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Interview / Online

Logitix - Launch pitch at The Phocuswright Conference 2024

By PhocusWire | January 10, 2025

Logitix, a Victory Live company, provides a live event ticketing solution for the travel industry through partnerships with sports organizations, performing arts venues and music events. Read More

News / Online

AI, algorithms and Uber's potential acquisitions: PhocusWire's top opinion stories of 2024

By PhocusWire | December 13, 2024

This year's most popular op-eds were heavy on AI and also covered algorithms, the possible acquisition of Expedia and major incidences like the CrowdStrike outage. Read More

From Our Partners / Online

Airpaz’s journey from local flight booking platform to global online travel agency

By Howard James | December 9, 2024

Since Airpaz’s launch, over 16 million customers have booked their flights with the OTA. More than three million people have installed the Airpaz app on their smartphone via Google Play and Apple’s App... Read More

Interview / Technology

Snowflake/Hightouch - Travel Innovator of the Year award winner at The Phocuswright Conference 2024

By PhocusWire | December 6, 2024

Snowflake offers a cloud-based data platform that enables companies to share data, build applications and effectively use AI. Hightouch is a platform to sync data into tools for marketing, advertising,... Read More

News / Online

How online travel companies in Asia use livestreaming to drive engagement - and bookings

By Mark Frary | November 27, 2024

Livestreaming in travel has become one of the marketing success stories of the past decade, driving billions in sales for companies like Trip.com and Alibaba. Read More

News / Online

Rappi Travel adds experiences vertical with Civitatis partnership

By Morgan Hines | November 14, 2024

Rappi Travel already offers hotels, packages, flights and car rentals and with the addition of experiences from Civitatis, it is aiming to provide a “complete travel solution.” Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Obvlo

By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024

Obvlo is an AI solution for producing and maintaining personalized local content for any destination on earth. Read More

News / Online

Expedia Group B2B revenue jumps 18% in Q3, far outpacing B2C

By Mitra Sorrells | November 7, 2024

Total revenue in the quarter was up 3% year over year to $4.1 billion, but along with strength in the B2B business the company noted an acceleration in B2C bookings and a return to growth for Vrbo. Read More

From Our Partners / Online

Report: From bucket list to booking — How TikTok is shaping travel decisions today

By Martin Cowen and Madeline List | November 6, 2024

TikTok is at the forefront of e-commerce and can offer a route to market for travel brands looking to raise awareness and foster evangelism, backed by strong conversion rates. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Travly connects brands through targeted engagement

By Mileva Sapic | October 28, 2024

Travly offers brands the opportunity for custom content creation, made by real travelers, and enhanced distribution across its owned channels to drive engagement. 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 / 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

Opinion / Online

Could the latest tech turn social influencers into kings and queens of travel?

By Craig Everett - Holibob | October 8, 2024

Holibob's CEO and co-founder, Craig Everett, speaks on influencers' potential impact on the travel industry if they begin selling products through social media posts. Read More

News / Technology

Smartvel acquires Avuxi to expand destination content and AI capabilities

By Mileva Sapic | September 17, 2024

Smartvel's acquisition of Avuxi strengthens its existing position in the market and enables it to widen its offering. Read More

News / Online

Google fined €2.4B after losing appeal in EU antitrust shopping case

By Morgan Hines | September 10, 2024

The fine, initially announced in 2017 and then appealed by Google, is being imposed against the internet giant for abusing its “dominant position” in a number of online search markets as it favored its... Read More

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