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News / Online

TripAdvisor forms joint venture with Trip.com Group, reports decline in Q3 revenue

By Steven Lerner | November 7, 2019

The U.S.-based travel and reviews website reported a 7% year-to-year decrease in total revenue for the third quarter to $428 million. Read More

News / Distribution

Despegar reports growth in bookings and revenue, optimism from recent partner agreements

By Mitra Sorrells | November 7, 2019

Argentina-based Despegar reports gross bookings up 26% and revenue up 19% in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the same period a year earlier. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus sees growth metrics in 2019 boosted by business expansion

By Linda Fox | November 7, 2019

The travel technology giant reported a 15% increase in revenue to €4.2 billion while EBITDA climbed just over 11% to €1.8 billion in the first nine months of 2019. Read More

Interview / Distribution

Brand Business - Steven Taylor of Accor Hotels

By Linda Fox | November 7, 2019

The hotel giant's chief marketing officer discusses the major shifts in the marketing discipline, the Billboard Effect and learning from the famous Dove campaign. Read More

News / Online

Expedia blames weak SEO for flat performance, reports $3.56B revenue

By Steven Lerner | November 6, 2019

For Expedia Group in the third quarter of 2019, net income fell 22% year-over-year and adjusted EBITDA was flat. Read More

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News / Online

Airbnb says it will verify all listings, add other safety steps on heels of shooting

By Mitra Sorrells | November 6, 2019

Airbnb will verify every listing on the platform and add other security measures in the wake of a shooting at an Airbnb rental that left five people dead. Read More

Opinion / Online

Growing confidence through empowerment: What women need to advance in travel

By Cady Wolf - Sojern | November 6, 2019

Men are 70% more likely to hold executive positions over women - but what's holding women back? The system, the industry or something else? Read More

News / Online

Trivago CEO moves aside as quarterly revenue dips

By Steven Lerner | November 5, 2019

The Düsseldorf, Germany-based company reported a 1% year-over-year decrease in revenue to €250.3 million in the third quarter of 2019. Read More

News / Technology

Uber narrows losses in Q3, pledges profitability by 2021 and "magical company" aim

By Steven Lerner | November 5, 2019

The San Francisco-based rideshare company saw its revenue increase 30% year-over-year to $3.8 billion. Read More

News / Distribution

Steady progress for NDC, but what are the next hurdles to overcome?

By Linda Fox | November 4, 2019

Announcements from American Express Global Business Travel, CWT and FCM have talked up NDC - but do they really mean anything and, more importantly, what real progress is being made? Read More

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FareHarbor responds to criticism from tours and activities reservation system CEOs

By Mitra Sorrells | November 4, 2019

Following a panel discussion at the Arival conference that put the focus largely on FareHarbor's practices now that it's part of Booking Holdings, CEO Max Valverde talked to PhocusWire about tensions in... Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: Let's face it - Instagram isn't real

By PhocusWire | November 1, 2019

Travel companies also need to think about how responsibly they are behaving and the message they are sending to their traveling customers. Read More

News / Startups

The Phocuswright Conference 2019 preview - Outside forces may correct travel startup growth

By PhocusWire | November 1, 2019

The figures are extraordinary, in many respects - there was a 55% increase year-over-year ($5.7 billion) in the amount of money going into travel startups. Read More