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VIDEO: Standards, sustainability and big tech investments in tours and activities

By Kevin May | January 9, 2020

Joining us for a panel discussion in the PhocusWire Studio were Luuc Elzinga, CEO at Tiqets, and Alex Kremer, co-founder at Arival. Read More

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Booking.com building connected travel with Google Nest

By Linda Fox | December 20, 2019

Booking.com and Google Nest say guests and hosts are looking for more safety and security features when staying in private accommodation with smart technology potentially filling gaps. Read More

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VIDEO: Amazon may inspire a new world for travel sales

By Kevin May | December 16, 2019

Intent's Richard Harris explains the options ahead and the problems brands, intermediaries and the platforms might face in a new ecosystem for securing travel sales Read More

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VIDEO: eDreams Odigeo on Google's search practices

By Steven Lerner | December 13, 2019

Guillaume Teissonniere, the general counsel for eDreams Odigeo, lays out the case against Google's influence on the travel industry. Read More

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PhocusWire's newsmakers of the year 2019

By Jill Menze / Kevin May | December 9, 2019

Our annual list of the newsmakers over the course of the past 12 months features three of the brands that have had the most impact on the news agenda. Read More

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Expedia Group CEO Mark Okerstrom out amid board disagreement over strategy

By Mitra Sorrells | December 4, 2019

Expedia Group CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill have resigned effective immediately, chairman Barry Diller announced today. Read More

Opinion / Online

Google's playbook to become a Super App in travel

By Mario Gavira | December 2, 2019

Combine a global army of local experts with Google’s unlimited capacity to track movements of all its Maps users and you get the picture: a rapidly expanding database of the nearly entire human... Read More

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Sounding Off: Google will have the lunch of tours and activities as well

By PhocusWire | November 29, 2019

It is only a question of time before Google seeks to build out an ecosystem in tours and activities that mirrors its efforts in hotels and flights. Read More

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VIDEO: Google on machine learning having an impact on online travel

By Linda Fox | November 28, 2019

A Tech Talk from Google at the Phocuswright Conference 2019 highlights areas where machine learning can improve operations for travel companies. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Why voice is the travel marketers’s next destination

By Joel Davis - Mighty Social | November 20, 2019

A new voice-enabled era for travel is coming, and now is the time for brands to take advantage of it. Read More

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In the green room at Phocuswright with... Oliver Heckmann

By PhocusWire | November 20, 2019

In a series of interviews with executives participating at the event in Florida in November, PhocusWire finds out what makes them tick... Up next: Oliver Heckmann of Google. Read More

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Google Maps adds local language help for travelers, plots guides feature

By Linda Fox | November 19, 2019

Google Maps has launched a translation service through Google Translate that helps users navigate destinations through local languages. Read More

Opinion / Technology

The three biggest tech-led trends for airlines right now

By Philippe Der Arslanian - Answair | November 12, 2019

Philippe Der Arslanian shares his take from IATA's recent Airline Industry Retailing Symposium in Bangkok. Read More

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Q&A: Travelfish's Stuart McDonald on the OYO and Instagram problems plaguing Southeast Asia

By Jill Menze | October 31, 2019

The Travelfish co-founder gets candid on why OYO's model is flawed, Google needs to relent and "influencers are like influenza." Read More

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Google to shut Touring Bird app, tours and activities added to core travel portfolio

By Jill Menze | October 22, 2019

Touring Bird has flown the coop from Google’s Area 120 internal incubator to the search giant’s core travel group, the company has announced. Read More

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