Brand Coherence Drives Gulf Hub Airport Competition
New essay from me on what Gulf hub airports are actually arguing about, why brand coherence is the dimension that matters most, and what happens when a fourth sovereign-funded terminal enters the corridor with a even bigger bet. Full story🔗👇👇 https://t.co/HiFrpXcP6z
Travel Becomes a Search for Lost Indian Childhood
Travel, for me, stopped being about destinations a long time ago. It became a proxy for a childhood I left behind in India in the 1990s and have never stopped looking for. I finally wrote about it. https://t.co/7OILYtgC5Y https://t.co/Cdz8xRAvOn
Travel AI: A Five‑Layer Tech Stack Blueprint
A @BookingHoldings job post for building foundational AI models led me down a rabbit hole of AI tech stack approaches by big online travel players, I've come up with a 5-layer AI tech stack. Using my Claude brain, I try...
Acquisitions Often Driven by Ego, Not Strategy
What if the OpenAI-buying-TBPN deal is not a signal of anything but just the egos involved, similar to CBS buying The Free Press? Because-they-can sometimes is the simplest, best and the real explanation.
Recency Bias Skews Travel Forecasts, Dubai Not Yet Done
Recency bias is the most expensive cognitive error in the travel business…or any business. Wrote a column laying out why Dubai obituary is being written too early, and what the history of every macro travel crisis tells us about what...
India's Tourism Pivots From Foreign to Domestic Focus
The End of ‘Incredible India’ >> “Incredible India” was built to attract outsiders, but the center of gravity in Indian travel has shifted from selling the country abroad to building for travelers at home. https://t.co/GWrckiJlE7 via @Skift