The success of Amazon Alexa for hospitality depends largely on how it is deployed, argues Volara CEO David Berger.... Read More

With South Africa as its home base and its businesses spread across the African continent, Travelstart believes its roots and experience make it well suited to take on the emerging and fragmented markets of the Middle East.... Read More

"Local," "experience," "platform," "storytelling" - many words in travel marketing are ceasing to communicate value both internally and to the customer.... Read More

Tours and activities platform Klook has added $225 million to its Series D, bringing its funding total for the round to $425 million.... Read More

According to Expedia Group, room price and guest reviews and ratings are more important than brand when consumers shop hotels.... Read More

Amid its ongoing rivalry with Airbnb, Booking.com explains how it hopes to differentiate its alternative accommodations product.... Read More

The expansion is part of the hotel brand's goal of bringing 100 properties to the area by 2023.... Read More

TripAdvisor is expanding its platform to include cruise content, reviews and price comparison.... Read More

The strategic investment makes Flight Centre the largest individual shareholder in Upside.... Read More

Hostelworld lays out its roadmap for growth as it reports results for 2018.... Read More

In part one in our series on the Middle East, we look at how the region's young and connected consumers are changing the travel landscape.... Read More

In a series of interviews with executives participating at the event in Amsterdam in May, PhocusWire finds out what makes them tick... Next up: Travelstart founder and CEO Stephan Ekbergh.... Read More

Being able to spot trends within a small business's customer data does not take a huge amount of expertise, nor does it take huge amounts of investment.... Read More

To keep up with expectations, hoteliers are learning to embrace certain forms of automated messaging (and discovering other ways it can benefit them and guests).... Read More

ARC has made a Series A investment in Blockskye, a company it is collaborating with to develop blockchain-based solutions for corporate travel.... Read More