Coronavirus

News / Distribution

VIDEO: New Reality With... Maud Bailly of Accor

By PhocusWire | June 2, 2020

The next guest on the New Reality With... series is Maud Bailly, chief digital officer at Accor, one of the most high-profile hospitality brands in the world. Read More

News / Distribution

Vacasa raises $108M led by Silver Lake to bolster professionally managed rentals

By Jill Menze | June 2, 2020

Following investments in Airbnb and Expedia Group, Silver Lake is leading a $108 million financing round into vacation rental management company Vacasa. Read More

News / Distribution

REPORT: COVID-19 Hotel Forecast - Key West

By PhocusWire | June 2, 2020

The inverse relationship between COVID-19 cases and RevPAR is not nearly as predictive as the ramifications of local political lockdown decisions. Read More

News / Technology

Destination X - The toolkit needed for a new form of tourism

By PhocusWire | June 2, 2020

Let's put Hyperloop, self-driving cars and drone-like helicopters aside for a moment and inspect other technologies that can help destination managers. Read More

News / Online

Marriott’s Sorenson: Open hotels pass 20% occupancy, new construction projects will continue

By Mitra Sorrells | June 2, 2020

Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson gave business updates during Goldman Sachs' Travel and Leisure Conference. Read More

News / Technology

How an all-women engineering team is helping hotels through COVID-19

By Jill Menze | June 1, 2020

A team of Duetto engineers recently won an all-women hackathon event for their Hotel Haven concept, which connects those in need with places to stay. Read More

News / Online

How tourism marketers can boost content visibility

By Rachel-Jean Firchau - Nativo | June 1, 2020

Here's how DMOs can implement holistic content strategies that go beyond their owned websites to better connect with travelers looking for safe, local getaways. Read More

News / Online

Google expands pay-per-stay hotel ad product to quell risk aversion

By Mitra Sorrells | June 1, 2020

Hotel partners using the commission-per-stay option only pay for a Google ad after a guest has completed a stay. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: What role does the industry play in right vs. wrong?

By PhocusWire | May 29, 2020

If this incredibly turbulent period in the history of the travel industry ends without a collective realization that everyone can do their bit and show leadership across a wide range of issues, then it... Read More

Opinion / Online

Possible futures for a post-pandemic travel industry, part 4

By Mario Gavira | May 29, 2020

Post-crisis tourism will have certain similarities to society 200 years before: a two-tier world where only the upper classes were able to travel internationally to experience new places firsthand. Many... Read More

News / Online

Traveling festival fans hopeful of swift return but only if free web cancelations available

By Kevin May | May 28, 2020

A survey of 110,000 festival-goers from countries such as the U.K., France and Germany found that over eight out of ten (82%) would feel confident attending an event within one to six months of... Read More

News / Online

Expedia Group pledges $275M to coronavirus recovery, gives lodging partners “free” marketing

By Jill Menze | May 28, 2020

Expedia Group is dedicating more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help its lodging partners, destinations and the travel industry rebound from the impact of the coronavirus. Read More

News / Online

Global vacation rental bookings surge to more than 2M, up 127% from early April

By Mitra Sorrells | May 28, 2020

After a low of just 916,000 bookings in early April, AirDNA finds there has been a fairly steady increase in markets around the globe. Read More

News / Startups

InPhocus, episode 12 - Right place, right time for a travel startup

By PhocusWire | May 28, 2020

Some travel startups are using the current climate to shore up their strategy and take advantage of the support that a few governments have offered in order to prop up young businesses. Read More