Lex Haris

Lex Haris is Skift's Managing Editor. Lex has been a news editor for more than 20 years and loves talking to reporters and editors about stories they’re excited about. He was previously Vice President of Editorial at CBS News and Executive Editor at CNN Money and CNN Investigations. He was born and raised in New York City where he still lives in his childhood home with his wife, Helen, and two cats. He thinks a lot about poker, softball and menswear.

Latest Stories

Luxury

AI vs. Travel Advisors: When Humans Win

Chatbots are relying on 20 years of bad travel writing, while travel advisors can be a real source of truth.

AI vs. Travel Advisors: When Humans Win

Business Travel

More Trips, Higher Prices: Business Travel Spending May Finally Top 2019 Levels

Companies say their employees are embracing business travel, but they're also trying to rein in costs.

More Trips, Higher Prices: Business Travel Spending May Finally Top 2019 Levels

Hotels

The Wealth Gap Hits Summer Travel

The summer travel season is highlighting the increasing wealth divide between the haves and have-nots.

The Wealth Gap Hits Summer Travel

Business Travel

Business Travel Rebounds Even as Companies Cut Costs

The rebound in business travel is real, but companies still say they're worried about higher prices.

Business Travel Rebounds Even as Companies Cut Costs

Business Travel

Here’s How AI Can Help Fix Business Travel. Eventually

Mastercard found that nine in 10 travel decision-makers plan on investing in AI and machine learning to improve processes and personalize travel for employees.

Here’s How AI Can Help Fix Business Travel. Eventually

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb on NYC Regulation: ‘This Is What You Don’t Want to Do’

Skift reported last week that hotel rates in NYC were up 6.7% in the first quarter. And Airbnb says that's one sign regulations aren't helping.

Airbnb on NYC Regulation: ‘This Is What You Don’t Want to Do’

Short-Term Rentals

Instagrammable Moments Drive the Modern Traveler

"The more we can put people attached to a property and give it a personality and a story, the better we perform in reviews and just the better the overall experience,” one executive told us.  

Instagrammable Moments Drive the Modern Traveler

Short-Term Rentals

Regulatory Crackdown Drives Shift to Midterm Rentals – But Don’t Expect the Same Payoff

The regulatory crackdown on short-term rentals in markets like New York coupled with a shortage of long-term housing that’s only getting more expensive, is creating space for midterm housing to thrive.

Regulatory Crackdown Drives Shift to Midterm Rentals – But Don’t Expect the Same Payoff

Short-Term Rentals

How Booking.com Is Targeting U.S. Travelers With Short-Term Rentals

The Amsterdam-based company has put a lot of emphasis on the U.S. over the past couple of years.

How Booking.com Is Targeting U.S. Travelers With Short-Term Rentals

Travel Technology

Hotel Tech Is Not Prepared For the Future: What Comes Next

"It is impossible to rip out and replace everything we've got, because we are an industry where we have fragmentation," one investor told us.

Hotel Tech Is Not Prepared For the Future: What Comes Next