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Keeping the "Human in the Loop" in travel

By Klaus Kohlmayr - IDeaS | August 14, 2024

Chief evangelist and development officer at IDeaS, Klaus Kohlmayr, shares his thoughts on AI and its impact on humans. Read More

News / Technology

Priorities, challenges and next steps for Lufthansa Innovation Hub

By Linda Fox | August 13, 2024

Travel startups including Squake, Navit, Swifty and Uptrip have come out of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub. Now, at 10 years old, the corporate venture unit is looking at how it scales further, does more... Read More

News / Online

Q&A: Travelport's Greg Webb talks future of NDC, IT outage, more

By Morgan Hines | August 12, 2024

At the Global Business Travel Association conference in Atlanta late last month, Greg Webb sat down with PhocusWire for a wide-ranging interview on the travel industry, Travelport and more. Read More

News / Online

Expedia sees rise in Q2 earnings – but warns of “softening travel demand”

By D.J. Catron | August 8, 2024

New CEO Ariane Gorin oversaw 6% increases year over year in gross bookings and revenue in Q2, but a slow July has the company expecting those numbers to fall between 3-5% for Q3. Read More

News / Online

Will Airbnb’s eventual relaunch of Experiences be successful?

By Morgan Hines | August 8, 2024

Industry experts’ opinions vary as to whether Airbnb can pull off a successful relaunch of its Experiences vertical. Read More

News / Online

Seeking “deeper engagement,” Tripadvisor launches in-app hotel bookings

By D.J. Catron | August 6, 2024

A partnership with Hopper’s HTS will power in-app booking for Tripadvisor, which also announced that revenues for the second quarter rose by 1% year over year. Read More

News / Online

How Google’s monopoly ruling impacts travel search and bookings

By D.J. Catron | August 5, 2024

Travel companies have been complaining for years about Google’s digital search and advertising dominance. The biggest online travel agencies spent a combined $16.8 billion on sales and marketing last... Read More

News / Online

Is there untapped potential in hospitality subscriptions?

By Morgan Hines | August 5, 2024

Travelers’ increased interaction with a brand could lead to high customer lifetime value - that’s where a hospitality subscription could provide real value as a stepping stone, experts say. Read More

News / Online

Booking Holdings touts alternative accommodation growth, success on social media

By Mitra Sorrells | August 1, 2024

Booking Holdings said its alternative accommodation business is growing faster than its overall business and now has 7.8 million listings globally, up about 11% year over year. Read More

News / Online

How fintech companies are progressing in the travel space

By Linda Fox | August 1, 2024

Whether they believe they can remove friction and/or offer something better than existing travel companies, payment specialists and financial institutions are looking to increase their stake in the... Read More

News / Online

Spanish regulators fine Booking.com €413M

By Mitra Sorrells and Derek Catron | July 30, 2024

Spanish authorities said Booking.com has violated competition laws by having an "unfair imbalance" in its relationship with hotels in the country and it has prevented other OTAs from "entering the... Read More

News / Online

SparkToro's Rand Fishkin on Google, zero-click content and why loyalty is the key to travel marketing

By Mitra Sorrells | July 30, 2024

Spurred by SparkToro's recent analysis of search behavior on Google in both the United States and Europe, PhocusWire talked to Fishkin about digital marketing trends and his advice for the travel... Read More

News / Startups

Travel investors on the next innovation wave

By Linda Fox | July 29, 2024

Travel investors from Lakestar, Roch Ventures and Eight Roads discuss the latest trends in travel startup funding at Phocuswright Europe 2024. Read More

News / Technology

In the wake of CrowdStrike, how tech can shape travel crisis planning

By Morgan Hines | July 26, 2024

On the heels of last week’s CrowdStrike outage, the question of how to manage mass delays and cancellations along with what crisis management’s future may look like is only more critical. Read More

Opinion / Online

3 opportunities for travel marketers now that cookies are here to stay

By Brennen Bliss - Propellic | July 25, 2024

Propellic CEO Brennen Bliss foresees three key opportunities for travel marketers now that Google has decided to keep tracking cookies in Chrome. Read More

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