This is excellent:

A Poem That’s Like a Perfect First Date

via The New York Times

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Hotel distribution player DerbySoft has bought Pkfare, expanding into airlines

Justin Dawes for Skift

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Delta's long-standing credit card deal with American Express could have accounted for as much as 70% of the airline's net income in 2023, estimates the Lex column via @financialtimes
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Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Harry Sommers joined me exclusively on CNBC to discuss the company’s biggest ship order on record, but also how consumers are responding to inflation youtu.be/QHoMByok_-A?si…

CEO pay soared at major hotel groups in 2023:

Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta: $56.8 million

Hyatt's Mark Hoplamazian: $56.4 million

Marriott's Anthony Capuano: $55.5 million

via Skift

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First on Skift

Guesty, the property management platform for short-term rental businesses, said Wednesday that it has raised $130 million in series F funding.

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A Boeing engineer claims he saw “people jumping on pieces of the airplane” when manufacturing the 787, potentially making it more prone to defects.

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Viator Chief Resigns: Big Change at Tripadvisor’s Travel Experience Brand via Skift

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Wyndham C-Suite Re-Org: Hotel Tech Boss to Oversee Marketing and Loyalty

via Skift

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Had a chance to participate in the The Wall Street Journal video series 'The Business Of' about the hotel industry. Thanks Craig Karmin for the intro. youtube.com/watch?v=qFUuUz…
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Breaking: Brand USA Names NYC Tourism’s Fred Dixon as CEO

via Dawit D. Habtemariam for Skift

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Hilton Takes Control of Sydell Group, Aims to Add 100 NoMad Hotels

After not acquiring a brand for 16 years, Hilton has now acquired its second in a month. The hotel giant is clearly hungry for growth.
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This is fascinating and also not surprising.

My own international travel is now fully in control of AMEX and Chase’s travel portals, both business and leisure. Particularly air, but also hotels most of the times.

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Trivago Brings the IPO Band Back Together Again skift.com/2024/04/02/tri… via @Skift

Wyndham Adds 25th Brand, Hybrid of Hotels and Short-Term Rentals

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DOJ and FTC Weigh in on Hotel Price Collusion Case skift.com/2024/03/29/doj… via @Skift 𝚂𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝙾'𝙽𝚎𝚒𝚕𝚕

Skift is seeking a full-time editor for the Skift Research team, remote anywhere in the European time zone (preferably UK),

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Nobody knows Indian luxury hotels like CEO Vikram Oberoi. Last week, I interviewed him at Skift's Summit in Delhi.

—Oberoi said he'll double the group's room count by 2030.

—He said domestic travelers now spend as much as foreign ones.

Watch:
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My interview with Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta, who talks hotel pipelines, loyalty, and more, for Skift:

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