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 / Startups

AI-powered travel content platform Lokalee raises $5.6M

By Morgan Hines | January 9, 2024

Lokalee plans to accelerate its product development and its expansion into European markets with the new funding. Read More

News / Startups

Wander Health, ZaNiheza founders open up about startup journey as scholarship recipients

By Morgan Hines | December 22, 2023

While attending The Phocuswright Conference, scholarship recipients Dana Le and Charles Shima spoke to PhocusWire about their goals for the next three to five years. Read More

From Our Partners / Online

AON Affinity Travel Practice on the role of a travel insurance broker

By PhocusWire | December 18, 2023

AON Affinity Travel Practice president Beth Godlin explains how the company serves as a consultant to its clients to help them design and administer travel protection plans. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Textomap creates interactive maps from location-based text

By Linda Fox | December 12, 2023

Textomap helps businesses and individuals visualize and display location-based content, which improves customer engagement by providing more context and data. Read More

News / Technology

TUI plans global booking platform rollout in 2024

By Linda Fox | December 6, 2023

TUI Group is developing a single global sourcing and booking platform that has been launched in Belgium and will be extended to more markets in 2024. Read More

News / Online

Why travel’s experiences sector isn’t likely to operate like others

By Morgan Hines | December 4, 2023

As the experiences category continues to grow in the travel world, experts look at its future during a Center Stage discussion at The Phocuswright Conference 2023. Read More

News / Startups

BeCause secures $1.9M investment for sustainability data play

By Linda Fox | November 29, 2023

The funding, which comes on top of $450,000 in angel investment announced earlier this year, will enable the startup to address further travel verticals including corporate travel and destinations. Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024: Direx

By PhocusWire | November 14, 2023

Direx is an all-in-one, cloud-based business management solution specifically designed for tourism and hospitality business owners in Africa. Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024: Greether

By PhocusWire | November 14, 2023

Greether is a marketplace for female travelers to book verified local women greeters wherever they travel, who then personalize travel experiences based on the travelers' interests. Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024: Katanox

By PhocusWire | November 14, 2023

Katanox is a travel accommodation distribution and fintech platform bringing together travel sellers and travel accommodation providers. Read More

News / Online

Amadeus shares optimistic outlook, reports positive earnings

By Morgan Hines | November 7, 2023

Amadeus’ total revenue was up more than 14% in the quarter, with the biggest jump coming from its air distribution and air IT solutions segments. Read More

Opinion / Online

Travel customer service resilience in the age of climate disruption

By Jeffrey Katz – Journera | October 27, 2023

While the increasing frequency of climate-related disruptions is inevitable, severely disappointed customers are not. Travel providers have access to the data that enables a real-time, proactive... Read More

News / Startups

Tourhub raises £1M for adventure booking platform

By Derek Catron | October 16, 2023

Waterspring Ventures led the investment, partnering on the deal with the Development Bank of Wales. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Crewfare aims to make booking event and group travel easy

By Mitra Sorrells | October 11, 2023

Crewfare is a customizable group travel booking platform offering events, festivals, sports and brands with the ability to capitalize on travel while providing attendees with a streamlined and simpler... Read More