Airbnb has agreed to pay a fine and to compensate up to 63,000 customers who were unaware the bookings they made were being charged in U.S. rather than Australian dollars.  ... Read More

Choppy water for e-scooter and e-bike companies as Bird files for bankruptcy and Micromobility is delisted.... Read More

Analysts from TD Cowen, B. Riley Securities, Evercore and BTIG share insights on travel’s future and the role of AI during a panel discussion at The Phocuswright Conference.  ... Read More

Many startups weathered 2023 and demonstrated if not actual profit, then at least a path to profitability, which helped them attract funding.  ... Read More

Jumbonline distributes a range of products for wholesalers and tour operators through an API solution that gives access to more than 120,000 hotels across Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa.... Read More

Every year we ask industry executives and pundits to forecast what might happen across travel technology and distribution in the months to come. Here we look back on what was predicted for 2023 and what came true.... Read More

Consumers in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Spain consistently rank travel as their highest-priority discretionary spending area. However, there are key differences in travel behavior across these markets.    ... Read More

These are some of the people PhocusWire has identified as playing key roles in the past year — and figure to be among those to watch in the year to come.  ... Read More

HomeToGo announces it has acquired a majority stake in KMW Reisen GmbH and Super Urlaub GmbH in an effort to bolster its marketplace with themed travel package options.... Read More

In a wide-ranging conversation at The Phocuswright Conference, leaders from Microsoft, Priceline and Amadeus discussed opportunities generative AI presents to the travel industry and how it's changing the industry already.... Read More

Smartpricing uses its proprietary algorithm to process data on market, price as well as hotel historic data to help hoteliers increase turnover.... Read More

Aurélie Krau of #MissionNomad and Evan Konwiser of AmEx GBT joined Vanessa Karel of Greether to discuss the program in the PhocusWire studio.  ... Read More

ChatGPT, the Hot 25 Travel Startups and news about major players like Expedia Group and Airbnb dominated the rankings.  ... Read More

As a platform, Encore director of commercial strategy Jake Jonassohn compared its travel platform, Zii, to an "octopus" with everything built as microservices, such as the booking tool or duty-of-care platform.... Read More

As a combined entity, the group will serve as a full-service manager of “premium urban short lets” in Paris and London.... Read More