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Sounding Off: Change can't come until you understand how

By PhocusWire | December 4, 2020

The travel industry does not have a great track record when it comes to managing change - often the technology is blamed, often the lack of collaboration and willingness to share and/or thin margins. Read More

News / Startups

InPhocus, episode 29 - A year like no other for travel startups

By PhocusWire | December 4, 2020

To talk through the results of the annual State Of Startups report, we speak to Phocuswright's Mike Coletta who oversees the report each year. Read More

News / Startups

State of travel startups: 2020 has left its mark but there is positive news

By Kevin May | December 4, 2020

The travel startup landscape has also not escaped the grim effects of layoffs and the huge drops in demand from travelers and demands for new technology and services from partners. Read More

News / Startups

E-scooter startup Voi raises $160M for European expansion

By Jill Menze | December 3, 2020

The Raine Group led the round, with existing investors VNV Global, Balderton, Creandum, Project A, Inbox and Stena Sessan also participating Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Tripadvisor slams Google strategy as operating at "expense of everyone else"

By Linda Fox | December 2, 2020

CEO Steve Kaufer pulls no punches when he talks about Google's position in travel at The Phocuswright Conference in November. Read More

News / Online

Trip.com Group sees ongoing financial improvement, ups marketing spend

By Linda Fox | December 2, 2020

Trip.com Group says business segments have recovered to pre-pandemic levels in China. Read More

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More than one-third of all airline business trips could disappear after COVID

By Mitra Sorrells | December 2, 2020

A report from IdeaWorksCompany and CarTrawler predicts airline travel for business purposes will be permanently down at least 19% and as much as 36% compared to pre-pandemic levels. Read More

News / Online

Red Ventures acquires Lonely Planet

By Mitra Sorrells | December 1, 2020

Lonely Planet CEO Luis Cabrera will not remain with the company following the acquisition. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Sabre CEO Sean Menke on planning beyond the pandemic

By Kevin May | December 1, 2020

Companies are figuring out how to position themselves for customers, consumers and partners as travel looks to restart in some capacity and back to the levels enjoyed in 2019. But Sabre's CEO is looking... Read More

News / Online

How travel companies are innovating in the Middle East and beyond

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WebinTravel | November 30, 2020

MakeMyTrip, Wego, Cleartrip and others discuss how they've shaped their strategy in the Middle East during the pandemic. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: The promise of a new marketing process won't be easy to reach

By PhocusWire | November 27, 2020

In a market where travelers are anxious about getting on the road again, previous positive experiences with companies (the trust factor) might play a major role in shifting where people start their... Read More

News / Technology

How an email to the prime minister and algorithms helped Greece bring tourists back

By Linda Fox | November 27, 2020

An unsolicited email from a data scientist to the Greek prime minister helped the country reopen to tourists. Read More

News / Technology

InPhocus, episode 28 - Travel insurance in a pandemic world

By PhocusWire | November 27, 2020

Travel insurance is one of those things that quietly rumbles along in the background of the trip - there to protect people when things go wrong. Read More

News / Distribution

Travel industry could lose $318B through ripple effect of grounded flights

By Linda Fox | November 24, 2020

If current reductions in flying remain in the long-term, $318 billion could be diverted from the travel industry to other sectors. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: Jason Calacanis on travel, pandemics and investing

By Kevin May | November 24, 2020

Outspoken, controversial, driven and, ultimately, extremely successful - Jason Calacanis has been a fixture in the startups and wider digital world for over two decades. Read More

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