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Phocuswright Europe 2025: Shaping the next era of travel

By PhocusWire | April 7, 2025

The Phocuswright Europe 2025 program is live with the speaker line-up including executives from Airbnb, Accor, Booking.com, Expedia and Lufthansa. Read More

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Vrbo plans greater traveler targeting through marketing tech

By Linda Fox | April 4, 2025

Vrbo is focusing on growth, more dynamic and personalized offers and property quality. Read More

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Could a tours and activities push from Google penalize OTAs?

By Matthew Parsons | April 1, 2025

OTAs are at risk, as Google appears to be shaking up tours and activities listings, experts warn. Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sihot, HiJiffy, Magpie, Visit Group and more...

By PhocusWire | March 14, 2025

Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry. Read More

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Alexa+ could earn “top-of-the-funnel” spot in travel research

By Morgan Hines | March 4, 2025

Travel brands including Tripadvisor and Uber have partnered with Amazon for the debut of its reimagined voice assistant. Read More

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Expedia Group makes job cuts

By Morgan Hines | March 3, 2025

The job cuts come about a year after the online travel agency announced up to 1,500 layoffs in February 2024. Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: TravelPerk, Airbnb, Expedia Group, SWA, Hostaway and more...

By PhocusWire | February 28, 2025

Here's our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week. Read More

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Expedia Group CEO outlines three strategies for using AI in the year ahead

By Mitra Sorrells | February 6, 2025

The company finished 2024 strong with double-digit percentage growth in room nights, gross bookings and revenue in the final quarter. Read More

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Hotels saw average booking value increase through direct channels in '24

By Linda Fox | January 22, 2025

Hotels continue to broaden their distribution mix with new B2B and B2C partners entering the rankings of top booking sources in SiteMinder's annual trends report. Read More

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With U.S. TikTok ban looming, how could travel brands be impacted?

By Morgan Hines | January 16, 2025

Travel brands including Expedia, Booking.com, Airbnb, United Airlines, Hilton, Kayak and more use TikTok as part of their marketing strategies. Read More

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How travel brands stay ahead on social media

By Morgan Hines | January 10, 2025

Travel experts discuss the importance of travel brands staying agile in the social media arena as younger generations turn to these platforms for search purposes. Read More

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Wall Street talk: AI's opportunities for online travel agencies

By Morgan Hines | January 6, 2025

A trio of Wall Street veterans touched on AI and stocks, regulatory changes and consumer behavior and more in a wide-ranging conversation at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

Opinion / Online

Why AI agents will supercharge, not bypass, OTAs

By Mario Gavira | January 6, 2025

Mario Gavira discusses how established online travel intermediaries could thrive in the era of agentic AI as they leverage the tech foundations and financial models they have spent years developing. Read More

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Phocuswright analysts share their travel predictions for 2025

By Morgan Hines | January 2, 2025

AI agents, luxury travel, developments in APAC, short-term rentals, digital ID and eVTOLS are some of the topics Phocuswright analysts are watching for 2025. Read More

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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

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