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Opinion / Technology

How tourism organizations can stay a step ahead of competing destinations

By Freddy Friedman - travel audience | December 31, 2020

Tourism organizations can use data and AI to understand visitors and adjust campaigns as restrictions lift.... Read More

News / Online

InPhocus, episode 32 - Ending the year with the best of 2020

By PhocusWire | December 31, 2020

To mark our 32nd and last episode of the year, we've trawled through the archives and selected three of our favorite interviews on the podcast.... Read More

News / Startups

HumanForest crowdfunds £1.3M for e-bike push

By Linda Fox | December 30, 2020

HumanForest is launching its e-bike service in London in Spring 2021, with additional cities around Europe to follow.... Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Why the digital travel sector fails for diversity and inclusion

By Linda Fox | December 30, 2020

Martinique Lewis, a diversity in travel consultant, says travel companies need to look across everything they touch internally and externally and grade themselves on their diversity. ... Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Why it’s still the Roaring ‘20s for hotel revenue management

By Klaus Kohlmayr - IDeaS | December 30, 2020

What if we could look at the COVID‐19 crisis as the vehicle to lead to a fundamental shift in how the industry generates and optimizes revenues?... Read More

Opinion / Online

Four trends that will shape business travel in 2021

By Alex Kaluzny - Egencia | December 30, 2020

For C-suites and travel managers, acknowledging and adapting to these trends will be an essential part of building traveler confidence and reintroducing in-person meetings.... Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: How travel execs confronted the crisis - and their staffs

By PhocusWire | December 29, 2020

At the Phocuswright Conference, travel leaders discuss how confronting the threat – and often inevitability – of staffing reductions has been the most difficult part of the pandemic.... Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: SmartNomad wants to make trip planning a one-click experience

By Linda Fox | December 29, 2020

The New York-based company initially wants to offer the service to online travel agencies and travel management companies.... Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Peter Kern on how COVID gave Expedia Group “courage”

By Jill Menze | December 29, 2020

Speaking at his first Phocuswright Conference since assuming leadership of Expedia Group, Peter Kern discussed the company's multi-brand strategy, Google and more.... Read More

Opinion / Technology

Three big ideas that will change hospitality in 2021

By Michael Bennett - Cendyn | December 29, 2020

What can hotels do to make sure they are prepared for a busy summer and lay a foundation to serve new segments should business travel remain depressed into 2022 - and potentially beyond?... Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: How we went to the brink and back in 2020

By PhocusWire | December 28, 2020

How do you change customer perceptions and jumpstart business after a downfall? Some of the most battered, but resilient, travel businesses worked hard during 2020 to keep it together.... Read More

News / Distribution

Tourism organizations need to rethink their success metrics in 2021

By Celine Chaussegros - Sojern | December 28, 2020

Tourism boards with limited resources can no longer rely on outdated metrics to deliver results.... Read More

News / Online

VIDEOS: PhocusWire's most popular interviews 2020

By PhocusWire | December 24, 2020

We present a list of the most popular videos that we've produced at PhocusWire and those we've been involved with during Phocuswright's virtual conferences during 2020.... Read More