In addition to his duties as Phocuswright's Spanish travel market analyst, Fabián González is also partner and manager of The Digital Band, a strategic and executive consulting firm, and partner and business development manager of digitalmeteo, a startup that combines big data and meteorology to develop predictive models.
Fabián left the telecom engineering field after five years to study hotel management, focusing in the application of technology and innovation. He spent six years as head of the IT department of the Spanish Hotel Institute for Technology. At the end of 2014, Fabián joined digitalmeteo as partner and business development manager to lead projects focused on the travel industry. In 2015, he co-founded The Digital Band to help early-stage businesses and projects reach their goals.
He is a speaker at national and international conferences as well as tourism universities. Fabián enjoys engaging with students - future colleagues - to raise awareness of the benefits of technology and innovation applications in the travel industry.

Niche No More: European Short-Term Rentals
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: April 2022 Analysts: Charuta Fadnis, Ralph Merten, Dirk Rogl, Fabian Gonzalez, Peter O'Connor, Stanislas Feminier US $695Short-term rentals (STRs) have experienced a renewed interest among users and hosts alike. Despite the pandemic’s dampening impact on hospitality, many travelers considered a short-term rental for their...

Spain Travel Market Report 2021-2025
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: February 2022 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, Cathy Walsh US $795The Spanish travel market experienced a tumultuous 2021, as waves of virus variants and travel restriction changes have made the path to recovery hard to predict. Despite the difficulties, pent-up...
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Spain Travel Market 2020-2024: By the Numbers
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: January 2021 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, Cathy WalshOn the heels of 4-5% annual gains in 2018 and 2019, the Spanish travel market was decimated by COVID-19 in 2020, with bookings projected to slide 70%. The market will begin a long recovery in 2021, and...
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Spain Travel Market Report 2020-2024
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: January 2021 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, Cathy Walsh US $795The Spanish travel market was on track to grow in 2020, until the alarms began to sound at the end of February due to the appearance of a new coronavirus. The pandemic has had a devastating impact on...

Spain Online Travel 2019: Key Developments
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: December 2019 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, David Juman, Cathy WalshThe Spanish travel industry has celebrated several years of strong inbound visitation and a healthy domestic market. However, while tourism forecasts for 2019 remained positive in the first half of the...