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Interview / Startups

Video: Tripstax - Phocuswright Conference Launch innovator

By PhocusWire | December 15, 2022

TripStax is a connected stack of business travel tech modules driven by a data processing system consumes, enriches and manages a TMC's client booking, profile and invoice data.... Read More

News / Online

How Google and Uber influence ground transportation

By Linda Fox | December 15, 2022

SilverRail's Aaron Gowell and Distribusion's Johannes Thunert talk ground transportation tech and funding trends in the PhocusWire Studio at The Phocuswright Conference.... Read More

News / Online

Property management system Sihot acquires hardware provider Addipos

By Kathryn Walson | December 15, 2022

Sihot has collaborated with Addipos for years to deliver point-of-sale hardware and software for resorts, hotel chains, campsites, hostels and other properties.... Read More

News / Startups

Hotel Manager lands £1M for modular hotel tech platform

By Linda Fox | December 14, 2022

Fuel Ventures led the investment in the U.K.-based company while Pitchdrive VC, CORE angels Lisbon, Boost Fund and Startupist Ventures also participated.... Read More

Opinion / Distribution

How hotels and DMOs can respond to shifting perceptions of sustainability

By Scott Falconer - Amadeus | December 14, 2022

Hotels and destination management organizations need to keep up to date in areas such as sustainability when planning for the future and engage with changing consumer demand.... Read More

News / Technology

Blockskye, Arise and Dtravel on blockchain in action for travel

By Mitra Sorrells | December 14, 2022

Blockchain-based travel systems are no longer a "someday" but are being used today. Executives from three companies using this technology explain the benefits.... Read More

News / Online

Journera launches new destination marketing solution

By Mitra Sorrells | December 14, 2022

Journera Audiences uses first-party airline and hotel data so destination marketers can create strategies based on historical and future bookings. ... Read More

News / Online

AirDNA predicts continued recovery for U.S. vacation rentals

By Kathryn Walson | December 13, 2022

Forecasts may fall short of the dramatic recovery that short-term rentals experienced in 2021 and 2022, but they often outpace 2019 levels.... Read More

Interview / Startups

Video: Vervotech - Phocuswright Conference Launch innovator

By PhocusWire | December 13, 2022

Founded in 2018, Vervotech wants to simplify the complex hotel distribution industry with its automated hotel and room mapping solutions.... Read More

News / Online

Welcome Pickups adds €5.3M for product development and expansion

By Linda Fox | December 12, 2022

Existing investors Market One Capital, Flashpoint and Venture Friends also made up this latest investment in the Greece-based startup.... Read More

News / Startups

Tough 2022 for travel startups as investors turn cautious

By Linda Fox | December 12, 2022

Early stage rounds in particular have been highlighted as impacted by the more conservative approach from investors who, perhaps stung by the pandemic, turned to startups with a proven market fit.... Read More

News / Online

Travel managers say online booking tools must support sustainability

By Kathryn Walson | December 12, 2022

The majority of buyers (75%) say they are dissatisfied with their online booking tool’s ability to include carbon budgets and carbon emissions at point of sale.... Read More

News / Online

U.S. overtakes Europe for largest share of rental bookings

By Phocuswright Research | December 12, 2022

Phocuswright finds Europe’s loss in share of short-term rental bookings will be exacerbated by economic and war concerns, as well as increased regulatory restrictions in important markets.... Read More

Interview / Technology

Video: Amadeus - Phocuswright Conference Launch innovator

By PhocusWire | December 12, 2022

The Amadeus Traveler Centric Platform provides a new, collaborative way for travel brands to share insights on the traveler journey and humanize the traveler’s experience.... Read More

News / Online

Energy costs seen as biggest challenge for European hotels

By Linda Fox | December 9, 2022

The Booking.com European Accommodation Barometer 2022, carried out by Statista, reveals that 80% of hoteliers rate the energy crisis as their biggest concern across all 10 countries in the report.... Read More

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