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PhocusWire's in-depth coverage of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry with its distribution process and systems, featuring news, analysis, interviews, research and more.
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News / Distribution
Customer details stolen from Amadeus distributor in India
By Linda Fox | February 25, 2019
Customer information was stolen from Resbird Technologies, an independent distributor for Amadeus in... Read More
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News / Distribution
China, part 4: The digital distribution model
By Mitra Sorrells | February 25, 2019
For the final piece in our China theme month, we explore the diverse digital distribution landscape.... Read More
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News / Distribution
OYO teams up with Yahoo to launch home rental business in Japan
By Jill Menze | February 22, 2019
OYO is expanding its affordable housing services to Japan, in a joint effort with Yahoo dubbed OYO... Read More
Travelport posts final full-year results ahead of sale to private equity
News / Distribution
Travelport posts final full-year results ahead of sale to private equity
By Kevin May | February 22, 2019
Travelport passed the $2.5 billion annual revenue mark for the first time in its history during 2018.... Read More
Accor goes down experiences route as it unveils All loyalty platform
News / Distribution
Accor goes down experiences route as it unveils All loyalty platform
By Linda Fox | February 22, 2019
Accor has unveiled its new loyalty platform All combining its loyalty program and distribution.... Read More
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News / Distribution
Japan latest country to book first NDC-hosted air ticket
By Kevin May | February 20, 2019
Tokyo-based travel agency F-ness issued the Lufthansa air ticket using a platform developed... Read More
The false promise of hospitality technology integration
News / Distribution
The false promise of hospitality technology integration
By Gaurav Singh - RateGain | February 19, 2019
The industry should do more to give hoteliers a seamless end-to-end experience for them to... Read More
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News / Online
Lonely Planet buys ArrivalGuides, plots industry partnership model
By Linda Fox | February 19, 2019
Age-old guidebook-turned-digital travel content brand Lonely Planet buys ArrivalGuides as it looks to... Read More
Home-sharing is ready to write its second chapter
News / Distribution
Home-sharing is ready to write its second chapter
By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly | February 18, 2019
Startups are mounting fresh challenges to both traditional hotels, whose forays into the home-rental... Read More
TourRadar marketing contest
News / Distribution
TourRadar works with Google Zoo for unusual multi-continent tour contest
By Mitra Sorrells | February 18, 2019
TourRadar's "Tour the World" campaign, with help from Google Zoo, is intended to introduce a new... Read More
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