Kayak CEO Steve Hafner (background, right) will speak at Skift Global Forum Europe 2017 in London on April 4. He's pictured in the company's Fuselage conference room at headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Jesse Neider / KayakSkift Take: Hafner once called metasearch a lousy business with slim margins. What's clear is some of the same dynamics making life difficult for TripAdvisor, including Google Hotel Ads and Trivago's substantial marketing spend, are also proving challenging for Kayak.

Cathay Pacific's Studio CX has a partnership with podcast company Gimlet Media. Cathay PacificSkift Take: Compared to a decade ago in-flight entertainment is in a great place. Here's how to make it so much better. — Colin NagyIt’s a familiar scenario: you’re on a 14-hour flight, and you’ve exhausted your stack of reading, cleared out your inbox, re-arranged your desktop and need some sort of stimulation.

Selling boutique hotels is leading Mr. and Mrs. Smith to explore selling experiences as well. Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-founder James Lohan is pictured here. Skift Take: It's one thing to sell a curated portfolio of hotel rooms to luxury travelers. It's another thing altogether to keep them coming back, and branch out into selling experiences that are more than just a hotel stay.

The remodeled One&Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas. Sargent Photography / Kerzner InternationalSkift Take: As strong as the luxury travel market has been for the past few years, can that success continue? One&Only's COO Philippe Zuber thinks it can, as long as brands don't forget about the essentials of service. — Deanna TingOne&Only Resorts, which is owned by Dubai-based Kerzner International, is growing quite a bit in 2017.

It's a bittersweet day for Tilt's more than two-dozen employees as the dreams of becoming a billion-dollar unicorn have been traded for an acqui-hire by Airbnb. TiltSkift Take: Travelers have long asked Airbnb to make it easier to share the cost of a rental, including when they are using different currencies from a lodging host. By acquiring Tilt, the startup will likely add that service to its app.

Delta Air Lines last year introduced a menu that captured the "essence of a Roman-style trattoria" for some long-haul flights. The airline is one of many investing in food for premium travelers. Delta Air LinesSkift Take: It's little comfort to the average coach customer, but airlines are spending big money to improve food for higher-value customers. Just remember, it's still airline food, reheated in a tiny galley, so it may never be award-winning cuisine.

Johannes Thomas is a managing director at Trivago, the Düsseldorf-based company that calls itself the world's largest hotel metasearch engine and that is part-owned by Expedia. TrivagoSkift Take: How do you stay efficient and maintain core values when your company scales from 700 to 1,100 employees within a year? You get rid of most job titles and fly everyone to Ibiza for the weekend, says Trivago's managing director Johannes Thomas.

Protestors of Trump's travel ban stood outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, two days before the court upheld a federal judge's decision to block the ban. Hotel executives have said the ban did not have material impact on their businesses, but one expressed concerns over the longer-term impact of such a policy. Jeff Chiu / Associated PressSkift Take: We'll see what the hotel industry has to say (or doesn't say) when Trump issues his revised travel ban plans next week.

Norwegian Air will fly 10 new routes from smaller U.S. airports to Europe. BoeingSkift Take: This will be a good test. There's no doubt people love low fares, and Norwegian Air will be using a cost-effective aircraft. But is there enough demand from smaller U.S.

An Inner City Express train run by Deutsche Bahn. Oliver Lang / Deutsche Bahn AGSkift Take: Attention to detail has done wonders for Monocle and its sister-brand studio over the last decade. The travel industry could learn from it. — Colin NagySkift recently caught up with Monocle and Winkreative’s Tyler Brûlé for a deep dive on the recent rebranding of Air Canada.