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
Travel Uncertainty in 2022 With KAKAK CEO Steve Hafner
Each year, our Megatrends event brings together industry leaders -- the people creating and defining the future of travel -- to hear Skift’s deep reporting and research around the global travel indus…
00:32:30 |
Sun 23 Jan 2022
Search and Sustainable Travel With Google Travel‘s MD Richard Holden
Google will put an eco-badge of sorts next to a listing if sustainability-minded firms like GreenKey or EarthCheck have highlighted a hotel for its positive impact with environmental practices. Poten…
00:22:02 |
Sun 16 Jan 2022
Bringing Everything to You With Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber's CEO doesn't want to offer a super app for everything, but he believes his company is in the best position to bring consumers anything they need, from rides, to food, to medicine, and more.
“…
00:28:53 |
Sun 09 Jan 2022
Bonus Episode: Skift Daily Briefing for Jan. 6, 2022
Thanks for listening to the Skift Podcast. We have another podcast you can listen to every weekday morning. The Skift Daily Briefing podcast delivers the day's top headlines in under four minutes. Se…
00:04:29 |
Thu 06 Jan 2022
The Travel Industry’s 6 Under-Appreciated Storylines
Skift CEO Rafat Ali explains the underappreciated storylines from the last year that will continue to define the travel industry in 2022.
The United States, Latin America, and Dubai will remain op…
00:17:51 |
Tue 04 Jan 2022
Another Year of Recovery and Optimism With Southwest CEO Robert Jordan
New Southwest Airlines CEO Robert Jordan said that he sees 2022 as another “transition” year in the recovery. He is optimistic that business travelers will return — his predecessor has said this may …
00:23:21 |
Sun 02 Jan 2022
Online Travel Agency Factboook: The Top 11 Global Booking Sites
Skift Research’s Online Travel Agency Factbook is your one-stop shop to understand the global universe of online booking sites.
We collected data on and built individual profiles for the 11 largest…
00:26:49 |
Mon 27 Dec 2021
Privacy and Frictionless Travel With CLEAR CEO
Clear's previous experience vetting travelers and moving them quickly through airport security put it in an excellent position to take on the challenges of identity, health, and vaccination in the (h…
00:23:32 |
Sun 26 Dec 2021
What Happens To Travel Now? With Skift CEO Rafat Ali
Cancellations and closures are on the rise as countries react to the Omicron variant. What does this mean for a recently optimistic travel industry?
This special episode of the Skift Podcast featur…
00:18:40 |
Mon 20 Dec 2021
Creating a Google-Crushing Superapp With Hopper CEO Frederic Lalonde
Hopper has big plans ahead in its ongoing mission to continue being the best at lowering the cost of travel for consumers — it’s betting on the future of superapps for travel, which are already popul…
00:22:48 |
Sun 19 Dec 2021
A New Age of Mobility with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky acknowledged that enough affordable housing is a major challenge but argued that the new flexible nature of work wrought by the pandemic will see people migrating to city corr…
00:30:05 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
Virtual Meetings And Business Travel With American Airlines CEO Doug Parker
Like many airline chiefs, Doug Parker is “bullish” on the future, particularly after a surge in demand for transatlantic flights after the travel ban lifted on Nov. 8. But American Airlines is poised…
00:28:29 |
Mon 06 Dec 2021
Growing While Going Net Zero With Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano
The world’s largest hotel company plans to juggle global growth over the next few decades with a major step forward in its sustainability efforts.
Marriott International CEO Anthony Capuano announc…
00:23:33 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Winning Customers On Quality With United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby
“We will win customers on quality,” Kirby said at the Skift Aviation Forum on November 17, 2021. And he had plenty of examples quality improvements to cite: The addition of premium-heavy “high-J” Boe…
00:35:35 |
Sat 20 Nov 2021
What Happens When Big Events Return?
For this episode of the Skift Podcast, we're featuring a conversation between William J. Hornbuckle, Chief Executive Officer and President of MGM Resorts International and Skift Hospitality Reporter …
00:24:57 |
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Where Do Short-Term Rentals Go From Here?
The recent Skift Short-Term Rental and Outdoor Summit brought together leaders from online rental marketplaces, investors, startup founders, and outdoor recreation operators for interviews with Skift…
00:30:09 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
Bonus Episode: The Future of the Event Industry
While Skift Podcast is on hiatus, we wanted to share the first episode of the Event Manager Podcast, a production of our partner site EventMB.
Julius Solaris founded Event Manager Blog in 2007, as…
00:41:21 |
Fri 21 May 2021
Skift Forum Sessions: Marriott Group President Stephanie Linnartz
Marriott Group President Stephanie Linnartz speaks with Skift Hospitality Reporter Cameron Sperance at Skift Forum Asia in October 2020.
Learn more about our slate of online events in 2021 at liv…
00:23:05 |
Sat 06 Feb 2021
Skift Forum Sessions: IAC/Expedia Group Chairman Barry Diller
IAC/Expedia Group Chairman Barry Diller speaks with Skift Editor-in-Chief Tom Lowry at Skift Global Forum in September 2020.
Learn more about our slate of online events in 2021 at live.skift.com.
00:27:38 |
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Skift Daily Briefing for January 12, 2021
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…
00:04:55 |
Tue 12 Jan 2021
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