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How Amazon Web Services wants to aid travel brands in recovery
By Jill Menze
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December 16, 2020
Through its new Competency Partner program and work with organizations like Star Alliance, AWS is helping travel brands address new demands brought on by COVID-19....
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The best How I Got Here episodes in 2020
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December 15, 2020
PhocusWire and Mozio produced 32 episodes of their weekly How I Got Here podcast during 2020. Here is the full list and a selection of our favorites....
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VIDEO: Getting meaningful strategies and direction from travel data
By Linda Fox
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December 15, 2020
Speaking at The Phocuswright Conference, 3Victors CEO Rick Seaney explains how travel brands can best derive meaningful insights from data....
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FareCompare acquired by fellow travel search brand Turismocity
By Kevin May
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December 15, 2020
FareCompare was created by Rick Seaney and Graeme Wallace in 2006, joining the U.S. market at the same time as Kayak, SideStep, FareCast and a string of other metasearch startups. ...
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WEBINAR REPLAY! Reimagining travel payments for stronger 2021 recovery
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December 14, 2020
Join our travel payments experts and gain valuable insights about redesigning your global payments strategy for a faster and stronger recovery....
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European Commission sets mobility strategy, aims for 90% emissions cut
By Linda Fox
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December 14, 2020
Over 80 initiatives have been folded into ten key areas for action including sustainability projects, such as zero-emission airports and ports, as well as healthy and sustainable inter-urban and urban mobility....
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VIDEO: OYO on doubling down on what works during a pandemic
By Kevin May
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December 14, 2020
OYO's strategy to get into the rental accommodation business could eventually be seen, once the dust settles on the pandemic, as a bit of a lifeline for the business....
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Accor taps a trends, launches short-term vacation rental booking platform
By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly
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December 14, 2020
Debuting with an inventory of more than 50,000 apartments, villas and chalets, Accor's Apartments & Villas site consolidates accommodations from the company's 15 extended stay hotel brands....
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VIDEO: Despegar's CEO on the value of operating like a startup
By Mitra Sorrells
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December 14, 2020
Despegar CEO Damian Scokin discussed his company's recovery strategy in an interview with Phocuswright analyst Carolina Sass de Haro....
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Sounding Off: Battle of the "best" in online travel is just getting started
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December 11, 2020
Let's not, for a moment, dampen the mood that has started creeping into the psyche of leaders in the online travel market in recent weeks....
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AirAsia boss on the Google threat and extending the brand
By Linda Fox
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December 11, 2020
AirAsia Group boss Tony Fernandes believes airlines will end up outbidding each other on Google....
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InPhocus, episode 30 - Who'd be a business travel startup in a pandemic?
By PhocusWire
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December 11, 2020
In a crazy year for business travel, Phocuswright managing director Pete Comeau caught up with Tripkicks' CEO Jeff Berk....
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WTTC proposes best practices for biometric digital identities to speed recovery
By Mitra Sorrells
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December 11, 2020
The report provides detailed steps to create and implement biometric-enabled digital identities that could be used to secure and expedite travel around the world....
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VIDEO: Travel marketing experts on pandemic behavioral shifts and opportunities
By Linda Fox
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December 10, 2020
The pandemic has changed travel marketing, with brands needing to stay relevant to those that are traveling and inspire those that are not....
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Airbnb rings the bell to herald its arrival on public markets
By Kevin May
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December 10, 2020
The private accommodation giant's shares will list on the NASDAQ trading floor, just short of four months after announcing its intention to seek an Initial Public Offering of the business....
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