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News / Online

VIDEO: The next chapter or a new tale for a travel giant?

By PhocusWire | July 26, 2021

Ariane Gorin, president of Expedia for Business, shares her vision for what comes next in a discussion with Phocuswright's Lorraine Sileo. Read More

News / Distribution

Expedia down, Airbnb up for bookings for some hotels in Europe and Asia

By Mitra Sorrells | July 26, 2021

An analysis by D-Edge Hospitality Solutions finds that while online travel agencies remain the dominant source of online revenue for its client hotels, in the last five years the share of bookings... Read More

Interview / Technology

Sounding Off: New innovations don't always spell the end of old ones

By PhocusWire | July 23, 2021

An additional tool in a provider or traveler’s toolbox does not eliminate the need for similar solutions. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Digital marketing to the rescue? Reevaluating best practices in travel

By PhocusWire | July 23, 2021

During Phocuswright Europe 2021, executives from Mirai and Sojern discuss the digital marketing opportunities presented by the pandemic and the clean slate travel marketers can build from. Read More

News / Technology

U.K. banking app Revolut launches travel booking product

By Jill Menze | July 22, 2021

Fintech startup Revolut has launched a travel product called Stays that allows customers to book trips and receive 10% instant cash back. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Can the travel industry avoid a post-pandemic social divide?

By PhocusWire | July 21, 2021

Issues range from those that do not have the ability to travel from a vaccination perspective to, in particular, those that do not have the money to resume the same types of trips that they took... Read More

News / Online

Kayak rolls out full launch, new features for corporate travel solution

By Mitra Sorrells | July 20, 2021

Kayak first announced the free business travel solution in November 2019 and says more than 3,000 companies have signed up to use it in the last three months. Read More

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News / Distribution

Regulator ends antitrust probe into Sabre and Amadeus over air distribution deals

By Kevin May | July 20, 2021

The European Commission unveiled a formal review into agreements between airlines and two of the air industry's global distribution systems in November 2018. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Business travel reinvented - who gets to travel now?

By PhocusWire | July 20, 2021

Business travel's return has been debated ad nauseum, but there is agreement on this: changes in corporate programs, mandates and approvals will either slow - or accelerate - proceedings. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: Tracking the journey for women founders in travel

By PhocusWire | July 19, 2021

Three women who have created travel companies discuss their personal experiences and the role of gender in the industry at large. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: Let’s not waste the lessons of COVID

By PhocusWire | July 16, 2021

So in our eagerness to recover, to rebuild, to return to"normal, let us not be too eager to bury the lessons of this crisis but instead let’s use them as the foundation for a more humane future Read More

Interview / Distribution

VIDEO: Fornova - Launch pitch at Phocuswright Europe 2021

By PhocusWire | July 16, 2021

FornovaHL enables hotels to update their profiles and photos on Google My Business, Tripadvisor and Facebook from a secure, centralized, easy-to-use platform. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: How one airline is unravelling from its last 18 months and looking ahead

By PhocusWire | July 16, 2021

It's been a tough year and a half for almost very airline on the planet. Some, as traffic fell away within days, ran medical supply flights and others pivoted to use some of their aircraft for... Read More