The Skift Travel Podcast
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Skift sits down with creatives, executives, and entrepreneurs from across travel to discuss their insights and perspectives on the hows and whys of travelers’ habits, industry patterns, and the seismic changes happening across the industry.
Listen for exclusive conversations with travel leaders and Skift's own in-house editors and analysts. Presented by EF World Journeys.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 283
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Regulating the Short-Term Rental Economy
What a difference a year makes — and perhaps a pandemic. During a discussion at this year's Skift Short-Term Rental & Outdoor Summit on December 9, held online, signs of more collaborative environmen…
00:42:13 |
Mon 21 Dec 2020
Airbnb's IPO: What It Means at Skift
Since Skift's own launch it was the first media outlet to ask hard questions of Airbnb, and it has been amazing to document that journey of the company from start till its IPO day and beyond. Here ar…
00:15:30 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
How Diversity Fuels Creativity: Lessons for the Next Era of Travel Brands
In early November Skift hosted its first Design the Future event, an afternoon of discussions with leaders in the design and creativity space. As part of this, we're posting extracts of these convers…
00:28:15 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Travel Industry Outlook: Post-U.S. Election and Post-Vaccine
What a difference a few days make for optimism in the beleaguered travel industry. With the clarity on U.S. presidential election results coming this past weekend and the encouraging news on vaccine …
00:50:20 |
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Tripadvisor CEO on Selling Just The Right Tours And Activities
In the closing interview for Skift Forum Asia, Tripadvisor CEO Steve Kaufer argued that his company and its Viator brand are in the “pole position” because of the company’s vast content and internati…
00:28:19 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
How Travel Metasearch Survives a Pandemic (With Kayak CEO Steve Hafner)
At Skift's recent Travel’s Path Forward: Online Travel event, Skift Executive Editor Dennis Schaal interviewed Kayak and OpenTable CEO Steve Hafner about the state of travel metasearch, restaurant bo…
00:22:56 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
Consumer Spending Is Changing Travel Loyalty (With TPG's Brian Kelly)
At the Travel Loyalty Online Summit on July 16, 2020, Skift Aviation Business Editor Zoomed The Points Guy's Brian Kelly to talk about how consumer spending during the Covid-19 pandemic and (hopefull…
00:22:48 |
Tue 21 Jul 2020
Skift Daily Briefing, June 24, 2020
Your daily insight into the business of travel from the industry’s most trusted authority.
We are excited to share another update from the Skift Daily Briefing. Our daily podcast tells listeners w…
00:04:06 |
Wed 24 Jun 2020
Oyo and the Future of Hospitality After the Crisis
Oyo has been in the eye of the storm for the last year, for many reasons Skift has covered over time. But with coronavirus shutting down a big part of its business in India, China, and other countrie…
00:52:57 |
Sat 06 Jun 2020
Hotels and the Coronavirus
In this unprecedented downturn in travel as a result of Covid-19, the crisis is impacting every hotel company, from the top chains to small hotel operators. Major declines in occupancy and room rates…
01:40:28 |
Fri 29 May 2020
Skift Daily Briefing May 15, 2020
We are excited to share another update from the Skift Daily Briefing. Our daily podcast tells listeners what they need to know about the top travel stories in just under four minutes. It’s available …
00:04:28 |
Fri 15 May 2020
The State of Short-Term Rentals
As the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a sharp decline for both the rapidly expanding urban short-term rental market and the prospects of a busy summer vacation rental season, how can players both …
01:36:56 |
Thu 07 May 2020
Skift Daily Briefing May 5, 2020
We are excited to share another update from the Skift Daily Briefing. Our daily podcast tells listeners what they need to know about the top travel stories in just under four minutes. It’s available …
00:03:54 |
Tue 05 May 2020
Bonus Episode: Skift Daily Briefing 03/30/20
We are excited to share another update from the Skift Daily Briefing. Our daily podcast tells listeners what they need to know about the top travel stories in just under four minutes. It’s available …
00:04:08 |
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Bonus Episode: Skift Daily Briefing 12/10/19
We are excited to share another update from the Skift Daily Briefing. Our daily podcast tells listeners what they need to know about the top travel stories in just under four minutes. It’s available …
00:04:48 |
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Bonus Episode: Skift Daily Briefing 11/7/19
We are excited to share Skift Daily Briefing, a daily podcast that tells listeners what they need to know about the top travel stories in just under four minutes. It’s available every weekday morning…
00:04:39 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
Why Travel Should Be Optimistic About 2019
This episode of the Skift podcast drills down on the economic outlook for travel in 2019: the good signs, the risks, and the reasons you shouldn’t panic. Our guests are Skift Executive Editor Dennis …
00:38:03 |
Wed 13 Feb 2019
Megatrends Defining Travel in 2019
On this episode of the Skift podcast, we explore the biggest trends that will define travel in 2019, with audio from one of our annual Megatrends events. Skift experts discuss topics including consum…
00:54:28 |
Wed 23 Jan 2019
The Next Big Challenges for Low-Cost Airlines
This episode of the Skift podcast explores a major hurdle for low-cost airlines: how to make long-haul flights make money. Our experts are Skift Senior Aviation Business Editor Brian Sumers and Seth …
00:40:20 |
Wed 17 Oct 2018
Travel's Tough Truths and Inspirations
This episode of the Skift podcast explores uncomfortable truths about travel, as well as the things that inspire us about the industry. The conversation was sparked by two pieces of writing from Skif…
00:41:12 |
Wed 19 Sep 2018
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