Tour Operator

PhocusWire's in-depth coverage of the tour operator sector, featuring news, analysis, interviews, research and more on the brands in multi-day, single-day and packages, including their strategies, executives and positions in the market.

News / Technology

TravelgateX snaps up REVVA to improve business intelligence tools

By Linda Fox | November 6, 2018

TravelgateX, a travel connectivity specialist, has acquired revenue management and business intelligence startup REVVA. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Q&A: Tech, people and policy - the evolution of travel insurance

By Kevin May | October 29, 2018

Beth Godlin has worked in the travel insurance sector for 25 years, so is well-placed to analyze where it has come from and where it is heading. Read More

News / Technology

TAKE A SURVEY: Gender parity in travel and technology

By PhocusWire | October 26, 2018

Phocuswright is engaging its community to help find out where the industry stands on gender parity. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: The Travel Corporation on the sun shining on activities

By Kevin May | October 25, 2018

As the online end of the tours and activities sector has received a massive bump in interest over recent years, groups such as The Travel Corporation have watched on with huge interest. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: The two well-funded activities brands speak out

By Kevin May & PhocusWire | October 22, 2018

It's been quite a year for Klook and GetYourGuide - both in terms of their individual strategies and the changes taking place in the tours and activities sector that they operate in. Read More

News / Technology

QOTW: Something about a magician's tricks

By PhocusWire | October 12, 2018

Quote from Stephen Joyce, CEO of Rezgo, in an article on PhocusWire this week. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Autoura on an autonomous vehicle-led revolution in travel

By Kevin May | October 10, 2018

The automotive industry is (finally) fully behind the idea of autonomous vehicles entering the market. Read More

News / Technology

Shaken, not stirred, by a travel sector now following a familiar pattern

By Stephen Joyce - Rezgo | October 9, 2018

The path that I was dutifully walking ended up not being the path that the rest of the industry was taking. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Context Travel on standing out with branded tours

By Kevin May | October 8, 2018

Well-backed online travel agencies often get a lot of the headlines - but brands such as Context Travel have been operating quietly and steadily in the background for years. Read More

News / Technology

Trekksoft expands into ski operator tech with Waldhart acquisition

By Kevin May | October 3, 2018

Trekksoft has made its second acquisition of 2018 with the buy out of Austrian tech provider for ski and other activity providers, Waldhart Software. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Two opposing views on Google's entry into tours and activities

By Kevin May | September 28, 2018

Google has always been involved in tours and activities - suppliers and online travel agencies would spend their digital marketing dollar with the search, as other brands do elsewhere in the industry. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: TripAdvisor opens up about Bokun acquisition

By Kevin May | September 26, 2018

Bokun customers will get a better placement in TripAdvisor listings for tours and activities, the company has admitted for the first time. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Behold a next-gen in-destination, tech-enhanced experience

By Kevin May | September 26, 2018

Sightseeing buses in major cities around the world have changed very little over the years - it's a simple product with well-defined parameters. Read More