The Return of the Travel Conglomerate

The Return of the Travel Conglomerate

For the better part of two decades, travel executives talked about “unbundling.” Today, we’re watching the exact opposite happen. Travel is “re-bundling” around experiences. This week brought two developments that, while seemingly unrelated, point to...
In an AI World, Trust Is the Only Moat

In an AI World, Trust Is the Only Moat

For decades, the travel industry has competed on a familiar set of battlegrounds: inventory, price, distribution, loyalty. Each wave of innovation reshaped the hierarchy, but the underlying model stayed the same: give travelers more choice, surface better options, and...

Airline Industry Outlook: Stable or Shifting?

Welcome to Travel Again’s Weekly Travel Roundup, covering the headwinds and tailwinds shaping the business of travel. Please welcome our hosts, Mike McCormick and Ed Silver. How are you doing, Mike? Good to see you. Good to see you, Ed. We are at season four,...
If You’re Hosted, You’re Exposed

If You’re Hosted, You’re Exposed

And If You Rely on Incentives, You Are Underestimating Your Risk When Sabre Corporation trades at $1, it is no longer just a market headline. It is a distress signal. And when Amadeus IT Group sells off in parallel, the question becomes broader than any single...

Is Business Travel Entering a New Era?

Welcome to Travel Again presents the weekly travel roundup covering the headwinds and tailwinds impacting the business of travel. Please welcome our hosts Mike McCormick and Ed Silver. Hello Mike. How you doing? Welcome to season 4 episode two. Yeah, great to be here...