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VIDEO: How hotel marketing tactics are shifting
News / Distribution
VIDEO: How hotel marketing tactics are shifting
By PhocusWire | January 12, 2022
PhocusWire talks to Peter O'Connor, professor of strategy at the University of South Australia, on hotels are nurturing direct bookers and how distribution is swinging back in favor of OTAs. Read More
Online travel giants' marketing spend continues to head north
News / Online
Online travel giants' marketing spend continues to head north
By Linda Fox | January 10, 2022
Airbnb continued to benefit from its Q2 marketing campaign while Expedia and Booking increased marketing spend in Q3. Read More
startup-stage-katanox
Interview / Startups
STARTUP STAGE: Katanox aims to simplify hotel distribution
By Mitra Sorrells | January 10, 2022
Katanox is focused on opening hospitality distribution to enable hotels to capture more direct bookings through multiple channels and to provide more choice for travelers. Read More
How to prepare for the Omicron wave with hotel business intelligence data
From Our Partners / Distribution
How to prepare for the Omicron wave with hotel business intelligence data
By Dori Stein - Fornova | January 10, 2022
Building a tech stack that collates hotel and guest data, competitor pricing and e-commerce tools will give revenue, distribution and marketing teams the opportunity to navigate their way to revenue... Read More
Airbnb makes change to guest profiles in Oregon to combat discrimination
News / Online
Airbnb makes change to guest profiles in Oregon to combat discrimination
By Jill Menze | January 7, 2022
Airbnb will block hosts in the state of Oregon from seeing guests’ full names in an effort to prevent racial bias. Read More
Vrbo social ad spend outstrips Airbnb and Booking
News / Online
Vrbo social ad spend outstrips Airbnb and Booking
By Linda Fox | January 5, 2022
Vrbo had 39% share of voice on paid-for social media advertizing in October and November according to BrandTotal. Read More
travala launches nft rewards program
News / Technology
Travala builds NFT-based travel rewards program
By Jill Menze | January 5, 2022
The “Travel Tigers” NFT collection gives users access to Travala’s Smart Diamond membership program. Read More
VIDEO: Behold the RV revolution in travel
News / Online
VIDEO: Behold the RV revolution in travel
By PhocusWire | January 4, 2022
There is a sense that the uptick in road trips that took place in 2020 and 2021 is here to stay, with the mechanisms in place to find and booking vehicles far more robust than they were just a few years... Read More
Ride-hailing apps take half of travel download top spots
News / Online
Ride-hailing apps take half of travel download top spots
By Linda Fox | January 4, 2022
While Google Maps took the top travel app downloads spot, ride-hailing apps were not far behind. Read More
VIDEO: Being innovative with sustainability challenges
News / Technology
VIDEO: Being innovative with sustainability challenges
By PhocusWire | January 4, 2022
The sector has an important role that it could play, whether its accelerating the deployment of sustainable fuel and designs for commercial aircraft or, more simply, providing services that adhere to a... Read More
The future for virtual interlining event listing
Event / Distribution
The future for virtual interlining event listing
December 31, 2021
PhocusWire produced this webinar with TripStack and ETravel Group to dive deeper into the challenges and opportunities that remain with virtual interlining. On Demand
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News / Online
VIDEO: Sojern on diversity, sustainability and startups
By PhocusWire | December 23, 2021
PhocusWire chats to Sojern's Noreen Henry at The Phocuswright Conference 2021 about some of the bigger challenges facing the travel industry. Read More
Yatra sees revenue jump 70% in a year as India attempts COVID recovery
News / Online
Yatra sees revenue jump 70% in a year as India attempts COVID recovery
By Kevin May | December 22, 2021
The India-based company says it saw a considerable improvement across all its key performance indicators between July and September while the country attempted to rebuild following the devastating... Read More
Rocketrip-parent Mondee plans public listing via SPAC
News / Distribution
Rocketrip-parent Mondee plans public listing via SPAC
By Linda Fox | December 21, 2021
Once the transaction is completed, the combined Mondee and Ithax entity is expected to be worth $1 billion. Read More
Taking a cue from vacation rentals, RV rentals professionalize
News / Online
Taking a cue from vacation rentals, RV rentals professionalize
By Jill Menze | December 17, 2021
RV rental marketplaces have boomed amid the pandemic, in many ways mirroring the trajectory of home-share sites. Read More
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