Skift hires Smith as airlines editor
Transportation news site Skift has hired Gordon Smith as its airlines editor. He previously was group editor and editor at large at Commercial Aviation and also worked at Airliner World. Smith has also been a freelancer with his work published in British Airways Club Magazine, Business Traveller, Leeham News, The i newspaper, Inflight, The Mail […]
Skift hires Graham as a reporter
Travel industry site Skift has hired Darin Graham as a reporter. He is based in London and will report climate issues in the travel and tourism sector. Graham previously spent 11 years at BBC News. He has also freelanced for the Guardian and the Independent. He holds a master’s degree from City University of London.
Skift seeks a hotel reporter in the UK
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Travel news site Skift has laid off eight staffers
Travel industry news site Skift has laid off eight employees, including one editorial staffer, our of more than 90 employees. “Skift has initiated a small restructuring to better align our resources with our strategic goals for 2025 and beyond,” said CEO and founder Rafat Ali in a message. “We remain profitable with double digit growth […]
Skift hires Maharishi to cover airlines
Travel industry news service Skift has hired Meghna Maharishi to cover airlines. She previously was at The Points Guy since July 2022 as a reporter. Maharishi interned at CNN and CNBC. She is a graduate of Cornell University, where she was assistant managing editor of the Cornell Daily Sun.
Geerts departs Skift for Mews
Skift head of research Wouter Geerts has left the hospitality industry news site to become director of market research and intelligence at Mews, a hospitality software company. He had been at Skift since March 2019. Geerts also preciously worked at Euromonitor International, the world’s leading independent provider of strategic market research. He holds a master’s […]
Skift hires Corder as Middle East correspondent
Josh Corder has joined Skift as a Middle East correspondent. He wrote on LinkedIn: “I have the honour of helping them push even further into the Middle East, reporting on the region with the same style of informative journalism and critical examination Skift has become known for in other parts of the world.” Recently, Corder […]
Skift hires Kopit as editor in chief
Skift founder Rafat Ali has hired Sarah Kopit as editor in chief. Ali writes, “Sarah Kopit joins us as Skift’s new EIC, in charge of all editorial, including setting the editorial direction, defining Skift’s themes and driving editorial excellence across all of our brands. “Previously, Kopit was the Editor-in-Chief at the digital asset publication, The Block, and is a 14-year […]
Skift hires Haris as managing editor
Travel industry news site Skift has hired Lex Haris to be its managing editor. Haris was previously vice president of editorial for CBSNews.com, but left that position in February 2022. He was also previously executive editor of investigations at CNN and executive editor of CNNMoney. He had been with CNNMoney from 2001 to 2017, and had been […]
Corporate travel editor Parsons departs Skift
Matt Parsons, the corporate travel editor at travel industry site Skift, has departed. Parsons has become head of content and communications for AltoVita. He was at Skift since March 2020. He previously was an editor at Buying Business Travel and technology editor at TTG Media. Parsons also worked at Commercial Aviation Media and Informa. He […]
