Top Travel Tech Weekly News

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: Embrace digital disruption, or suffer a fate like Thomas Cook

By PhocusWire | September 27, 2019

Thomas Cook's demise will eventually be seen as one of the biggest illustrations in the history of the industry that a strategy that doesn't recognize change will never work. Read More

News / Online

Taking the "D" out of DMO: How Pinterest widens opportunities for marketers

By Jill Menze | September 27, 2019

For destination marketing organizations, Pinterest offers an effective way to reach travelers in the discovery and inspiration phases. Read More

News / Startups

Beyond Pricing bags $42.5M to develop pricing tech for short-term rentals

By Jill Menze | September 26, 2019

Beyond Pricing - one of PhocusWire’s Hot 25 Startups for 2019 - has raised a $42.5 million Series A round, far outpacing its previous funding total of $3.5 million. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Pegasus Airlines on mobile, distribution ambitions and tech as a differentiator

By Linda Fox | September 26, 2019

PhocusWire talked to Pegasus Airlines CEO Mehmet Nane about customer centricity, distribution and mobile at the World Aviation Festival 2019 in London. Read More

Opinion / Online

What the travel sector can learn from the demise of Thomas Cook

By Sooho Choi - Publicis Sapient | September 26, 2019

Unlike the leading OTAs or the low-cost airlines whose business models necessitated digital capability to reduce cost, Thomas Cook was unable to find the omnichannel strategy that represented... Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Keith Tan of the Singapore Tourism Board

By Linda Fox | September 26, 2019

Tan joined the Singapore Tourism Board midway through its 2016-2020 travel marketing strategy, which focuses on stories, fans and channels. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Wholesale changes in distribution: Marriott and Expedia in the spotlight, Amoma in the deadpool

By Gino Engels - OTA Insight | September 25, 2019

Since rate disparity has a significant impact on profitability for hotels, the demise of a channel with a negative parity history is noteworthy. Read More

News / Distribution

Q&A: Booking.com's Ripsy Bandourian on evolving functionality for business travelers

By Linda Fox | September 25, 2019

Booking.com for Business was unveiled in early 2015 after the accommodation giant observed that about one in five bookings were for business travel. Read More

News / Distribution

Corporate travel distribution is broken - now some blame the GDSs

By Jill Menze | September 25, 2019

What precisely does airline distribution for business travel look like? Based on a fiery exchange at The Beat Live in New York last week, the answer is up for grabs and some familiar tech providers are... Read More

News / Technology

Can DMOs do better than Google in the trip inspiration stage?

By Linda Fox | September 24, 2019

Tourism professionals see a future role in providing inspirational content in the trip planning stages and think Google will find it hard to do given the local flavor required. Read More

News / Online

Thomas Cook's digital strategy - great ideas that came too late

By Kevin May | September 23, 2019

Years after when a serious strategy should have been considered, Thomas Cook finally hired its first chief digital officer in the shape of Marco Ryan. He was in the job less than 12 months. Read More

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News / Technology

Destination marketing, part 3: On the road to smart, "real-time" tourism

By Mitra Sorrells | September 23, 2019

For the third piece in this month's series, we look at how technology is enabling DMOs to serve visitors when they are in-destination. Read More

News / Technology

TAKE A SURVEY and let your voice be heard on gender equity in travel

By PhocusWire | September 23, 2019

Take 10 minutes to share your experiences and opinions on gender equity in travel and receive free Phocuswright research in return. Read More

News / Technology

Thomas Cook collapses after investors pull the plug on survival package

By Kevin May | September 22, 2019

Plenty of factors have led to the tour operating giant's demise, including its failure, at crucial times, to grasp the complexities of IT and the wider digital world. Read More