Phocuswright Europe 2025

News / Online

PhocusWire’s most memorable interviews of 2025

By PhocusWire | December 30, 2025

The PhocusWire team curated a list of 10 insightful interviews this year, focusing on news value and relevance to 2025's top themes. Read More

News / Startups

PassiveBolt, Replyr.ai win People’s Choice Awards at the 2025 Global Startup Pitch

By WiT | October 8, 2025

The awards spotlighted two rising stars of travel and technology at WiT Singapore this week. Read More

News / Technology

Apaleo launches model context protocol server

By Morgan Hines | September 23, 2025

The MCP server should allow AI agents to do the work without the “weeks of custom coding” previously required. Read More

News / Online

How much opportunity is there for STR ancillaries? Experts weigh in

By Morgan Hines | August 22, 2025

Executives from Safely and Interhome highlighted the lucrative potential of ancillaries for STRs during a studio interview at Phocuswright Europe. Read More

News / Distribution

Travel has faced a turbulent H1 but leaders remain optimistic

By Linda Fox | August 21, 2025

While demand was down in certain regions of the world, travel companies are often quick to pivot to other destinations and product to compensate. Read More

News / Online

Travel trends and social media in Africa, the Middle East and China

By Abby Crotty | August 14, 2025

During an executive panel at Phocuswright Europe in Barcelona, panelists also touched on products they’re working on, B2B travel tech trends and fraud in Africa. Read More

News / Online

Tripadvisor launches ‘Tripadvisor Rewards’ in-app loyalty program

By Morgan Hines | August 13, 2025

The loyalty program will reward users who engage most with Tripadvisor’s app as the company seeks to boost use and improve relationships with travelers. Read More

News / Online

TourRadar unveils $1M fund to reward travelers and creators for content

By Linda Fox | August 6, 2025

The RISE fund follows the launch of TourRadar Moments, an in-app feature that enables trips to be booked from content uploaded by travelers and creators. Read More

News / Online

Investors on state of travel funding in 2025

By Morgan Hines | August 6, 2025

The travel funding environment felt chilly at the start of 2025: Will things turn around in the second half? Read More

News / Online

Hotel groups grow loyalty membership despite 'points fatigue'

By Linda Fox | August 5, 2025

Accor and Marriott have seen recent gains in loyalty program members as well as increases in other loyalty growth metrics. Read More

News / Technology

The rise of cryptocurrency in travel

By Marisa Garcia | August 5, 2025

Cryptocurrency still represents a small portion of global travel spend, but industry leaders believe change is coming quickly. Read More

News / Technology

The evolution of CRM in hotels

By Linda Fox | August 1, 2025

Executives from Penta Hotels and Smart Host discussed customer relationship management and the challenges of merging legacy data with new data in the PhocusWire studio. Read More

News / Technology

Weighing in on the next generation of travel products and services around the world

By Abby Crotty | August 1, 2025

In an executive panel at Phocuswright Europe 2025, Emilie Dumont, CEO of Digitrips, and Rajnish Kumar, group co-CEO of Ixigo, discussed the tech ties that bind different regions of the world. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Why digital transformation in travel is more than a tech upgrade

By PhocusWire | July 30, 2025

Ubique Digital's Archana Yadav discusses what it takes to move beyond patchwork fixes toward a truly traveler-centric commerce model. Read More

News / Online

Trends, challenges and opportunities in ground transportation

By Abby Crotty | July 30, 2025

Executives discussed recent achievements and ongoing issues in ground transportation, as well as what's needed to achieve the seamless journey. Read More

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