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Europe Travel Market Report 2022-2026
The European travel market is still facing headwinds in its post-COVID recovery. Featuring nearly 69%...
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U.S. Travel Market Report 2022-2026
With pandemic concerns in the rearview, the U.S. travel market experienced a bounce back in 2022. In...
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The State of Travel Startups 2022
Phocuswright has tracked the digital travel startup landscape for well over a decade, and innovation...
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eVTOLs in Travel: Viable Addition or Flights of Fancy?
Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft – “eVTOLs” – offer the promise of next-generation air...
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Real-Time Revolution in Hotel Operations
Data has long been used to make operating decisions. But what happens when the paradigm shifts, as it...
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Europe Consumer Travel Report 2023 (Series)
Phocuswright’s Europe Consumer Travel Report 2023 series provides a snapshot of Europeans’ recent...
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Asia Pacific Travel Market Report 2022-2026
Changes were afoot for the Asia Pacific travel market in 2022-23. Some country markets continued to...
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Travel Innovation and Technology Trends 2023
Each year, Phocuswright publishes a content series that identifies the most significant innovation...
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Bird boosts U.S. micromobility presence with acquisition of Spin
Bird has paid $19M for Spin, which it acquired from Germany-based Tier Mobility.
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HomeToGo creates chief investment role for further M&A activity
Bodo Thielmann has joined HomeToGo as chief investment director after previous stints at OYO Vacation...
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Paramount teams up with travel startup for "Emily in Paris" trips
In this latest example of "set-jetting" initiatives, travel startup Dharma will manage the...
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Booking.com dominates review market share but is losing ground to Google
The Shiji Reviewpro Guest Experience Benchmark for Q2 2023 found overall consumer satisfaction with...
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HotelRunner acquires point-of-sale system PayPad
Founded in 2011, this is HotelRunner’s third acquisition, and the company said it is a “significant...
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Google increases AI functionality for travel
Bard users will be prompted to link to other Google accounts, giving the AI product the ability to...
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Booking.com prepares to launch credit card in U.S.
The online travel agency has brought in a former JPMorgan Chase executive to lead the effort and is...
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AI Insights: Generative AI to enhance the guest booking and stay experience
The Ascott's Tan Bee Leng answers our questions about the areas the hotel and serviced apartment...
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Kayak, Tripadvisor on growing their in-house media studios
In the last two years both Kayak and Tripadvisor have created content studios that are becoming a...
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OCTO takes next step in simplifying connectivity for tours and activities stakeholders
The nonprofit is releasing its open source messaging specification and supporting documentation for...
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Weekly Research Insights Articles
Mobile-first bodes well for supplier-direct in LATAM
Latin America’s travel market experienced a second year of strong double-digit growth in 2022, as...
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Key barometers of Chinese travel and its emerging behavioral and spending patterns
In China, the future looks promising, and 2023 and onward are projected to feature robust growth....
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Travel (once again) tops the list of spending priorities in the U.K.
In the U.K., despite challenging market conditions, travel and tourism remain a high priority purchase...
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U.S. online channel share expected to remain unchanged through 2026
Changing traveler behavior from 2020-2022 has brought about several noteworthy shifts, some of which...
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The colossal potential of lower-tier cities in China
Chinese cities are grouped in tiers depending on their size, population and economic output. Beijing,...
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Mobile remains one of the biggest strategic focus areas for OTAs
While OTAs like Hopper and HotelTonight have always been app-first or app-only, mobile was just one...
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7 key takeaways from the latest U.S. travel market research
All segments in the U.S. travel market registered double-digit revenue increases in 2022. Despite the...
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The U.S. is the first major travel market to surpass 2019 size
With pandemic-related concerns in the rearview, the U.S. travel market continued its robust bounce...
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Watch now: Travel Innovation and Technology Trends 2023 online event
An in-depth look at 8 tech and innovation trends that will influence travel significantly in 2023 and...
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Navigating the digital wave of cruise tech
While innovation was in full swing on many ships pre-pandemic, the industry is increasingly advancing...
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