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News / Technology

Hotel tech in 2018: Tools and technologies to remove friction and deliver value

By Arthur Chapin - Expedia | January 18, 2018

Simply keeping up with the expectations of tech-savvy consumers is no longer an option. Exceeding those expectations is imperative and an opportunity for hotels to focus on what truly matters to... Read More

Notated News / Technology

Lucky Trip, Ctrip/OpenTable and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | January 17, 2018

In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: Lucky Trip teams up with Peakwork… Anixe partners with Expedia… Ctrip integrates OpenTable… Amadeus adds HolidayTaxis… Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Investigation: Hotels and online agencies battle on three fronts (Part Two)

By Robert Cole - RockCheetah | January 8, 2018

Logically, hotel reward program members have always booked a disproportionate amount of business. Read More

Opinion / Online

Digital impatience: Hotels need to adapt to win the "Need for Speed" generation

By Felix Undeutsch - MICE, Expedia Inc. | January 5, 2018

Companies like Amazon have made it clear: Everything is accessible to everyone at any time from anywhere. Hotels need to follow suit. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Investigation: Hotels and online agencies battle on three fronts (Part One)

By Robert Cole - RockCheetah | January 5, 2018

Don’t be fooled, despite the occasionally cordial "partnering" rhetoric between the major hotel brands and OTAs, this is an existential battle. Read More

News / Online

How travel giants are retaining confidence of investors

By Mitra Sorrells | January 4, 2018

The Priceline Group and Expedia Inc. are tipped for another strong year ahead, according to two independent financial analysts. Read More

News / Online

Booking.com and Hotels.com gain from TripAdvisor switch

By Kevin May | January 3, 2018

TripAdvisor's scaling back of Instant Booking in 2017 has seen two major hotel intermediaries benefit. Read More

News / Online

eLong and Tongcheng merge, under Ctrip stewardship

By Kevin May | December 29, 2017

Ctrip is overseeing the merging of two Chinese online travel brands - one of which it bought from Expedia Inc two years ago. Read More

News / Technology

Expedia knows how online travel makes you feel

By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly | December 29, 2017

On the reflective side of one-way glass sits a test subject in a soundproof room, multiple sensors applied to her face, wearing high-tech glasses that track her eyes' every movement. Read More

Opinion / Technology

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Rise of the machines (and humans)

By Rob Greyber - Egencia | December 27, 2017

What a year. On a global scale, 2017’s headlines were both polarizing and surprising, terrifying and exhilarating. Read More

Opinion / Startups

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Startups

By PhocusWire | December 18, 2017

The notion that business-to-business travel startups have a far higher chance of succeeding than consumer-facing businesses is nothing new. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Gordon Wilson of Travelport has five trends to follow

By Gordon Wilson - Travelport | December 15, 2017

As is customary at this time of the year, we turn out minds, strategy and expectations to what we might expect to happen over the course of the next 12 months. Read More