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VIDEO: What Asia Pacific is teaching the travel industry

By Kevin May | July 1, 2019

The recently appointed EVP for online travel agencies and managing director for Asia Pacific at... Read More

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Sounding Off: The first six months of PhocusWire's weekly editorials in 2019

By PhocusWire | June 28, 2019

This week we bring you the full archive from the first six months of 2019 - here in one place.... Read More

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Taxi2Airport hails €2.2M in funding, plots B2B partnership growth

By Linda Fox | June 28, 2019

Taxi2Airport has announced €2.2M in new funding and plans to invest in extending its B2B partnerships... Read More

Opinion / Online

The Amazon effect on travel customer service: Patience is no longer a virtue

By Ford Blakely - Zingle | June 28, 2019

The old saying that patience is a virtue is no longer valid. Not in today’s world, where top brands... Read More

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Q&A: Payment complexities in the growing tours and activities sector

By Mitra Sorrells | June 28, 2019

Flywire's Colyn Smyth discusses some of the challenges related to payments in the tours and activities... Read More

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Huangbaoche brings in $50M for guided tour driver platform

By Kevin May | June 27, 2019

The Series C round into the Beijing, China-based company comes just 15 months after another $50... Read More

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The Phocuswright Conference 2019 - speakers announced, secure a registration discount

By PhocusWire | June 27, 2019

The boss of one of the online travel brands of the moment, OYO Rooms, makes a welcomes return to... Read More

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Booking.com CEO Gillian Tans moves aside, Glenn Fogel steps in

By Kevin May | June 26, 2019

The sudden change at the top of Booking.com, announced today, is effective immediately and ends a... Read More

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Getting out of the way of "innovation" in travel

By Linda Fox | June 26, 2019

Amazon Web Services believes the travel industry is stuck in silos and an “old way of thinking about... Read More

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VIDEO: A maturing market for tours and activities

By Kevin May | June 26, 2019

Booking.com's entry into the tours and activities sector and TripAdvisor's likewise move... Read More

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In partnership with Zartico, this video series explores the latest trends and delivers practical... Read More

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