PhoCusWright In the News
PhoCusWright is one of the most quoted travel industry research firms in the world. Below is a sampling of press mentions.
Three in Ten US Vacation Rental Dollars to Be Spent Online by 2014
Marketwire (press release) May 23, 2013
"PhoCusWright's U.S. Vacation Rentals 2009-2014: A Market Reinvented" provides a comprehensive look at the U.S. vacation rental market. The report tracks the dramatic changes that have reshaped vacation rental over the past several years and identifies ...
How will online hotel booking change in the near future?
Tnooz May 23, 2013
PhoCusWright's latest Consumer Travel Report shows some interesting stats: Supplier websites were a hit across the board, but last year … younger guests (age 18-34) especially switched to supplier sites to book lodging (up 12 percentage points in ...
Latin American Carriers Growing Despite Constraints
Business Travel News May 22, 2013
Another fact is the relatively low rate of Internet penetration in parts of the region, which means carriers must continue to sell the bulk of their tickets through more expensive offline channels. But the opportunity is in the growth trend. According ...
How to buy Travel Technology
TravelMole May 22, 2013
News sites such as Travelmole, TNooz, Travel Weekly, Travolution, Breakingtravelnews, Eyefortravel and PhocusWright are all strong sources of information and should be searched as well. LinkedIN groups may offer some insight into a particular issue if ...
Mobile Tools for Biz Travel Fail Usability Test
Travel Market Report May 22, 2013
That's the gist of a PhoCusWright webinar earlier this month on “The Traveler's Appetite for Ancillary Products.” The real topic was the shift in travel booking, not just from desktop and laptop to mobile devices, but from smartphones to tablets – and ...
Mobile Apps for hotels: AppAtrip offers individual Apps with diverse functions
openPR (press release) May 22, 2013
According to the market research company "PhocusWright", one of the largest and most prestigious researchers worldwide for the tourism and hospitality industry, the mobile market will continue to grow. The revenue created by mobile bookings in the USA ...
CEOs in Travel: Where Are the Women?
Travel Market Report May 22, 2013
It's well known that women comprise the vast majority of travel agents – about 80%, according to PhoCusWright. But the picture changes dramatically when you look at women in top leadership positions in the travel industry. While little hard data exists ...
5 things to know: 22 May 2013
Hotel News Now May 22, 2013
A key indicator influencing online travel and e-commerce is a young population, where 44% of people in the region are younger than 20 years old; in Saudi Arabia the number is as high as 50%, according to Mona Faraj, PhoCusWright research analyst, ...
Radisson Blu Hotel East Midlands Airport placed in the top-performing 10% of ...
ITCM May 22, 2013
Research shows that 87 percent of people looking to book travel are influenced by reviews (source: PhoCusWright's Social Media in Travel, 2010). TripAdvisor is the world's largest travel community with more than 50 million monthly visitors; 20 million ...
Guest Post: Act now on payment regulations compliance
Travolution May 22, 2013
Travel market research firm PhoCusWright conducted a global study of over 1500 organisations from across the travel industry value chain. Only 10% of travel suppliers and a marginally higher percentage of travel retailers considered PCI compliance a ...
Throwing a demand curve
Travel Weekly May 21, 2013
PhoCusWright Principal Analyst Douglas Quinby noted in an email, "The total number of air travelers is still below the 2007 peak. So you have a narrow band of air travelers who are paying higher fares, and we believe this combination of industry ...
US OTAs see improved Q1 results on increased room demand
Travel Weekly May 21, 2013
Expedia accounts for about 44% of U.S.-based OTA bookings, compared with about 21% for Orbitz, 17% for privately held Travelocity and about 11% for Price-line, according to travel research firm PhoCusWright. Meanwhile, Priceline and Expedia are ...
Travel Luminaries Converge at GBTA Convention 2013
PR Newswire (press release) May 21, 2013
Philip Wolf , founder and retired chairman, PhoCusWright, will moderate the panel with leaders of major travel suppliers including David Kong , president and CEO, Best Western; Michael Batt , founder and chairman, Travel Leaders Group; and Steve Singh ...
Instilling soft skills in chauffeurs
Hindu Business Line May 19, 2013
He was still with PhocusWright, a consultancy firm for the travel and tourism industry. It was here that Ram came up with a programme to train staff in the travel and tourism industry, which was well received. However, Ram was not quite content with ...
Villa vacations
Boston Globe May 18, 2013
“Guests value the intimacy and homelike experience of rentals,” says Douglas Quinby of PhocusWright, a travel industry research firm. You can cook in your own kitchen — or have your meals prepared by a chef — and can have access to a washer and dryer.
Airlines outselling online travel agents
BizReport May 05, 2013
Once upon a time they had a 4-point lead in the U.S. over the number of travelers booking airline tickets via suppliers but, according to travel consultancy PhoCusWright, that is no more. by Helen Leggatt. For the first time ever, more U.S. fliers are ...
