Skift Global Forum: What to Expect
The Programming

Forget boilerplate panels. Skift curates unscripted, thought-provoking conversations that move industries forward. Main stage talks feature C-suite executives, rising founders, and global policymakers.
Key topics on the 2025 agenda include:
- The Trump Effect: Industry responses to global volatility
- Hospitality’s Reinvention: From operations to guest experience
- Online Travel’s Next Chapter: Battling for loyalty
- Airlines in Flux: Balancing growth, tech, and customer needs
- Regenerative Tourism: From intention to impact
- AI’s Tipping Point: What personalization really looks like
- The Cultural Layer: Sports, food, and entertainment’s role in tourism
Expect plenty of surprises. And, don’t miss the sessions that reveal what’s behind the most consequential shifts in travel today.
Who's Coming

The most powerful room in global travel is taking shape.
CEOs, policymakers, and innovators already confirmed include:
- Glenn Fogel, CEO, Booking Holdings
- Ariane Gorin, CEO, Expedia Group
- Jason Liberty, CEO, Royal Caribbean Group
- Ritesh Agarwal, Group CEO, OYO
- Greg O’Hara, Founder and Senior Managing Director, Certares
- Eric Resnick, CEO, KSL Capital Partners
- Tony Fernandes, CEO, AirAsia
- and many more...
Watch Highlights
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Catch up on past sessions, including pivotal interviews and on-stage moments from Skift Global Forum 2024 and other global events.



