its own pocket, but the credit card revenue owners want a share of is set to get up to $125 million larger a year.

Airlines are investing heavily in direct bookings, loyalty programs, and more flexible offer creation. But the bigger opportunity may depend on something more basic: knowing who travelers are, what communities they belong to, and how to recognize them in ways that build lasting relationships.

Selling your brand to a major group and staying on to run the hotels is an unusual move. A year in, the distribution lift is real. Whether Marriott can now grow CitizenM beyond its original backer is the open question.

Three of the world’s biggest hotel groups have launched debit cards in the UK and nowhere else. The reason has little to do with loyalty strategy.