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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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Pros and cons of WeChat for direct hotel bookings

By Viewpoints | August 6, 2015

Hotel organizations in China are undergoing a digital transformation and the cornerstone of their... Read More

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Expedia-Orbitz deal gets a high profile naysayer

By Kevin May | August 6, 2015

Almost seven months since the proposed acquisition was first announced, a major lobbying group has... Read More

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Is this how hotel distribution works? [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | August 6, 2015

An issue with "ecosystem"-type diagrams to explain a process or mechanism is that invariably someone... Read More

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Not happy campers: Agoda pulls all inventory from Trivago

By Kevin May | August 6, 2015

Bit of an ugly spat brewing between metasearch engine Trivago and Agoda, the Asia-Pacific focused... Read More

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Will millennials force hotels to menu price their services?

By Viewpoints | August 6, 2015

There’s a lot of buzz around “unbundling” - from cable packages to financial services - driven by the... Read More

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Hitlist ups the mobile meta ante with latest release

By Linda Fox | August 6, 2015

Trip planning and sharing app Hitlist has released a new version of its service with an improved user... Read More

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Travel 2030: Marketing to a growing and changing world population

By Viewpoints | August 5, 2015

By 2030, there will be an extra billion people in the world, of which it is forecast 20% will be... Read More

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Howzat looks at Turkey with Otelz.com investment

By Martin Cowen | August 5, 2015

Otelz.com, an online travel agency based in Turkey, has secured $1.4 million in Series A funding from... Read More

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Rail booking on the web has an Achilles Heel - the travel industry

By Kevin May | August 5, 2015

A new study into the rail booking sector in Europe argues that the industry will find the challenge of... Read More

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Ctrip firms up number one slot in China

By Martin Cowen | August 4, 2015

Ctrip's position as the biggest online travel firm in China looks safe, with second quarter revenues... Read More

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