CREATIVE THINKERSCategory: Physical Experiences Visit Seattle set out to change travelers’ perspectives of the Emerald City, with the organization engaging its partner agencies – C+C and Copacino Fujikado – to create a campaign that could reignite excitement back into Seattle travel. Marketers have historically shied away from promoting Seattle’s rain and travelers generally avoid it as […]

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CREATIVE THINKERSCategory: Product Design When the team at Faye set out to build the next generation of travel protection, they knew it needed to be way more than just travel insurance. Armed with a team of experts hailing from Allianz and Lemonade, alongside insurance industry veterans as advisors, Faye built a 100% digital, proactive travel […]

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Are you ready for an aviation event like no other? Skift Aviation Forum 2023 is set to be a game-changer, and here are the top three reasons why you absolutely must attend: Don’t just take our word for it, hear what others had to say… “Quick day trip to Dallas to attend Skift‘s Aviation Forum. I enjoyed […]

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We are excited to welcome Ben Hoffler as a speaker this December at Skift Global Forum East. Ben is constantly on the move throughout the Middle East and over the last decade he has walked more than 10,000km across the region, developing trails and working with more than 14 different Bedouin tribes create some of […]

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CREATIVE THINKERSCategory: Marketing To showcase the power of its travel retailing platform, Travelport+, Travelport put it to the ultimate test by seeing if it could get British adventurer, Jamie ‘Adventureman’ McDonald, to the New 7 Wonders of the World in less than 7 days using nothing but public transport.  Six days, sixteen hours and fourteen […]

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CHANGE MAKERSCategory: Leadership In 1989, Adrian Gardiner purchased a 1000-hectare farm as a weekend retreat for his family. However, this farm soon became one of the most ambitious rewilding projects in the world. Within a matter of years, the land expanded to 25,000 hectares, and Adrian began reintroducing the wildlife that had been wiped out […]

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CHANGE MAKERSCategory: People & Community In the summer of 2021, Banff & Lake Louise Tourism, representing over 700 businesses in Banff National Park, in collaboration with the Town of Banff and Parks Canada, embarked on a mission to establish a shared vision and chart a path towards a more sustainable future for tourism. With annual […]

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That’s a wrap on our Skift Global Forum 2023! The energy was palpable throughout the event, as the conversations on stage gave us a window into the future and new connections were made throughout the 3-days. Thank you to all the attendees, speakers, sponsors and of course, the entire team Skift for knocking this one […]

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C. Jeffrey (Jeff) Knittel is the Chairman and CEO of Airbus Americas, Inc. In addition, he is the Head of Region for the Americas. He is responsible for Airbus’ commercial aircraft and commercial services businesses throughout the Americas, as well as providing leadership to Airbus Helicopters which is the company’s market-leading helicopter business, and Airbus […]

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CHANGE MAKERSCategory: Sustainability In 2022, The Travel Corporation, a family-owned group of 40 award-winning brands including Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Contiki, Evan Evans, Red Carnation Hotels and Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, became the first global tour operator with all three near-term, long-term, and net zero targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. To achieve these […]

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