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Skift Research is a specialized database for the travel and hospitality industry. It provides in-depth analysis, market research and trends within the industry. The database contains comprehensive research reports, insights and forecasts valuable to professionals working in these specific fields.

Skift Research covers the following industries: 

- Aviation
- Business Travel
- Cruises
- Ground transportation
- Hotels
- Business meetings
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Online travel
- Short-term rentals
- Startups
- Tour Operators
- Tourism companies

Ask Skift is the AI Chatbot for theTravel Industry 

Skift is the authoritative source on the travel business, and Ask Skift is a new way for readers to engage better with Skift's breadth of knowledge. Ask Skift is their latest experimentation with AI, creating products travel professionals rely on.

It has been 'trained' with news stories, Skift Research reports, Airline Weekly issues, Skift Live events, and more from the past 11 years to the present to answer many questions about the travel industry. Ask a question and better understand the business of travel with Skift’s new AI chatbot.

 It's free for the first three questions a month!

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Free Newsletters

Better understand the business of travel through daily/weekly/monthly editions of Skift's newsletters: breaking news, features, and analysis covering the business of travel from around the world to your inbox.

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• The Daily: Skift’s premier daily newsletter, giving you an inside look at all things travel.
• Skift Meetings Stand-Up: the go-to source for coverage of trends, technology, innovation and education in the meetings and events industry
• The Prompt: artificial intelligence and travel technology are changing the way we travel at breathtaking speed. Don’t miss a beat with this Friday newsletter.
• Per Diem: corporate travel is in rebuilding mode. Keep track of the progress with new issues delivered to your inbox every Tuesday.
• Green Shift: a deep dive into the intersection of climate change, sustainability and the travel industry. Find it in your inbox the 1st of each month.
• Automatic Upgrade: travel loyalty is an economy in its own right. Keep up to date with new issues weekly on Tuesdays.
• Jet Streame: airline news moves fast. Don’t miss a beat with our weekly airline newsletter. Landing in your inbox on Saturdays.
• Dwell: a deep dive into on all things short term rentals. New issues arrive each Thursday.
• Early Check-In: keep up with the latest in hotels and hospitality. Checking in to your email every Thursday.
• Very Online: from established OTAs to the latest travel startups, we have the latest on everything in online travel. Weekly on Wednesdays.
• Wanderlust: our look at the most important tourism stories, including destination management, marketing, and development. A new arrival every Thursday.
• Data Pulse: follow along for updates on Skift Research reports. This monthly round-up will keep you abreast of the in-depth analysis and insights the Research team produces.
• India Report: India is booming. Discover the subcontinent's most important travel news here every Tuesday-Thursday.
• Middle East Report: everything you need to know about travel and Middle East, delivered to your inbox on Mondays.
• Asia Report: Skift's monthly look at the biggest travel news impacting APAC. Sent the eighth of every month.