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Sounding Off: All that talk about being brilliant communicators should be real

March 13, 2020

Now that marketing is all over the place for a few months, communications has to be the channel that travel brands focus their efforts on. Read More

News / Online

Phocuswright Europe 2020 is still on – just with a new date

By PhocusWire | March 13, 2020

In light of the health threat from COVID-19 and resulting travel restrictions, Phocuswright Europe will now take place on August 4-6, 2020. Read More

News / Online

Digital marketing in the age of coronavirus - what travel brands need to know

By Mitra Sorrells | March 12, 2020

The rapidly changing impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus require digital travel marketers to evaluate and update their strategies. Read More

News / Technology

Cloudbeds brings in $82M to “triple down” on hospitality tech

By Steven Lerner | March 11, 2020

Cloudbeds plans to further invest in its hospitality management technology platform after landing an additional $82 million in funding. Read More

News / Online

Online booking rates for activities halve and cancellations jump by a fifth due to coronavirus

By Kevin May | March 11, 2020

The gloomy business outcome of the spread of the virus to more than 100 countries around the world, including some of Europe's big tourist hotspots such as Italy, which is now on lockdown, has ignited... Read More

News / Online

Laid-off Expedia Group workers have a message for the current regime

By Steven Lerner | March 11, 2020

A pair of recently downsized Expedia Group employees are shedding some light recent company layoffs and the events that led up to them. Read More

News / Online

My Method... How Visit Santa Barbara changed the DMO influencer game

By Alex Goodwin - Sparkloft Media | March 10, 2020

For Visit Santa Barbara, Sparkloft Media was able to secure strong influencer partners and social representation - without the time-consuming, costly efforts of proactively searching for appropriate... Read More

News / Online

How Singapore Tourism Board is working on a post-coronavirus strategy

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WebInTravel | March 9, 2020

Some areas of the world are already looking to the future as they seek to rebuild their tourist economies after the outbreak of coronavirus. Read More

News / Online

Lyric lays off 25 employees, closes nearly 30% of units as part of restructuring plan

By Donna M. Airoldi - Business Travel News | March 9, 2020

Lyric, an apartment-style accommodation provider, has cut 25 people from its 150-person workforce and will close 179 of its 600 units nationwide amid a downsizing and restructuring. Read More

News / Startups

Perseverance, prudence - and slight pivots - are key to travel startup success during coronavirus

By Mitra Sorrells | March 9, 2020

Investors from Plug and Play and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and the founder of startup Stride Travel weigh in on the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus on innovation in travel. Read More

News / Technology

President Trump orders sale of StayNTouch to Chinese giant Shiji to be reversed

By Kevin May | March 6, 2020

Trump's intervention is being made on grounds of national security, a statement from the White House says. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: Coronavirus could trigger the travel marketing overhaul many want

By PhocusWire | March 6, 2020

Many companies in the industry have wanted a shift away from relying heavily on Google for customer acquisition. They may finally get their wish. Read More

News / Distribution

European Commission agrees to data-sharing pact with short-term rental giants

By Linda Fox | March 6, 2020

Online accommodation platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and Tripadvisor have agreed to share short-term rental data with the European Commission. Read More

News / Online

Expedia Group, Booking Holdings spent more than $11B on marketing (mostly to Google) in 2019

By Steven Lerner | March 6, 2020

One company grew its marketing spend in 2019 and the other company essentially remained flat. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: American Express GBT on rogue spend, digital experience and content fragmentation

By Linda Fox | March 4, 2020

American Express GBT's Evan Konwiser, executive vice president of product and strategies, joins us in the PhocusWire Studio at Travel Technology Europe 2020. Read More

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