Skift Daily Briefing

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, June 13, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Banwa Private Island in Palawan in the Philippines has abruptly closed after months of publicizing itself in many international publications as “the most expensive resort in the world.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, June 12, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. United is making another push to showcase its environmentally friendly flying, reports Business of Loyalty Editor Grant Martin.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, June 11, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Best Western, believe it or not, is a big believer in boutique hotels. The chain is requiring franchisees that want to do renovations to reopen as Sadie or Aiden properties, boutique brands that launched last year, notes Business Reporter Danni Santana.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Monday, June 10, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. No global hotel chain has scaled affordable accommodation to the extent that India-based Oyo has, reports Asia Editor Raini Hamdi. Now in its sixth year of operation, Oyo says it has around 750,000 rooms.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, June 7, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Brand USA and U.S. Travel had a daunting task this past week at IPW, the annual travel gathering held in Anaheim, California.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, June 6, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. With Booking.com making the controversial move of charging commissions on hotel resort fees for the first time this week, rival Expedia Group isn't ruling out matching the new stance.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, June 5, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Suddenly there’s a glimmer of hope that the travel industry can get some relief from nearly mandatory fees: namely, paying for ads in Google search and in its hotel and flights shopping services to get visibility.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, June 4, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. A CEO panel at the NYU Hospitality Conference on Monday featured the leaders of Marriott, Hyatt, AccorHotels, International Hotels Group, and Choice Hotels.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Monday, June 3, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. Club Med has confirmed it will build its first resort in sub-Saharan Africa.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, May 31, in New York City. For daily updates in your inbox, subscribe to the Skift Daily newsletter at skift.com/daily. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. The next phase in Airbnb’s growth and breadth of offerings is taking shape as it begins to add a limited number of hotels that also participate in newly acquired HotelTonight.