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Social commerce is the future: 5 strategies to help travel brands adapt
By David Armstrong - HolidayPirates Group
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August 18, 2025
According to David Armstrong, CEO and co-founder of HolidayPirates Group, the future of e-commerce is scroll-first, not search-first. Why is travel unprepared?
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Tours and activities trends in 2025: Younger travelers, later bookings, AI
By Morgan Hines
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August 15, 2025
Industry leaders opened up about 2025 tours and activities trends during a studio interview at Phocuswright Europe.
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Travel experts on Perplexity’s bid to buy Google Chrome
By Morgan Hines
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August 13, 2025
Industry leaders differ on Perplexity’s motivations and how the deal could impact the travel space.
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Freedom, flexibility and transparency: What Gen Z travelers really want and need
By Abby Crotty
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August 13, 2025
Gen Z is adventurous and spontaneous, and their travel booking preferences reflect these preferences.
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How has AI changed travel investors’ mindset?
By Morgan Hines
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August 12, 2025
A subtle chaos is coloring the funding environment as investors separate the AI winners from the hopefuls.
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CEO Spotlight: Mike Putman of Custom Travel Solutions
By Linda Fox
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August 11, 2025
Mike Putman discusses how he built up CTS, having previously created an international travel club with 800,000 members and seeing an opportunity to replicate its success.
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Expedia Group reports stronger results in Q2 amid ongoing U.S. headwinds
By Abby Crotty
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August 7, 2025
While numbers improved overall, second quarter results were still tempered by “soft demand” in the United States.
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Airbnb reports high customer satisfaction with Services, Experiences
By Abby Crotty
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August 6, 2025
The short-term rental giant said the response has been “overwhelmingly positive,” with experiences and services receiving higher ratings than homes.
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Investors on state of travel funding in 2025
By Morgan Hines
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August 6, 2025
The travel funding environment felt chilly at the start of 2025: Will things turn around in the second half?
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The rise of cryptocurrency in travel
By Marisa Garcia
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August 5, 2025
Cryptocurrency still represents a small portion of global travel spend, but industry leaders believe change is coming quickly.
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CEO Spotlight: Peter O’Donovan of CarTrawler
By Morgan Hines
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August 4, 2025
Peter O'Donovan, CEO of CarTrawler, opened up about the connected trip, artificial intelligence, challenges he faces and more in a CEO Spotlight interview.
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The evolution of CRM in hotels
By Linda Fox
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August 1, 2025
Executives from Penta Hotels and Smart Host discussed customer relationship management and the challenges of merging legacy data with new data in the PhocusWire studio.
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Travel executives on the rise of ‘interest media’
By Morgan Hines
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July 31, 2025
Industry experts agree social media is only getting stronger and more relevant, particularly in this new era of "interest media," a new term coined by Gary Vaynerchuk.
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Booking Holdings reports strong Q2 results, growth in Europe, Asia
By Morgan Hines
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July 29, 2025
Booking Holdings reported positive results with a rise in room nights, gross bookings and revenue, exceeding its own expectations, despite uncertainty.
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Travel startup funding and M&A trends in Q2 2025
By Linda Fox
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July 29, 2025
Headlines surrounding tariffs, political uncertainty and global conflict may have tempered travel startup funding in the second quarter of 2025.
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