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Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Distribution

By PhocusWire | December 19, 2017

Airline distribution was always a complex - but fairly unexciting - discipline until a few years ago. Read More

News / Technology

OTA Insight brings in $20M round for hospitality tech

By Kevin May | December 18, 2017

Hospitality data intelligence provider OTA Insight has secured a major funding round - $20 million - in a bid to grow the company faster on a global basis. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Search and Hotel Tech

By PhocusWire | December 18, 2017

With 2018 around the corner, Phocuswright and PhocusWire are presenting snapshots of the 12 trends we think will be significant next year across six installments. Read More

Opinion / Startups

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Startups

By PhocusWire | December 18, 2017

The notion that business-to-business travel startups have a far higher chance of succeeding than consumer-facing businesses is nothing new. Read More

News / Distribution

British Airways tightens screw on NDC channel use

By Kevin May | December 18, 2017

British Airways could potentially be seen as the most aggressive carrier in the drive to push NDC-enabled ticketing. Read More

News / Technology

Q&A Lottery - Expedia Media Solutions, TourRadar, Rezgo, Crafted Comms

By Kevin May | December 15, 2017

Regular viewers of the PundIT Show will know about our QandA Lottery - a quick game that we sometimes play at the end of episodes. Read More

News / Online

QOTW: Something to do with travel marketing and kitchens

By PhocusWire | December 15, 2017

Quote from Jim Price, vice president sales in the travel division at PebblePost. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Gordon Wilson of Travelport has five trends to follow

By Gordon Wilson - Travelport | December 15, 2017

As is customary at this time of the year, we turn out minds, strategy and expectations to what we might expect to happen over the course of the next 12 months. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Travel Moment and Customer-Centricity

By PhocusWire | December 15, 2017

With 2018 around the corner, Phocuswright and PhocusWire are presenting snapshots of the 12 trends we think will be significant next year across six installments. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

A country where leadership is born from innovation and resistance

By Clemens Fisch - SiteMinder | December 14, 2017

There’s a dichotomy that exists in a country that brought the world Einstein, Porsche, Siemens and Adidas, and also bred a culture inherent with a certain resistance to change and technological... Read More

News / Distribution

Where online travelers find value when booking

By Jill Menze | December 13, 2017

As today’s online traveler finds more and more ways to search and compare flight options, there’s one need across the board both airlines and customers will always consider: value. Read More

Opinion / Online

Mixing media is the smart shift for travel in 2018

By Jim Price - PebblePost | December 13, 2017

There was a shift felt across the travel industry when Booking.com announced in November that they would be more than doubling their investment in television advertising. Read More