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Airlines can address other passenger frustrations as they work to rebuild confidence
By Linda Fox
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September 8, 2020
Data analyzed by Lufthansa Innovation Hub's TNMT platform identifies major issues in the passenger experience....
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15 vital points for travel startups to consider in their mid-pandemic strategy
By Kevin May
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September 8, 2020
Insert a near-shutdown of the industry due to COVID-19 this year and you can multiply the existing challenges for travel startups tenfold. But they should think about these tips as they look ahead....
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Forget online stars and rankings, hotels will be now judged by hygiene factors
By Linda Fox
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September 7, 2020
While there is no ranking or rating system for hygiene and cleanliness, there are tell-tale signs for who is putting in the time and money. And this matters a lot in the mid-pandemic period....
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Sounding Off: Stop burying your head in the sand over diversity in travel
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September 4, 2020
Action around diversity is the important thing because it’s a step forward. It’s a drawing of a line in the sand (rather than burying your head in it) for what has gone before and a commitment to change....
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InPhocus, episode 22 - Selling travel in a different way
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September 4, 2020
We discuss tactics around what agencies need from tech providers and then cover the need for state support in helping the industry get back on its feet and the fate of the ski sector (pertinent for one of our guest's home country's main tourist sectors)....
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How diversity in travel can move from ideas on paper to leadership action
By Linda Fox
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September 3, 2020
During the Diversity in Leadership panel at Phocuswright Europe, diversity and inclusion experts advised companies on how to create a balanced workforce....
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HotelRunner buys hotel analytics platform RateFor
By Kevin May
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September 3, 2020
HotelRunner says the acquisition of the Turkey-based startup is part of a strategy to provide a "complete tech stack" for hotels....
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VIDEO: New Reality With... Lola Åkerström of Geotraveler Media
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September 2, 2020
The next guest on the New Reality With... series is Lola Åkerström, founder at Geotraveler Media and an award-winning travel photographer and writer....
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Southeast Asian super app Grab adds tour and activity bookings through Klook
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 2, 2020
Grab users will be able to book and pay for Klook's tour and activity offerings in the Grab app....
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Phocuswright Europe 2020 - here's what to expect
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September 1, 2020
This year's event, postponed from our traditional live setting in the Dutch city of Amsterdam in May, will take place online over the course of four days - so what do you need to know?...
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MCR buys StayNTouch for $46M, six months after Trump nixed Shiji deal
By Kevin May
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August 31, 2020
StayNTouch had originally been sold to Chinese digital giant Shiji Information Technology in September 2018 for an undisclosed fee. But Trump had other ideas....
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Airbnb claims 1.2M listings are on enhanced cleaning program
By Kevin May
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August 31, 2020
The program was launched in June in a bid to showcase properties that had demonstrated enhanced hygiene standards and cleaning, or set booking buffers between guests....
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Phocuswright Europe 2020 preview: Out of Office with... Raúl González
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August 31, 2020
In a series of interviews with executives participating in the online event in September, PhocusWire finds out what they have learned from the COVID-19 crisis....
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InPhocus, episode 21 - Travel inspiration for those stuck on the couch
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August 28, 2020
In this week's episode of InPhocus we find out how a publisher had to rethink his world of travel media for a readership that cannot travel any time soon....
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Freebird acquired by finance giant Capital One
By Kevin May
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August 28, 2020
The 2015-launched brand from Massachusetts in the U.S. has been switched off following the deal earlier this month....
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