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Sounding Off: All that talk about being brilliant communicators should be real
Interview / Online
Sounding Off: All that talk about being brilliant communicators should be real
March 13, 2020
Now that marketing is all over the place for a few months, communications has to be the channel that travel brands focus their efforts on.... Read More
STARTUP STAGE: Aeroband is developing a blockchain platform for apps serving aviation
Interview / Startups
STARTUP STAGE: Aeroband is developing a blockchain platform for apps serving aviation
By Linda Fox | March 13, 2020
Malta-based Aeroband is seeking to sign a contract with a major airline within a year and hopes for investment in its first app in the coming months.... Read More
Will the coronavirus outbreak force hotels to adapt to new technologies quicker?
Opinion / Technology
Will the coronavirus outbreak force hotels to adapt to new technologies quicker?
By Gregor Amon - Hotel Data Cloud | March 13, 2020
When it comes to hotels, you can bet that hotel owners and managers are reeling, trying to come up with a plan to address coronavirus, but more importantly, to have strategies to recoup their losses once we are past the current crisis.... Read More
Online travel stocks have fallen 38% in 2020 (mainly due to the coronavirus)
News / Online
Online travel stocks have fallen 38% in 2020 (mainly due to the coronavirus)
By Steven Lerner | March 13, 2020
Most of the value has been decimated due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, with bookings declining and analysts anticipating a long-term impact. ... Read More
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News / Online
Phocuswright Europe 2020 is still on – just with a new date
By PhocusWire | March 13, 2020
In light of the health threat from COVID-19 and resulting travel restrictions, Phocuswright Europe will now take place on August 4-6, 2020.... Read More
VIDEO: Taptrip on partnerships, consumer tech and distribution giants
News / Startups
VIDEO: Taptrip on partnerships, consumer tech and distribution giants
By Linda Fox | March 12, 2020
Corporate travel tech startup Taptrip joins PhocusWire in the studio at Travel Technology Europe.... Read More
Digital marketing in the age of coronavirus - what travel brands need to know
News / Online
Digital marketing in the age of coronavirus - what travel brands need to know
By Mitra Sorrells | March 12, 2020
The rapidly changing impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus require digital travel marketers to evaluate and update their strategies.... Read More
Travelzoo closes failing Asia Pacific business after it loses $7.5 million in 2019
News / Online
Travelzoo closes failing Asia Pacific business after it loses $7.5 million in 2019
By Steven Lerner | March 12, 2020
After years of losing money in Asia Pacific, Travelzoo announced it will exit its business in the region this week.... Read More
journera launches journeyvision
News / Startups
Journera launches JourneyVision to assist hotels with personalization
By Jill Menze | March 12, 2020
By combining data from hotel, air, ground and other relevant reservations, JourneyVision helps hoteliers tailor the guest experience.... Read More
How I Got Here, episode 28 - Michael Driedger of Operto
Interview / Technology
How I Got Here, episode 28 - Michael Driedger of Operto
By PhocusWire | March 12, 2020
Mozio's David Litwak and Kevin May from PhocusWire talk with Micheal Driedger, co-founder and CEO of Canada-based Operto, about bringing high-end tech to private accommodation and hotels.... Read More
Cloudbeds brings in $82M to “triple down” on hospitality tech
News / Technology
Cloudbeds brings in $82M to “triple down” on hospitality tech
By Steven Lerner | March 11, 2020
Cloudbeds plans to further invest in its hospitality management technology platform after landing an additional $82 million in funding.... Read More
Poor payment experience determines choice of travel provider
News / Distribution
Poor payment experience determines choice of travel provider
By Linda Fox | March 11, 2020
A study from Amadeus highlights how the payment process continues to cause friction for travelers.... Read More
Online booking rates for activities halve and cancellations jump by a fifth due to coronavirus
News / Online
Online booking rates for activities halve and cancellations jump by a fifth due to coronavirus
By Kevin May | March 11, 2020
The gloomy business outcome of the spread of the virus to more than 100 countries around the world, including some of Europe's big tourist hotspots such as Italy, which is now on lockdown, has ignited a "stay local" trend in bookings.... Read More
Laid-off Expedia Group workers have a message for the current regime
News / Online
Laid-off Expedia Group workers have a message for the current regime
By Steven Lerner | March 11, 2020
A pair of recently downsized Expedia Group employees are shedding some light recent company layoffs and the events that led up to them.... Read More
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News / Technology
Changi Airport, Accenture create "digital factory" to improve airport experience and operations
By Mitra Sorrells | March 11, 2020
Changi Airport Group and Accenture operate a “digital factory” in the airport to improve the traveler experience and airport operations.... Read More
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