Phocuswright Conference 2017

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 8

By Kevin May | November 27, 2017

With almost three days of activity on-stage and lots of gossip in the hallways, our three guests have plenty to summarise from The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: State of the digital travel world

By Kevin May | November 24, 2017

From the power of (some) online travel agencies, to who wins in the world of mobile travel services. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 7

By Kevin May | November 23, 2017

The penultimate outing of the special PundIT Shows at The Phocuswright Conference is a terrific episode. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Buying Skyscanner and Trip.com, targeting the world

By Kevin May | November 23, 2017

Let's be honest, Ctrip was very much seen in the West as a giant of the Chinese online travel scene, but perhaps not much else. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: What the heck happened to online travel stocks?

By Kevin May | November 22, 2017

It was obvious to anyone who was there that the mood changed considerably about half way through the event. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 6

By Kevin May | November 20, 2017

Redeam was the talk of the show - at least the first half of it - at The Phocuswright Conference 2017. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: Modern life lessons for travel startups

By Kevin May | November 20, 2017

Joel Cutler was once described, rather grandly, as the godfather of online travel capital. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Media on what excites them about travel tech

By Kevin May | November 17, 2017

Journalists spend hours thinking and talking (and often tweeting) about the industry that they cover... obviously. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 5

By Kevin May | November 16, 2017

Fresh from selling Trip.com to Ctrip, Travis Katz joins the PundIT Show with two other luminaries to discuss various matters of state. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 4

By Kevin May | November 14, 2017

After a day of pitches from startups, PhocusWire's PundIT Show returns to take the temperature of three delegates at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

News / Online

Why is travel tech so risky, according to investors?

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 14, 2017

During a roundtable discussion at The Phocuswright Conference, ConnexPay CEO Bob Kaufman made a bold statement: travel companies run the same investment risks as adult entertainment. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: English, Gerstner and Hafner - Next Big Thing

By Kevin May | November 14, 2017

A petri dish of testosterone? Three of the leading lights of online travel of the past decade or so gaze into their crystal balls? Read More

News / Online

Travel and millennials: how to capitalize on the next generation

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 14, 2017

Travelers in the millennial category have different buying habits than their older counterparts – so how can travel tech capture this market? Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 3

By Kevin May | November 12, 2017

Want to know what happens when two titans of hospitality strategy debate the state of startups and what they'd rather see coming into the industry? Read More