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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Tripesa
Interview / Startups
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Tripesa
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
Tripesa is building shopify for tourism to help small businesses. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Turpal
Interview / Startups
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Turpal
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
Turpal is a Dubai-based startup enabling travel companies to offer tours, activities and attractions, with access to thousands of experiences in more than 100 countries. Read More
Presenting the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025
News / Startups
Presenting the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
PhocusWire presents the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025 - our annual list of new companies in travel, tourism and hospitality we believe will make a mark on the industry in the coming months and years. Read More
PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sabre, Amex GBT, BlaBlaCar and more
News / Technology
PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sabre, Amex GBT, BlaBlaCar and more
By PhocusWire | November 8, 2024
Keep up with all the latest people, product and partner news from around the global travel industry in PhocusWire's weekly roundup. Read More
Airbnb’s Icons, group travel features have contributed to 1.7 million new profiles since May
News / Online
Airbnb’s Icons, group travel features have contributed to 1.7 million new profiles since May
By Morgan Hines | November 7, 2024
Airbnb saw $3.7 billion in revenue in Q3 this year, a 10% increase compared to Q3 2023, while adjusted EBITDA was up 7% year-over-year to $2 billion. Read More
When travelers want digital vs. human interaction
News / Technology
When travelers want digital vs. human interaction
By PhocusWright Research | November 7, 2024
  According to Phocuswright’s latest travel research report, travelers are not ready to give up the human touch when traveling, especially when it comes to customer service. Read More
Viator’s revenue surpasses brand Tripadvisor for first time in Q3
News / Online
Viator’s revenue surpasses brand Tripadvisor for first time in Q3
By Mitra Sorrells | November 6, 2024
In the third quarter of this year experiences revenue grew 10% year over year accounted for 51% of Tripadvisor’s total revenue.   Read More
Is the travel industry ready for its technology “leapfrog” moment?
News / Technology
Is the travel industry ready for its technology “leapfrog” moment?
By Matthew Parsons | November 6, 2024
New players entering travel and tourism are looking to benefit from technology platforms borne out of recent digital acceleration and platforms that have been further enhanced by recent developments in... Read More
STARTUP STAGE: Around Us wants to transform exploration through its travel companion app
Interview / Startups
STARTUP STAGE: Around Us wants to transform exploration through its travel companion app
By Mileva Sapic | November 4, 2024
The Around Us app is built on a proprietary geographic information system that allows users to seamlessly plan and experience their travels. Read More
Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024
News / Startups
Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024
By Mileva Sapic | November 4, 2024
Sixteen of our Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024 let us know how they’re doing nearly a year after they were named part of our list. Read More
CEO Spotlight: Ethan Lin of Klook
Interview / Online
CEO Spotlight: Ethan Lin of Klook
By Linda Fox | November 1, 2024
Ethan Lin of Klook and co-founders Eric Gnock Fah and Bernie Xiong launched tours and activities marketplace Klook 10 years ago in Asia.  Read More
Are most travelers early tech adopters?
News / Online
Are most travelers early tech adopters?
By PhocusWright Research | October 30, 2024
Are most travelers early tech adopters? Previous Phocuswright research focused primarily on measuring the rise of mobile device usage for shopping and booking but the latest report delves into... Read More
How Africa's online travel ecosystem is developing despite huge hurdles
News / Startups
How Africa's online travel ecosystem is developing despite huge hurdles
By Marisa Garcia | October 30, 2024
Amid the growing and increasingly young population in Africa, the online travel sector is developing, but the challenges range from trust and low digital penetration to the lack of funding. Read More
Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023
News / Startups
Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023
By Mileva Sapic | October 28, 2024
Fetcherr, Grapevine and Holibob update PhocusWire on what they've been up to since they were named part of PhocusWire's Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023. Read More
Klook expands AI partnership with Google Cloud
News / Technology
Klook expands AI partnership with Google Cloud
By Morgan Hines | October 25, 2024
Google Cloud and Klook will co-develop the new AI infrastructure layer. The duo will focus first on validation capabilities for all generative AI outputs. Read More
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