Skift hires Brophy to cover travel experiences
Travel industry news site Skift has hired Selene Brophy to cover travel experiences, a new beat. She has an extensive journalism background, including more than 10 years as the travel editor for Africa’s largest digital news platform, News24. She also worked as a duty editor for the Independent Online. Brophy holds a bachelor’s degree from Cape Peninsula University […]
Skift hires Dawes from Albany Business Review
Travel industry news site Skift has hired Justin Dawes to cover global travel technology and startups. Dawes is currently a reporter at the Albany Business Review, where he has covered tech and startups, as well as cannabis and health care. His last day there is Sept. 28. He was previously a staff writer for Grand Rapids Magazine […]
Skift seeks a hotels reporter
Skift, the most influential media company covering the business of travel, is seeking a full-time hotel reporter to expand our coverage of the hospitality industry. Skift reporters are expected to write a mix of daily stories and deeply reported features. The position is fully remote in the UK as Skift is a fully distributed company. […]
Russell promoted to editor of Skift’s Airline Weekly
Skift’s Airline Weekly is promoting reporter Edward “Ned” Russell into the top role of editor. Skift editor in chief Tom Lowry writes, “Russell succeeds Madhu Unnikrishnan who left the publication earlier in June to pursue other opportunities. Russell brings a wealth of experience and passion for aviation into his new job. Skift hired Russell in November 2020 to […]
Habtemariam joins Skift to cover global tourism beat
Skift has tapped Dawit Habtemariam as a global tourism reporter. He joins from Senior Executive, a media company in New York, where he was a staff writer. In a note to the staff, Skift editor in chief Tom Lowry wrote, “One thing I learned during the interview process with Dawit is that he is not afraid of […]
Skift hires Mullaney to cover travel technology
Travel industry news site Skift has hired Tim Mullaney to take over its travel technology coverage. He will start May 16. Mullaney will write the Travel Tech Briefing and Travel Startup Funding columns as well as stories. Mullaney has been a financial journalist for more than three decades. He has held positions like national economics correspondent at […]
Skift promotes O’Neill to senior hospitality editor
Travel industry news site Skift is promoting Sean O’Neill to senior hospitality editor overseeing coverage of the global hotel industry. O’Neill has covered travel tech for Skift for the past six years, including launching a Travel Tech Briefing column and a Travel Startup Funding column that posts every Friday. “Hotels is one of our most important and […]
How travel industry site Skift survived the pandemic
Brian Morrissey interviewed Skift CEO Rafat Ali about how the travel industry site survived during COVID and is now growing. Morrissey writes, “Travel was historically broken into sectors – flights, hotels, cruises, meetings – but that’s not how consumers approached the category, so Skift took the POV of people, not vendors. “Media and data make sense […]
Skift reporter Sperance set to depart
Cameron Sperance, hospitality reporter at Skift, will be leaving to join The Points Guy as a senior hotels reporter. He will continue freelancing real estate stories for The Boston Globe. Previously, he was a reporter at Bisnow Boston, where he covered commercial real estate and business news in Boston. He was also a Boston guidebook […]
Skift hires Bhutia as Asia editor
Peden Doma Bhutia has been hired by travel industry news site Skift as its Asia editor. She starts March 7. In her role, Bhutia will report on and coordinate coverage of the business of travel in Asia, the Middle East and India. She will be based in India for Skift, a fully remote company now. […]
