Travel Booking

News / Online

Hotel direct booking rates stabilize with mobile gaining share, report says

By Morgan Hines | October 23, 2024

A new report from H2c includes responses from 88 small, medium and large hotel chains representing 3,885 hotels and 578,653 rooms. Read More

News / Technology

Phocuswright unveils Philip C. Wolf Memorial Scholarship winners

By PhocusWire | October 23, 2024

Jessie Fischer, founder and CEO of GuestOS and Arielle Warren, CEO of Places to Go, have been selected as the 2024 recipients for the Philip C. Wolf Memorial Scholarship. Read More

News / Technology

Cloudbeds unveils AI-driven tech to improve hotel decision making

By Linda Fox | October 23, 2024

Cloudbeds has developed an AI-powered forecasting engine combing hotel operational data with external data to improve decision making and boost revenue. Read More

News / Technology

Hotels embrace a new chapter in revenue management

By Matthew Parsons | October 23, 2024

Hotels are adopting revenue management techniques to boost outside of room sales as processes are increasingly automated and the technology becomes more accessible. Read More

News / Online

HomeToGo confirms discussions to acquire Interhome Group

By Linda Fox | October 22, 2024

HomeToGo has confirmed discussions to acquire Interhome Group and said due diligence is ongoing. Read More

News / Online

Thomas Cook sale to eSky Group finalized

By Linda Fox | October 22, 2024

Poland-based travel platform eSky is planning a dynamic packaging push following its acquisition of Thomas Cook, which has now been approved by regulators. Read More

Opinion / Online

How an Uber-Expedia merger could redefine the travel experience

By Aaron Gowell - SilverRail | October 22, 2024

The rumored tie-up would mix Uber’s high-frequency, low-cost engagement with Expedia’s low-frequency, high-value transactions - layered with AI and a massive customer base. Read More

News / Startups

Hotel Treats, Nowadays named People's Choice winners at the 2024 Global Startup Pitch

By PhocusWire | October 21, 2024

The competition began in the spring with more than 200 startups, and the attendees at WiT Singapore picked the winners at the event last week. Read More

News / Startups

Should travel startups have co-founders or go it alone?

By Linda Fox | October 21, 2024

Travel founders from Meili, Wego and Qunar discuss the importance of having a co-founder during a session at WiT Singapore. Read More

News / Online

Travel creators and the power to drive conversion

By PhocusWright Research | October 21, 2024

According to Phocuswright research, 67% of followers deem creators helpful for travel advice, ranking third behind the accounts of online travel agencies (70%) and friends and family (72%). Read More

News / Startups

Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2022

By Mileva Sapic | October 21, 2024

Flyzy, KIDO Dynamics, MyStay, RoomPriceGenie and Travala update PhocusWire on what they've been up to since they were named part of PhocusWire's Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2022. Read More

News / Online

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sabre, Navan, Amtrav and more

By PhocusWire | October 18, 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

News / Online

Expedia Group fills vacant CTO role with former Fanatics exec

By Mitra Sorrells | October 17, 2024

Thumu will join the company in December after spending a decade at digital sports platform Fanatics Commerce, most recently as chief product and technology officer. Read More

Opinion / Online

Why Uber isn't buying Expedia, but I still think Amazon should

By Clayton Reid | October 17, 2024

Word that Uber has considered acquiring Expedia Group - first reported by the Financial Times - has generated quite a bit of reaction from industry leaders, including this opinion from the former CEO of... Read More