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$3.4 Billion Is Pouring Into Travel Startups. Here's Why.
Jun 19, 2026
53m 11s
Hotels Tried to Cut Out Expedia. Here's What Happened.
Jun 12, 2026
49m 22s
Travel’s AI Problem Is Bigger Than Most Companies Realize
May 29, 2026
32m 56s
Airbnb Is Becoming a Real OTA
May 22, 2026
36m 53s
America’s Travel Problem Is Getting Worse
May 15, 2026
44m 34s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 |  $3.4 Billion Is Pouring Into Travel Startups. Here's Why. | Travel startups raised $3.4 billion last year, but AI may be reshaping where the next generation of travel companies emerges. Seth Borko and venture capitalist Gilad Berenstein discuss travel startup funding, hotel robotics, the future of travel distribution, and the race to own the AI agent that could eventually plan and book your trips. Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry. 00:00 Travel VC Snapshot 03:23 Deal Sizes Rising 05:49 What Makes VC Backable 07:59 Travel as Luxury 09:25 Founder Problem Fit 12:51 Hotels Get Smart 18:20 Robots in Hotels 23:00 Travel Tech and Distribution 24:24 OTAs vs Direct Debate 26:10 Points Change Expectations 27:22 Brands Versus OTAs 28:48 Personal Travel Assistant 29:31 Who Owns The Agent 30:32 Trust Layer Moat 31:35 AI Swarms And Ecosystems 33:19 Work And Company Brain 34:13 AI Backlash Politics 36:36 AI As Tool Or Agent 38:56 Venture Valuations Reality 41:19 Travel Investment Categories 45:44 Pitch Killers And Moats 46:42 Best Bets By Sector 48:30 Travel IPO Watchlist 50:24 Wrap Up And Plugs | 53m 11s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 |  Hotels Tried to Cut Out Expedia. Here's What Happened.✨ | hotel bookingprofitability+4 | Seth BorkoSean O'Neill | Skift | — | hotelsExpedia+5 | — | 49m 22s | |
| 5/29/26 |  Travel’s AI Problem Is Bigger Than Most Companies Realize✨ | AI in traveltravel industry+3 | Sarah KopitAdriana Lee | Skift | — | AItravel industry+4 | — | 32m 56s | |
| 5/22/26 |  Airbnb Is Becoming a Real OTA✨ | Airbnbtravel commerce+5 | Sarah Kopit | AirbnbExpedia | San Francisco | AirbnbOTA+6 | — | 36m 53s | |
| 5/15/26 |  America’s Travel Problem Is Getting Worse✨ | international travelU.S. tourism+3 | Sarah KopitSeth Borko | Skift | U.S. | travel problemtourism challenges+3 | — | 44m 34s | |
| 5/13/26 |  Trump's Tourism Envoy: Inside Nick Adams' Plan to Sell America✨ | American tourismNick Adams+4 | Nick Adams | President TrumpU.S. travel | AmericaU.S. | tourismNick Adams+4 | — | 15m 09s | |
| 5/8/26 |  Spirit Airlines Collapsed. What Happens to Budget Travel Now?✨ | budget travelairline industry+3 | Sarah KopitSeth Borko | Spirit AirlinesSkift Research+1 | — | Spirit Airlinesbudget travel+3 | — | 33m 58s | |
| 5/1/26 |  The Fight for Control of Online Travel Has Started✨ | online travelOTAs+5 | Seth BorkoDennis Schaal | BookingCapital One+1 | — | online travelOTAs+7 | — | 46m 25s | |
| 4/24/26 |  How TV and AI Are Reshaping Travel Demand✨ | travel demandAI in travel+3 | Sarah KopitSeth Borko | Skift | — | travelAI+5 | — | 37m 11s | |
| 4/17/26 |  The Crisis Crushing America’s Hotel Owners✨ | hotel industryfranchise model+3 | Sarah KopitSeth Borko | Skift | — | hotel ownersfranchise model+3 | Viasat Ads | 38m 08s | |
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| 4/10/26 |  Why Flights Stay Cheap While Travel Costs Rise✨ | travel costsflights+3 | Sarah KopitSeth Borko | — | — | travelflights+4 | Viasat Ads | 42m 55s | |
| 4/3/26 |  What’s Really Changing Inside the Airline Industry✨ | airline industryleadership changes+3 | Sarah KopitSeth Borko | — | — | airline leadershiptravel industry+3 | Viasat Ads | 40m 36s | |
| 3/27/26 | 3-Hour Airport Lines and a System Under Pressure✨ | airport linesTSA staffing+5 | Lex Haris | SkiftUnited | U.S. | airport linesTSA+5 | Viasat Ads | 32m 59s | |
| 3/20/26 |  The Iran War Broke More Than the Middle East✨ | global travel disruptionsAI customer service failures+4 | — | — | IranLatin America+1 | Iran Warglobal travel+6 | Viasat Ads | 39m 09s | |
| 3/13/26 |  Oil Hit $100. What Happens to Travel Now?✨ | oil pricesairline economics+4 | Seth Borko | Skift | Gen Z | oil pricesairlines+4 | Viasat Ads | 45m 35s | |
| 3/6/26 | War, Airspace, and Oil: The Risks Facing Travel Right Now✨ | geopolitical tensionsaviation industry+4 | Gordon Smith | Skift | Middle Eastglobal+1 | geopolitical riskairspace disruptions+3 | Viasat Ads | 45m 43s | |
| 2/27/26 |  The Hidden Risks Hotel Owners Never Planned For | Hotels are facing political pressures they were never built to handle. In this episode, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko examine how immigration enforcement, protests, and franchise agreements are forcing hotel owners into impossible decisions. They also explore why hotel brands have doubled in number but struggle to stand out, and what that means for the future of travel. Presented by Viasat Ads. Click here to learn more! Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry. | 43m 42s | ||||||
