Skift Future of Lodging Forum | September 2025

The Skift Future of Lodging Forum brings hospitality leaders together to discuss the ‘Great Merging’ concept and explore industry shifts.

About Skift Future of Lodging Forum

The Future of Lodging Forum is an event that brings together leaders from the hospitality industry and the rentals sector to discuss the future of hotels, rentals, and lodging. The event is organised by Skift, a leading travel news and resources outlet, and serves as a meeting place for the industry’s key decision-makers.

The in-person and online event, which is being hosted in New York City, will focus on several topics based on shifts in the hospitality industry, especially as the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will focus on how guests, their behaviours and their expectations are helping to drive those changes.

Who Should Attend The Skift Future of Lodging Forum?

The Skift Future of Lodging Forum will be of particular interest to the following groups of people:

• Hospitality managers, leaders and decision-makers looking to optimise business performance
• Marketers with interest in identifying the latest hospitality trends to focus on
• Entrepreneurs looking to understand the future of hospitality and explore business partnerships
• Travel operators seeking to identify areas of opportunity that will help optimise strategies and attract customers

What is the Objective of The Skift Future of Lodging Forum?

The Skift Future of Lodging Forum will focus on the idea of the ‘Great Merging’, which is the concept that the ways people live, work and travel are blending. In particular, the event will aim to:

• Identify the major trends and consumer shifts that are driving change across the hospitality
• Explore opportunities for innovation and new approaches across the industry
• Focus on ways that service and the customer experience need to change in this new, blended reality
• Find exciting new avenues for investors and hospitality developers to explore

Please visit the Skift Future of Lodging Forum website to obtain further information about this event.