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Corporate travelers eye possibility of trips but need a green light from companies

By Linda Fox | July 8, 2020

Travel management companies are developing travel assistant-style services to aggregate the latest COVID-19 travel information. Read More

News / Online

WATCH: Visualization of the early hit on digital travel revenues from coronavirus

By PhocusWire | July 8, 2020

The first signs of how much impact the crisis has hit the revenues of publicly traded companies became apparent when they released their first quarter earnings reports. Read More

Opinion / Technology

How technology can help protect "travel bubbles" from popping

By Jeremy Springall - SITA | July 8, 2020

While "travel bubbles," which are formal agreements between governments allowing travelers to bypass quarantine measures, sound promising, they're also fraught with challenges. Read More

News / Online

Expedia signals private accommodation could be the recovery leader

By Kevin May | July 7, 2020

In an unscheduled financial filing yesterday, Expedia Group says its Vrbo brand is the largest contributor to gradually improving booking behavior. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: New Reality With... Andrea Kates of Futureproofing:Next

By PhocusWire | July 6, 2020

The next guest on the New Reality With... series is Andrea Kates, managing director at Futureproofing: Next, a U.S.-based community for corporate innovation. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Six ways to improve travel program compliance

By Terri Buscemi - Amex GBT | July 6, 2020

Concerns about travelers’ well-being and cost control have renewed travel managers’ focus on improving policy compliance and program guidelines. Let’s explore actions to optimise budgets while... Read More

News / Technology

InPhocus, episode 16 - Tales with some optimism

By PhocusWire | July 3, 2020

In the latest episode of InPhocus, we speak to Klaus Kohlmeyer about a unique collection of interviews with hoteliers for his own podcast, Unconstrained Conversations. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: New Reality With... Jamie Wong and Erik Blachford of Narrative Fund

By PhocusWire | July 3, 2020

The next guests on the New Reality With... series are Jamie Wong and Erik Blachford, partners at Narrative Fund, a U.S.-based early stage investment fund in consumer technology companies. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Can virtual reality help tourism destinations recover from COVID-19?

By Dr. Natasha Moorhouse - Manchester Metropolitan University | July 2, 2020

People may need extra encouragement to travel again, and one promising way to do this is through novel immersive technology experiences. Read More

News / Online

Travel spending in the U.S. ticks up, led by alternative lodging

By Mitra Sorrells | July 2, 2020

Cardlytics, a platform that says it has insight into half of all U.S. card swipes, says travel spending is rebounding after bottoming out in April. Read More

News / Technology

Amadeus touts human-tech hybrid for travel's future

By Linda Fox | July 1, 2020

Amadeus says AI is playing an increasing role in travel distribution, but the need for humans remains. Read More

News / Distribution

REPORT: COVID-19 Hotel Forecast - Chicago

By PhocusWire | July 1, 2020

The state should be commended for creating a plan, clearly defining the metrics required to be met in order to advance to the next phase and continually communicating progress by publishing a robust... Read More

Opinion / Online

Amid COVID-19, travel brands must ask: How will people get there?

By Rod Bishop - Jayride Group | July 1, 2020

Jayride Group co-founder Rod Bishop says travel companies should not overlook the importance of providing safe, secure ground transportation for customers. Read More

News / Startups

How one startup used the downtime to improve life for travel buyers and suppliers

By Linda Fox | June 29, 2020

The team at vintage car tour company Nowaday has spent the downtime created by COVID-19 to build an online workplace for travel buyers and suppliers. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Where the next great travel company will emerge

By Kevin May | June 29, 2020

An individual iPhone 10 in 2020 contains more computing power than every computer in 1986 on the planet - that's a fact that is often hard to get your head around. Read More

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