Top Travel Tech Weekly News

News / Online

Travel payments, part 2: Balancing friction and risk in fighting fraud

By Mitra Sorrells | June 10, 2019

For part two in our series on travel payments, we explore issues related to fraud and how machine learning can help to solve them. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: It's all about making consumers' lives easier

By PhocusWire | June 7, 2019

It's not quite "one app to rule them all" but ultra-simplicity is perhaps where the travel app marketplace could be heading. Read More

News / Technology

Marketing might be the answer for corporate travel booking tool adoption

By Linda Fox | June 7, 2019

Challenges remain for corporate booking tools, which are having to evolve fast to keep up. Read More

Nordic Choice on Google Amazon using blockchain

News / Technology

Will Google and Amazon embrace a blockchain travel marketplace?

By Mitra Sorrells | June 7, 2019

Nordic Choice Hotels’ director of future business, Christian Lundén, says blockchain has the potential to disrupt travel distribution by stimulating activity from both startups and large tech players... Read More

News / Online

Google shuts Trips app, everything migrates to broader Google Travel platform

By Kevin May | June 6, 2019

The search giant quietly updated the app's help page this week to reveal support for the product will cease after almost three years in the market. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Why women's leadership should be a priority for all travel technology companies

By Jill Menze | June 6, 2019

As part of Phocuswright's Women's Leadership Initiative, a panel joined us in the studio to discuss what actions companies can take to implement diversity tracks. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: How investors decipher the fast-paced online travel landscape in Asia

By Linda Fox | June 5, 2019

The “Through the Lens of Investors” session at the Phocuswright Europe 2019 Conference threw a spotlight on many of the recent big deals as well as some of the areas investors are drawn to currently. Read More

News / Distribution

OYO talks up hospitality chain growth as it expands distribution strategy

By Kevin May | June 4, 2019

OYO Rooms now has distribution deals in place with every major online travel agency around the world. Read More

News / Distribution

How Airbnb threatens to disrupt traditional hotel pricing strategies

By Jill Menze | June 4, 2019

A study pitted flexible-capacity Airbnb against the fixed-capacity lodging industry to uncover how the sharing economy has changed hospitality. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Touring Bird on its vital first year in activities (and for Google)

By Kevin May | June 3, 2019

In the space of just 12 months, Touring Bird has become an obvious part of the conversation in tours and activities. Read More

News / Online

PODCAST: PhocusWire PundIT Show #18

By PhocusWire | June 3, 2019

We bring in a loyal pundit for another outing, plus an excellent appearance for our debutant. Read More

Payments month part 1 alternative payments

News / Online

Travel payments, part 1: Beyond credit cards and cash

By Mitra Sorrells | June 3, 2019

We begin our month-long series on travel payments with a look at some of the options for paying without cash or a traditional credit card. Read More

Facebook executive interview Phocuswright Europe 2019

News / Online

VIDEO: Facebook on inspiring travelers and connecting them to relevant brands

By Mitra Sorrells | May 31, 2019

Facebook’s head of global travel strategy Nikhilesh Ponde shared some of the company's plans for future growth in travel during an interview at Phocuswright Europe. Read More