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Phocuswright Europe 2018
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Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with Lufthansa's Heike Birlenbach
By PhocusWire
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April 24, 2018
Ahead of the event, she discusses new technologies, ancillary sales and more.
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Opinion
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Distribution
Booking.com will find it just as hard in activities as everyone else
By Douglas Quinby - Phocuswright
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April 24, 2018
Last week saw back-to-back acquisitions of two leading reservation systems in the tours and activities sector– FareHarbor in the U.S. by Booking Holdings and Iceland’s Bokun by TripAdvisor.
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Online
Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with Booking.com's Olivier Gremillon
By PhocusWire
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April 19, 2018
Ahead of the event, he discusses the need for collaboration among travel players, the transformative power of technology and more.
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Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with CitizenM Hotels' Michael Levie
By PhocusWire
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April 17, 2018
Ahead of the event, he discusses the importance of data, what it means to be a mobile traveler and more.
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Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with Airbnb's Jeroen Merchiers
By PhocusWire
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April 11, 2018
Ahead of the event, he discusses Airbnb's 10th anniversary, sustainable tourism and the company's European ambitions.
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Technology
Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with Amadeus Capital Partners' Andrea Traversone
By PhocusWire
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April 9, 2018
Ahead of the event, Andrea Traversone discusses the importance of security, why travel companies should invest in mobile and the challenges presented by the APAC region.
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Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with Rome2rio's Rod Cuthbert
By PhocusWire
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April 3, 2018
Ahead of the event, Rod Cuthbert discusses the evolution of multi-modal booking, how Google is changing travel and why he's publicly called out TripAdvisor.
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Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with CarTrawler's Bobby Healy
By PhocusWire
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March 30, 2018
Ahead of the event, Bobby Healy discusses the major opportunities in mobile, what's wrong with Google and why it's crucial to stay ahead of the competition.
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Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with GetYourGuide's Tao Tao
By PhocusWire
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March 26, 2018
Ahead of the event, Tao Tao discusses the problem with overtourism and the opportunities that still exists in the fragmented attractions space.
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Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with Skyscanner's Filip Filipov
By PhocusWire
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March 21, 2018
Ahead of the event, Filipov shares his thoughts on the biggest opportunity in online travel, what advice he'd give to new businesses and what's next for metasearch.
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News
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Online
Airbnb exec takes key role at Booking.com
By Kevin May
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February 26, 2018
Booking.com will take an apparent fight it now faces with Airbnb head-on after hiring one of the private accommodation sharing giant's high profile figures.
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News
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Full speaker roster, topics and a €400 saving for Phocuswright Europe
By PhocusWire
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February 15, 2018
It's just three months to go until the best travel conference in Europe returns to the Dutch city of Amsterdam.
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Online
Phocuswright Europe 2018 - Amsterdam program is a go
By PhocusWire
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January 15, 2018
Distribution, packaging, Asia Pacific, tours and attractions - just a few of the hot topics featured at this year’s Phocuswright Europe event.
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Technology
Welcome to 2018 - Here's an online travel starter pack
By PhocusWire
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January 2, 2018
After all the trend analysis sessions, strategy groups, budget meetings and debates, it's time to actually get on with it all.
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Phocuswright Europe 2018 - early bird ticket deadline
By PhocusWire
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December 11, 2017
Friday 15 December - end of this week - is the final day to secure your spot at Phocuswright Europe 2018 with the special early bird rate of €999.
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