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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

With just over a year as CFO of Expedia Group under her belt, Julie Whalen took to the stage at The Phocuswright Conference 2023 to discuss the company's technology developments, the impact of generative AI and the travel outlook.... Read More

Ewout Steenbergen will join the company in March as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He was most recently at S&P Global.... Read More

The survey commissioned by Amadeus included representatives from travel companies from nine markets and seven segments of the industry.  ... Read More