Good Morning Hospitality

GMH Hotels: Banks Now Lead Travel Loyalty. Small Hotels Beat Big Brands.

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk dig into where competitive advantage actually lives in hospitality

Vrbo's Biggest Product Push Yet, and What Hosts Need to Know

Vrbo just rolled out its largest-ever product launch, with 12 new products and features spanning advertising, pricing, promotions, payments, guest operations, and propert

GMH Hotels: The $35.7 Billion Side of Hospitality Nobody Talks About

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk are joined by Jason Gamel, President and CEO of ARDA, to talk vaca

Airbnb Makes a Play for Direct Bookings

On Monday’s Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley, Michael Goldin, and Jamie Lane break down major shifts in travel distribution, pricing, and shor

GMH Hotels: Harry Styles Is Moving Hotel Markets.

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk break down how demand is shifting across every segment of hospital

VayKLife Acquired Xplorie. Guest Experience Just Leveled Up.

On this bonus episode of Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Wil Slickers sits down with Dan Gaertner, CEO of VayKLife, to break the news that VayKLife has acquire

PE Money Is Coming for STR. The New StayTerra CEO Explains the Strategy.

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley, and Michael Goldin are joined by Amy Kothari, the new CEO of StayTerra, to talk PE-backed STR co

GMH Hotels: The Metric That Broke Hotel Strategy

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk dig into how the hotel industry measures success, where capital is

The Skift State of Travel 2026 Is Out. Here's What Stood Out.

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley, Michael Goldin, and Jamie Lane each share the stat from Skift's State of Travel 2026 report that

GMH Hotels: Aman Called the Police on a Creator.

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk dig into four stories about how hotels earn and protect their posi

Airbnb Released 100 Features in One Quarter. The Gap Is Getting Wider.

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley, Michael Goldin, and Jamie Lane break down three stories about who is winning the race to control

GMH Hotels: The Week Hotel Owners Won.

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk dig into what the major brands are actually doing to keep hotel ow

Airbnb Is Building a Wallet. The Distribution Game Just Changed.

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley, Michael Goldin, and Jamie Lane break down three stories about how the STR discovery and booking

Why Human Connection Is Becoming Hospitality's New Luxury

In this sponsored episode of Good Morning Hospitality, Wil Slickers introduces a conversation between Skift’s Darren Frei and Elizabeth Mullins, President of Evermore Orl

GMH Hotels: What Happens After You Sell Your Brand to Marriott

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk dig into four stories about where premium experience is being rede

Airbnb Has Car Rentals Now. What Does That Make It?

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley, Michael Goldin, and Jamie Lane get into three stories about where the STR industry is headed now

GMH Hotels: Nassetta on 28 Brands, AI, and the Bazillion Points Problem.

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk dig into how hotels earn money and keep it. The conversation open

Vacasa's $4.5B Dream Is Over. What Comes Next for STR.

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley and Michael Goldin get into three stories making headlines across the STR industry. The conversa

GMH Hotels: Airbnb and Ennismore May Be Each Other's Best Deal.

On this week's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast: Hotels Edition, Sarah Dandashy and Steve Turk break down who controls hotel demand and what it costs.Skift's Raf

Booking Holdings Is Coming for Expedia's B2B Crown.

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley and Michael Goldin break down three stories about who is building the next layer of travel distri