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News / Online

Calm before the coronavirus storm - recap of latest online travel earnings

By Steven Lerner | March 23, 2020

We've updated PhocusWire's visual history of online travel company revenues to include the most recent quarter. Read More

News / Distribution

Sabre makes $200M in cuts to offset coronavirus impact

By Kevin May | March 20, 2020

The cuts range from offering voluntary unpaid leave, severance and early retirement to staff across the world to scaling back its third-party contracting and vendor costs. Read More

Interview / Distribution

Sounding Off: Rules are there to be broken

By PhocusWire | March 20, 2020

It wouldn't be at all surprising if there is a movement that eventually emerges which proposes tearing up the industry's old rule books and demands that business is carried out in a more caring way. Read More

News / Distribution

"What just happened?" - Tours and activities come to grips with coronavirus

By Jill Menze | March 20, 2020

The date February 23, 2020, marked a significant turning point for some tours and activities brands. Read More

News / Distribution

InPhocus, episode 2 - In the midst of a crisis we can rethink the rules

By PhocusWire | March 19, 2020

Before the usual conversations about business, many discussions have inevitably started with asking how a person's family, city or country is fairing under the outbreak of the coronavirus. Read More

News / Startups

What happens to travel startup funding during an economic downturn?

By Steven Lerner | March 19, 2020

During an economic downturn, startups should go back to basics and focus on positive unit economics. Read More

News / Online

Corporate travel on the front line of global incidents

By Linda Fox | March 18, 2020

The corporate travel industry has to deal with an increasing volume of incidents related to weather, terrorism - and now health - that impact travel. Read More

News / Online

Q&A: Trip.com Group's Jane Sun on weathering the coronavirus storm in China

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WebInTravel | March 18, 2020

The travel giant's boss talks about the measures taken to get the company through the storm – pay cuts, cancellations guarantees, remote work and providing the right information to customers – and what... Read More

News / Online

Travelers satisfied with airlines during coronavirus, frustrated with insurance providers

By Steven Lerner | March 18, 2020

As travelers are forced to rethink trips due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, airlines are being praised while trip insurance remains a source of frustration. Read More

News / Distribution

Aviation body says coronavirus could bankrupt most airlines in three months

By Linda Fox | March 16, 2020

The membership organization is calling for urgent “coordinated” government and industry action in light of the impact of coronavirus on the travel industry. Read More

News / Distribution

"Nothing will be the same": How Italian hoteliers are coping with coronavirus fallout

By Mitra Sorrells | March 16, 2020

Giancarlo Carniani - Phocuswright analyst, hotelier and president of the hotel association in Florence, Italy - explains why hoteliers are "furious" at Booking.com and why the hospitality industry will... Read More

News / Online

InPhocus, episode 1 - Coronavirus came from nowhere and turned 2020 on its head

By PhocusWire | March 13, 2020

Fronting the show for its debut are PhocusWire's Kevin May and Charuta Fadnis, Phocuswright's head of research. They're joined by their boss and Phocuswright's managing director, Pete Comeau. Read More