- Chinese Web Users Prize Offline Marketing[Nov. 16, 2016]
One of the biggest hurdles to success as an online business in China is that you need to be successful offline, too.
- Hafner Isn't Having It - Kayak CEO Critiques Google, Airbnb, and Others[Nov. 18, 2016]
Steve Hafner, co-founder and chief executive of Kayak, is living up to his reputation for being one of the liveliest annual on-stage interviewees at the Phocuswright Conference.
- Google Trips: The Travel Guide That (Sort of) Reads Your Mind[Nov. 17, 2016]
I gave up on printed guidebooks a few years ago. Those dog-eared books I once lugged around Prague's pubs and the steamy sidewalks of Bangkok now seem like dead weight. I can't help worry that the new ones are out-of-date as soon as they hit the Amazon warehouse. The same goes for the digital counterparts from the stalwart guidebook companies - how can I trust that they'll have info as current as what I can find with a little web searching?
- Stop Declining These Travellers' Orders![Nov. 17, 2016]
Airlines and online travel agencies (OTAs) invest considerable funds and go to great lengths in an effort to prevent online fraud and the ensuing losses.
- Airbnb Launches Trips, Its Big Tours and Activities Gamble[Nov. 18, 2016]
Airbnb is making good on its global campaign promise to help guests "live there" with its newest product launch.
- Gogobot Rebrands to Trip.com with Artificial Intelligence App[Nov. 17, 2016]
Trip-planning and activities site Gogobot has rebranded to Trip.com, an obviously attractive URL that it purchased from investor Expedia this week, and Trip.com updated its mobile app, which is probably more advanced in predictive artificial intelligence than most of the better-known travel companies.
- Local Measure Wins the Phocuswright Emerging Innovator Award at the Travel Innovation Summit 2016[Nov. 16, 2016]
Local Measure, the leading location-based social platform for hotels and the tourism industry, won the award as top innovator among emerging companies at The Travel Innovation Summit. Each year, dozens of innovative companies are selected to demonstrate groundbreaking applications and solutions that are set to change the travel industry. The winners represent the best of this elite group.
- Former Expedia Exec Heralds Voice as the Next Big Thing[Nov. 17, 2016]
Listen up, voice search is being tipped to have as big an impact on the travel industry as mobile.
- Phocuswright Announces the Winners of 2016 Battleground, Summit and Launch[Nov. 16, 2016]
Travel industry research authority Phocuswright announced the winners of Battleground, Summit and Launch, held on Nov. 16, during The Phocuswright Conference currently underway in Los Angeles, Calif. The newly launched Phocuswright Innovation events determined the most innovative companies in travel across the globe. A total of 67 companies, ranging from startups to established, demonstrated groundbreaking applications and solutions set to change the travel landscape, competing for the most coveted travel innovation awards.
- Winners of the 2016 Battleground at the Phocuswright Conference[Nov. 16, 2016]
The winners of the 2016 Battleground, held on Nov. 14, the first day of The Phocuswright Conference currently underway in Los Angeles, Calif. have been announced. This year, 26 innovators were selected to demonstrate groundbreaking applications and solutions set to change the travel industry. The winners received one of three reserved slots to demonstrate at Summit on Tuesday this week.