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WEBINAR REPLAY! The future of hotel retailing: through COVID and beyond
News / Distribution
WEBINAR REPLAY! The future of hotel retailing: through COVID and beyond
By PhocusWire | September 24, 2020
With domestic travel showing strong signs of recovery, hotel bookings emerge as a crucial element to re-build agency strategies. Read More
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News / Online
Airbnb launches new portal with resources for governments, tourism organizations
By Mitra Sorrells | September 24, 2020
Airbnb says it has created the new "City Portal" to help communities benefit from its marketplace. Read More
Booking.com introduces longer-stay rates
News / Online
Booking.com introduces longer-stay rates
By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly | September 22, 2020
The move is largely designed to bolster Booking.com's homes and apartments business, which has accounted for a growing share of the brand's bookings mid-pandemic. Read More
Reevaluating travel risk through the lens of equality, diversity and inclusion
Opinion / Online
Reevaluating travel risk through the lens of equality, diversity and inclusion
By Rhiannon Parker - Intertek Cristal | September 22, 2020
Notably missing from the dialogue around diversity and inclusion in the travel industry is critically evaluating the way we manage travel-related risk and the lens through which it has traditionally... Read More
Airbnb courts digital nomads as it continues push for long-term stays
News / Online
Airbnb courts digital nomads as it continues push for long-term stays
By Jill Menze | September 21, 2020
Airbnb says the home-share company is seeing an increase in digital nomads booking long-term stays as well as in hosts offering those types of stays. Read More
Holidu raises new €5M investment, backed by a former Booking.com boss
News / Online
Holidu raises new €5M investment, backed by a former Booking.com boss
By Kevin May | September 21, 2020
Booking.com's former CEO, Kees Koolen, has put forward €4 million of his own money into the top-up round, alongside other, unnamed investors. Read More
The travel forecast is uncertain, other than the presence of the cloud
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The travel forecast is uncertain, other than the presence of the cloud
By George Dumitru - WBE.travel | September 21, 2020
We analyze why fixed costs when there is no revenue, or even the realistic prospect of an uplift in revenue, is kryptonite for SMEs in the travel industry. Read More
InPhocus, episode 23 - Time spent with Katz is never wasted
News / Technology
InPhocus, episode 23 - Time spent with Katz is never wasted
By PhocusWire | September 18, 2020
Jeff Katz has plenty to say about his new comrade Cory Garner but, as many will know, the Orbitz founder and former-airline exec always has a range of views on many other aspects of the industry. Read More
WEBINAR REPLAY! Why social media holds the key to recovery for luxury hospitality
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WEBINAR REPLAY! Why social media holds the key to recovery for luxury hospitality
By PhocusWire | September 17, 2020
While enough has been spoken about what hotels need to do in communicating on social media, the real challenge would lie in converting these communications into bookings and building trust with the... Read More
Airbnb will get to its long-awaited IPO with a spring in its step
Opinion / Online
Airbnb will get to its long-awaited IPO with a spring in its step
By Steven Jankowski - AllTheRooms | September 17, 2020
Higher volumes of short-term rental bookings have allowed Airbnb to get its IPO plans back on track. Read More
Identifying areas for innovation as travelers embrace their "conscience"
News / Distribution
Identifying areas for innovation as travelers embrace their "conscience"
By Linda Fox | September 15, 2020
Smart Travel Lab believes travelers now have a heightened sense of wanting to do better and travel more sustainably. Brands should take advantage of this shift. Read More
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Opinion / Distribution
10 tips for hoteliers to capture direct international sales as travel resumes
By Pablo Delgado - Mirai | September 14, 2020
 Hoteliers should adopt these tips to ensure OTAs aren’t getting more of their international business. Read More
Hotel runner square post covid
News / Distribution
How hotels and travel agencies can prepare for a post-pandemic future
By HotelRunner | September 14, 2020
In order to be fit for a post-COVID future, hotels must continue to manage cancellations effectively, encourage and facilitate rebookings, cut costs and increase their discoverability, availability and... Read More
How hotels can work alongside Google in the post-pandemic era, part two
Opinion / Distribution
How hotels can work alongside Google in the post-pandemic era, part two
By Max Starkov | September 10, 2020
In the second part of this analysis, we look at how hotels can implement a post-crisis Google strategy. Read More
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Opinion / Distribution
How hotels can work alongside Google in the post-pandemic era, part one
By Max Starkov | September 7, 2020
Despite the COVID-led crisis in the industry, hotel marketers cannot ignore Google in the same manner as they could not have done so over any of the previous 20 years.  Read More
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