Skift Travel Podcasts

Skift brands publish six different podcasts throughout the month. You can find our complete catalog of podcasts, below, as well as subscribe using your favorite podcast app.

🎧 Skift Daily Briefing

Subscribe to Skift Daily Briefing through your favorite podcast app and listen daily from Tuesday to Friday:
Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Google Podcasts

🎧 The Skift Travel Podcast

Subscribe to The Skift Travel Podcast through your favorite podcast app and listen each week:

🎧 Skift Ideas

🎧 Airline Weekly Lounge

Subscribe to Airline Weekly Lounge through your favorite podcast app and listen each Friday:

🎧 Skift Meetings Podcast

Subscribe to Skift Meetings Podcast through your favorite podcast app and listen each Friday:

🎧 The Skift India Travel Podcast

Subscribe to The Skift India Travel Podcast through your favorite podcast app and listen each week:

Airline Weekly

Making Sense of European Airlines’ Quarterly Earnings

In this week's episode, Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat take a deep-dive into the latest earnings from carriers across the European continent. From airline supergroups to more niche Nordic players, we make sense of the big numbers and ask what they could mean for the coming summer season.

18 hours ago

Online Travel

Ups and Downs of Expedia and Booking’s First-Quarter Earnings

Today's podcast looks at Expedia's altered outlook, Booking Holdings' connected trip success, and the fight for privacy at U.S. airports.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 day ago

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Reveals Its Big Plans

Today's podcast looks at Airbnb's new product, Marriott's new take on U.S. domestic travel demand, and new opinions on the cost of Vision 2030.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 days ago

Tourism

Chinese Tourism to the U.S. Makes Slow Progress

Today's podcast looks at Chinese and Japanese visitor numbers to the U.S., the quiet low-cost airline giant, and IndiGo's big ambitions.

Rashaad Jorden | 3 days ago

Airlines

Spain’s Tourism Protests Are Also About Affordable Housing

Today's podcast looks at China's domestic planes, protests in the Canary Islands, and genuine luxury travel.

Rashaad Jorden | 4 days ago

Airline Weekly

JetBlue and Volaris In Focus

With earnings season well underway, Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat examine the key trends and finer details from JetBlue and Volaris - two of the largest low-cost carriers in the Americas.

7 days ago

Cruises

Royal Caribbean Is Getting Younger

Today's podcast looks at Indigo's new purchase, Wyndham's new strategy, and Royal Caribbean's new audience.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 week ago

Hotels

What Scraping 20,000 Google Hotel Listings Reveals

Today's podcast looks at how hotel listings on Google compete for bookings, new junk fee rules for airlines, and new sites for Hyatt loyalty program members.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 week ago

Free Read

Hotels

Elevating Hospitality Through Innovative Design

In the first dispatch of the Skift Travel Spotlight podcast from ITB Berlin, Skift speaks with Boutique Group about the role innovative design plays in developing Saudi Arabia’s hospitality sector.

Saudi Tourism Authority + Skift | 1 week ago

Tourism

Atlanta’s Michelin Guide Deal Translates to Tourism Dollars

Today's podcast looks at Atlanta's Michelin deal, JetBlue's quarterly earnings, and how Amadeus uses AI.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 week ago