Analyst Fabián González

Fabián González

Market Analyst, SpainFabián González

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.

Travel Research From Fabián González

Europe Travel Market Report 2022-2026

Europe Travel Market Report 2022-2026

Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: April 2023 Analysts: Ralph Merten, Cathy Walsh, Friederike Winkowski, Dirk Rogl, Fabian Gonzalez, Karen Burka, Peter O'Connor, Stanislas Feminier US $2,495

The European travel market is still facing headwinds in its post-COVID recovery. Featuring nearly 69% year-over-year growth in 2022, the market nevertheless still came up short of 2019 totals....

Spain Travel Market Report 2022-2026

Spain Travel Market Report 2022-2026

Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: April 2023 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, Cathy Walsh US $795

Spain’s tourism market performance in 2022 was about as good as could be expected. Amidst COVID recovery, the cloud of economic crisis and war breaking out in Europe, the 2022 gross bookings total...

Niche No More: European Short-Term Rentals

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 $695

Short-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

Spain Travel Market Report 2021-2025

Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: February 2022 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, Cathy Walsh US $795

The 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...

Spain Travel Market 2020-2024: By the Numbers

Spain Travel Market 2020-2024: By the Numbers

Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: January 2021 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, Cathy Walsh

On 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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