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6 stats from Google Travel's latest missive on helping travelers ' in the age of assistance'

By Nick Vivion | January 26, 2018

Google Travel has come up with a new term: 'the age of assistance.' This term doesn't refer to traditional customer service, but the multi-layered communications approach required by nearly every bran Read More

News / Startups

Travelport suspends startup accelerator program

By Kevin May | January 24, 2018

Travelport is ending its Accelerator program for travel startups, just short of three years since its launch in the U.S. Read More

News / Online

What’s driving decision-making for U.S. and Canadian travelers

By Mitra Sorrells | January 24, 2018

Another point for Google when it comes to travel planning, with travelers across North America citing search engines as their top source of inspiration, according to a new survey from Expedia Media... Read More

News / Online

How content truly is king for a travel search site

By Mitra Sorrells | January 23, 2018

Travel.jp, Japan’s largest travel search site, is drawing eyebrow-raising numbers to its articles and reviews that would make most media companies envious. Read More

News / Online

New search tool curates packages, pricing for solo travelers

By Mitra Sorrells | January 19, 2018

Aiming to eliminate the aggravation of too many search results, a new patent-pending software is designed to help solo travelers find what they are looking for quickly and easily. Read More

News / Online

Research Spotlight: Online travel in Asia Pacific to continue soaring

By PhocusWire | January 11, 2018

The last 15 years have seen Asia Pacific go from being a relative backwater in online travel to the biggest regional market on the planet. Read More

News / Distribution

Download: 2018's top priorities for limited service hotels

By Sponsored Content | January 3, 2018

Sponsored by Amadeus. It’s a well-known fact that today’s travelers are tech savvy, cost conscious, and come with high expectations compared to previous generations. In a rapidly changing industry Read More

News / Technology

Think you're leading the way in AI? Look outside the window

By Kevin May | December 13, 2017

Artificial intelligence has been the buzz trend of 2017, with countless travel companies eager to claim their prowess in the field or signify how it's become core to their strategy. Read More

News / Startups

Startups and model shifts - every PundIT Show so far

By Kevin May | December 1, 2017

We hosted eight of the initial run of PhocusWire PundIT Shows over the course of almost three days at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

News

New research on the state of travel startups in 2017

By Viewpoints | October 25, 2017

This is a viewpoint from Valentin Dombrovsky, Chief Alchemist at Travelabs and Phocuswright Innovation Platform Ambassador. Phocuswright presented findings from its report “The State of Travel Star Read More

Interview

Interview with Amadeus' new head of R&D in the Americas

By Sean O'Neil | February 25, 2016

R&D is the bad conscience of the travel industry. Everyone knows they should be future-proofing by investing in new technologies and processes. But for many companies, it's too tempting to just st Read More

News / Technology

Despite promise, travel bookings on mobile devices still lagging

By Nick Vivion | June 10, 2015

The push towards mobile bookings has been a long slog, with a recent push of strength showing that 1 in 4 consumers had completed bookings via mobile. Yet this number might be a bit generous, espec Read More

News / Technology

Connected and seamless continue to be vital pieces of the traveler experience

By Nick Vivion | June 9, 2015

The traveler experience continues to be in focus, as more brands pursue a "connected" and "seamless" approach to travel. This is all according to an extensive new report called the Connected Life b Read More

News / Technology

Wifi and 24/7 tech support are now essential to cruise passengers

By Nick Vivion | May 20, 2015

UK travelers who have never cruised before are inclined to embark on one soon, according to a recent survey of 2,000 adults. The survey, from Amadeus, found that technology continues to grow in imp Read More

News / Technology

The best day to promote your travel app is...

By Nick Vivion | April 7, 2015

Sensor Tower has crunched the data to find the best time for mobile engagement across all iOS categories, and has found that the weekend is the best time to promote travel apps. The team pulled est Read More

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