Skift Take: 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.
Skift Take: 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.
Skift Take: 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.