Alternative Accommodation

PhocusWire's in-depth coverage of the alternative accommodation sector, featuring news, analysis, interviews, research and more on home-sharing, short-term rentals, timeshare, homestays and other property types.

Opinion / Distribution

Emerging technologies are outsmarting the hotel revenue model

By Rom Hendler - InnoVel | January 10, 2018

Just when hoteliers thought they’ve mastered the art of working with online travel agents, there seems to be a sense of déjà-vu. Read More

News / Startups

Video: Three approaches to running a travel startup

By Kevin May | January 9, 2018

One has taken in around $450 million funding. Another hasn't brought in any outside capital investment. The other a modest $1.5 million. Read More

News / Online

Report: Luxury hotel brands must navigate shifting online ad landscape

By Mitra Sorrells | January 9, 2018

Luxury hotel brands need to reexamine their digital marketing budgets as Google continues to grow its presence in travel search and online booking. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Investigation: Hotels and online agencies battle on three fronts (Part Two)

By Robert Cole - RockCheetah | January 8, 2018

Logically, hotel reward program members have always booked a disproportionate amount of business. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Investigation: Hotels and online agencies battle on three fronts (Part One)

By Robert Cole - RockCheetah | January 5, 2018

Don’t be fooled, despite the occasionally cordial "partnering" rhetoric between the major hotel brands and OTAs, this is an existential battle. Read More

News / Technology

Expedia knows how online travel makes you feel

By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly | December 29, 2017

On the reflective side of one-way glass sits a test subject in a soundproof room, multiple sensors applied to her face, wearing high-tech glasses that track her eyes' every movement. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Hotel issues to sharpen

By Dori Stein - Fornova | December 28, 2017

2018 will be another busy year in the distribution space, as hotels and online travel agencies continue to dance and spar. Read More

Opinion / Online

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Online

By PhocusWire | December 21, 2017

The state of online travel as we leave 2017 and enter 2018 couldn’t be more fascinating and yet still fairly difficult to gauge. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Distribution

By PhocusWire | December 19, 2017

Airline distribution was always a complex - but fairly unexciting - discipline until a few years ago. Read More

News / Technology

OTA Insight brings in $20M round for hospitality tech

By Kevin May | December 18, 2017

Hospitality data intelligence provider OTA Insight has secured a major funding round - $20 million - in a bid to grow the company faster on a global basis. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Travel Moment and Customer-Centricity

By PhocusWire | December 15, 2017

With 2018 around the corner, Phocuswright and PhocusWire are presenting snapshots of the 12 trends we think will be significant next year across six installments. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

A country where leadership is born from innovation and resistance

By Clemens Fisch - SiteMinder | December 14, 2017

There’s a dichotomy that exists in a country that brought the world Einstein, Porsche, Siemens and Adidas, and also bred a culture inherent with a certain resistance to change and technological... Read More