| 2/19/26 |  Marriott Is Worried About AI. Should They Be? | Marriott expects 35% growth in co-branded credit card fees next year. At the same time, it’s warning investors that AI could disrupt its entire loyalty ecosystem. In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko break down what’s happening at the intersection of loyalty, artificial intelligence, and geopolitics. They start with Marriott’s earnings, where the power of co-branded credit cards is now central to profitability. With 270 million Bonvoy members and over $700 million in credit card fees, loyalty has become a financial engine. But in a dramatic shift from prior years, Marriott and Hilton are now explicitly disclosing AI as a risk in their SEC filings. Why? Because AI-powered intermediaries may change how travelers search, compare, and book hotels. Skift Research data shows that only 6% of travelers say they would remain loyal if an AI found them a better deal. That’s a sobering number for any brand betting on loyalty. The conversation then widens to Skift Research’s 2026 outlook, where the word of the year is “resilience.” Consumers continue to prioritize travel globally, even amid affordability pressures and economic uncertainty. But geopolitics, from protests to tariffs to airspace disruptions, may be the single biggest risk facing the industry. They close with a look at tech stock volatility, market reactions to AI, and what all of this means for travel companies heading into an uncertain year. A sharp, data-driven discussion about loyalty, AI disruption, market risk, and the resilience of the global traveler. Presented by Viasat Ads. Click here to learn more! Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry. | 35m 08s | ||||||
| 2/12/26 |  Ozempic, Travel, and the End of the Old Vacation Model | Weight loss drugs may be one of the most underestimated forces reshaping travel. In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko unpack how GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are quietly changing who travels, where they go, and how they spend. As obesity rates decline for the first time in decades and medication prices fall, travelers are unlocking trips they once thought were impossible, from walkable European cities to long-delayed bucket-list experiences. The conversation explores how this shift affects hotels, cruises, airports, and destinations. They debate whether cruise lines could lose part of their core audience, why airports may need to rethink food, alcohol, and retail revenue, and how experiential travel becomes more important as physical barriers fade. Along the way, they connect the dots to major cultural moments like the Super Bowl halftime show and the Olympics, showing how entertainment, health, and tourism increasingly intersect. A timely look at why travel demand is changing, and why the industry may be less prepared than it thinks. Presented by Viasat Ads. Click here to learn more! Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry. | 35m 31s | ||||||
| 2/5/26 |  Why Travel Companies Are Staying Silent on Politics | This week on the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko tackle a wide-ranging conversation that sits at the intersection of geopolitics, growth, and brand identity in travel. They begin with one striking reality: very few travel companies are willing to go on the record about political issues, even as immigration policy, protests, and global perception begin to influence tourism decisions ahead of major events like the World Cup. From there, Seth breaks down Skift Research’s latest Travel Health Index, revealing a year of uneven growth, regional divergence, and a continued shift of travel’s center of gravity toward Asia and the Middle East, while North America and Europe lag behind. The episode also covers severe winter storms and flight cancellations, airline geopolitics, American Airlines’ return to Venezuela, uncertainty around aircraft certification, and what safety, affordability, and perception mean for U.S. tourism in 2026. The conversation closes with a deeper question facing hotels, Airbnb, and destinations alike: can brands scale without losing their soul? Using lifestyle hotels as a case study, Sarah and Seth explore why “cool” is harder to scale than luxury, and why fixed assets collide with fast-moving cultural trends. A thoughtful, data-backed look at where travel is headed and what’s holding it back. Presented by Viasat Ads. Click here to learn more! Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry. | 45m 44s | ||||||
| 1/29/26 |  Airbnb, OTAs, and the Fight for Control of Travel | This week on the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko break down a set of travel industry flashpoints that all connect back to one thing: trust. They start with the industry’s most hated topic, fees. Resort fees, junk fees, and the reality that “transparent pricing” usually just means the cost moves around, not that it disappears. They dig into what travelers actually notice, what regulators are trying to fix, and why hotels keep getting stuck in the middle of disclosure, taxes, and pricing optics. Then the conversation shifts to Airbnb’s renewed hotel push, including its moves to bring more independent and boutique hotels onto the platform. Seth lays out why Airbnb’s brand has always benefited from being the alternative, and why chasing scale creates a new set of tradeoffs, especially when you are competing with the OTA giants. If you care about where travel distribution is heading, and why pricing trust is becoming a competitive advantage, this one’s for you. Presented by Viasat Ads. Click here to learn more! Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry. | 34m 48s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 |  New from Skift: Executive Conversations Shaping the Travel Industry | We’re sharing a preview of a new podcast from Skift called Skift Take Sessions. Skift Take Sessions is a weekly, journalist-led podcast built from the most important conversations shaping the global travel industry. Each episode features candid interviews with CEOs and senior leaders across airlines, hotels, and travel platforms, recorded live at Skift events and expanded with context around why the conversation matters now and what we learned. Hosted by Wil Slickers, the show brings listeners inside executive-level thinking from leaders at companies like Hilton, Expedia Group, Airbnb, JetBlue, and more. New episodes drop every week. Listen and follow Skift Take Sessions: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skift-take-sessions/id1871511773 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4oKApv7z0I65VpySjh9rqP?si=2e8f1e3e83e8459d Skift.com: https://skift.com/skift-travel-podcasts/ | 3m 46s | ||||||
| 1/22/26 |  What Happens When Convenience Beats Brand in Travel? | As travel brands head deeper into 2026, cracks are starting to show in some of the industry’s most trusted strategies. In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko unpack a wide-ranging week in travel, starting with Hilton’s launch of its 26th brand and the growing question of brand fatigue in hospitality. They explore whether having dozens of brands actually helps in an AI-driven world, or if it risks making brands less visible as search and discovery become more concentrated. The conversation then shifts to airlines, where a proposed merger between Allegiant and Sun Country highlights a stark reality: low-cost carriers are thriving globally, except in the U.S. Seth breaks down why premium demand is surging, why Spirit is struggling, and how exclusive routes and consolidation are reshaping airline economics. They also dive into geopolitics and tourism, examining what happens when destinations like Greenland suddenly find themselves at the center of global headlines for reasons unrelated to travel, and how tourism boards navigate perception, safety, and political uncertainty. The episode closes with a candid discussion on loyalty, from airline status and credit card programs to the real cost of “cheap” loyalty. Seth and Sarah debate whether loyalty programs actually build emotional connection or simply lock in convenience, and why some brands, like Airbnb, have deliberately stayed out of the loyalty arms race. Presented by Viasat Ads. Click here to learn more! Connect with Skift: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry. | 38m 32s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 |  Is Travel Headed for Another Shock in 2026? | The travel industry is entering 2026 with more uncertainty than confidence. In this first episode back of the year, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko break down the forces quietly reshaping travel right now and why many of the industry’s assumptions may already be outdated. From shifting demand patterns and loyalty fatigue to AI hype, border friction, and the growing divide between luxury and mass travel, this episode lays out what actually matters heading into the year ahead. They unpack which trends are real, which are overstated, and where travel brands, destinations, and operators could be caught off guard. Along the way, they debate whether international travel to the U.S. is facing a longer-term problem, why travelers are becoming less loyal, and how 2026 could expose cracks in strategies that worked just a few years ago. If you want a grounded, data-driven reality check on where travel is headed next and who is positioned to win or lose in 2026, this conversation sets the tone for the year. This episode is brought to you by Amazon! To learn more, go to advertising.amazon.com Connect with Skift: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry. | 38m 11s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 |  Skift Megatrends 2026: What’s Next for Travel, Loyalty, and Luxury | As the year comes to a close, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko unpack Skift Megatrends 2026 and what the next phase of global travel could look like. The conversation spans some of the industry’s most consequential shifts, from declining alcohol consumption and its surprising upside for hospitality, to the growing dominance of luxury travel and whether it represents a lasting structural change or a fragile bubble. They also explore mounting friction around international travel to the U.S., including new border screening proposals and what they could mean for inbound demand ahead of the World Cup. Along the way, the hosts dig into hotel loyalty’s rising costs, why travelers are increasingly “loyalty mercenaries,” and how personalization and AI are reshaping the competitive landscape. The episode closes with a look at emerging aviation innovations, winners and losers of the week, and a final bet on whether U.S. inbound travel can break its losing streak heading into 2026. This episode is brought to you by Amazon! To learn more, go to advertising.amazon.com Connect with Skift: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry. | 39m 51s | ||||||
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42 placements across 41 markets.