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News / Online

Leisure travel report forecasts growth for hotels, tour operators

By Mitra Sorrells | January 18, 2018

Investors will find a great deal to like across the travel and leisure segment in the coming year according to the latest research from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Read More

Opinion / Online

Tech and the transforming vacation rental industry

By Steve Milo - VTrips | January 17, 2018

The vacation rental industry, a once sleepy and highly fragmented niche segment of travel, is rapidly being transformed from the “mom and pop” operations epitomized by T-shirts and flip-flops to slick... Read More

News / Online

Video: Wildest dreams didn't predict success of Booking.com

By Kevin May | January 16, 2018

Depending on who you ask, Booking.com is either the finest example of an online travel success story or a giant of the industry that hotels love to hate. Read More

News / Technology

Helix buys attractions tech startup Booking Boss

By Kevin May | January 15, 2018

Australia-based Booking Boss, provider of booking and ticketing tools to operators in tours and activities, has sold to Helix Leisure. Read More

News / Online

Phocuswright Europe 2018 - Amsterdam program is a go

By PhocusWire | January 15, 2018

Distribution, packaging, Asia Pacific, tours and attractions - just a few of the hot topics featured at this year’s Phocuswright Europe event. Read More

News / Online

TripAdvisor business units overhauled, two execs depart

By Jill Menze | January 10, 2018

TripAdvisor is undergoing operational changes, a representative from the user review giant has confirmed. 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

Notated News / Technology

Behold the electric flying taxi

By Andrew Hawkins - The Verge | January 9, 2018

Helicopters aren’t typically found among the gadget and car insanity at CES, but Bell Helicopter doesn’t want to be seen as your typical purveyor of vertical flight. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Amazon patent blends reality to virtual locales

By Alan Boyle - GeekWire | January 3, 2018

Amazon has a new patented technology: a blended-reality display that puts your image into a virtual scene. Read More

Notated News / Technology

GetYourGuide, Air Serbia and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | January 3, 2018

In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: ARC partners with GetYourGuide... Verteil Technologies' direct connect India booking... Fujita Kanko's multilingual chatbot... Air Serbia's merchandising... Read More

News / Online

eLong and Tongcheng merge, under Ctrip stewardship

By Kevin May | December 29, 2017

Ctrip is overseeing the merging of two Chinese online travel brands - one of which it bought from Expedia Inc two years ago. Read More

News / Technology

QOTW: Something to do with those Gatekeepers

By PhocusWire | December 22, 2017

Quote from Kieron Branagan, CEO at OpenJaw Technologies. Read More

News / Online

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: In-Destination Experiences and End-to-End Journey

By PhocusWire | December 21, 2017

Travel is not about airline seats or hotel rooms - people travel for leisure to experience the destination, business travelers are on a mission to complete specific goals. Read More

News / Distribution

A tours and activities perspective on 2017 and the coming year

By PhocusWire | December 21, 2017

The tours and activities segment has garnered a lot of interest in 2017 with startups gaining traction, huge funding rounds and even the launch of Arival, a dedicated conference for T&A. Here tnoo Read More

Opinion / Startups

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Startups

By PhocusWire | December 18, 2017

The notion that business-to-business travel startups have a far higher chance of succeeding than consumer-facing businesses is nothing new. Read More

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