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Tours are at an absolute low - here’s how they can recover after COVID-19

By Alex Govoreanu - Questo | March 26, 2020

It's starting to look like a perfectly terrifying mix between the Spanish Flu and the Great... Read More

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Venture Republic CEO Kei Shibata on coronavirus: “Web traffic is down to the floor”

By Mitra Sorrells | March 26, 2020

Venture Republic co-founder and CEO Kei Shibata discusses the impact of the coronavirus on his travel... Read More

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Could addiction to debt come back to haunt some online travel companies?

By Steven Lerner | March 25, 2020

If revenue drops due to COVID-19, past debt will make it more challenging for online travel companies... Read More

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The long tail of travel may get cut off - automation is one way to get it back up

By Marissa Trew - WiT | March 25, 2020

Tour and activity distribution CEOs offer perspective on how the sector can recover from the... Read More

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New platform helps hoteliers offer beds for coronavirus-related needs

By Mitra Sorrells | March 24, 2020

Cloudbeds has created a platform to connect government and medical authorities with hoteliers willing... Read More

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Calm before the coronavirus storm - recap of latest online travel earnings

By Steven Lerner | March 23, 2020

We've updated PhocusWire's visual history of online travel company revenues to include the most recent... Read More

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Trip.com Group anticipates revenue impact from coronavirus, hopes for quick domestic travel recovery

By Steven Lerner | March 19, 2020

Trip.com Group expects net revenue to decrease by 45% to 50% year-over-year in the first quarter of... Read More

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Corporate travel on the front line of global incidents

By Linda Fox | March 18, 2020

The corporate travel industry has to deal with an increasing volume of incidents related to weather,... Read More

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Airbnb urges U.S. government to alter rules for hosts during coronavirus crisis

By Kevin May | March 18, 2020

In a letter to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, as well as the Republican... Read More

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Q&A: Trip.com Group's Jane Sun on weathering the coronavirus storm in China

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WebInTravel | March 18, 2020

The travel giant's boss talks about the measures taken to get the company through the storm – pay... Read More

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