PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Online
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PhocusWire has four core areas of focus: Startups, Distribution, Technology and Online.
In this analysis for the PhocusWire Forecast 2018, we focus on Online, in particular the web agency and supplier market [...]
Second European Mountain Travel Summit scales new heights
Top-level executives involved in mountain travel and tourism exchanged notes and gathered valuable information at the second annual European Mountain Travel Summit (EMTS) in Crans-Montana, Switzerland which concluded recently.
With over 160 senior executives from the mountain travel industry in a [...]
Stay One Degree couples social networking with private accommodation to create community between travellers and property owners
Coupling the principles of the sharing economy and social networking has given rise to Stay One Degree – a luxury home rental platform, focused on cultivating a culture of trust between home owners and their guests.
Co-founders, Thomas Bennett and Jorge Munoz, created Stay One Degree in an eff [...]
Letter from Assam, Part 2: Breakfast with the birds, lunch with monks and dinner around the fire
From tea estates, this second part of my travel through Assam takes me to Majuli Island, the world's largest inhabited river island, and home to rich birdlife and devout monks who express their faith through art and dance. It was also there I met a hotelier of a different sort.
The Dekasang Res [...]
The Wrap: AI flightbot connects agents with travellers anytime, anywhere
In the news: Amadeus launches AI flightbot for travel agents; Uber partners with AirAsia to provide convenient door-to-door transfer for travellers; Klook introduces a mobile pass for travel on Hong Kong's airport express train; South Korea's Eastar Jet inks distribution deal with Sabre.
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Ready for some cold hard facts about hotels? Angelini serves them with dollops of humour and tips
Veteran hotelier Giovanni Angelini began the new year by delivering a serving of “cold hard facts” but laced it with a sense of humour.
Indeed, the hotelier, who began his career in Asia at the Westin Chosun in Seoul, and then worked his way up to become CEO of Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts [...]
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Technology
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PhocusWire has four core areas of focus: Startups, Distribution, Technology and Online.
In this analysis for the PhocusWire Forecast 2018, we focus on technology and a number of the important elements that are [...]
As spaces and customers evolve, hotels have to make booking and planning meetings easier
After corporate travel, the meetings market (or MICE as it is called) is the next most lucrative sector for hotels and is the slowest in tech adoption. With the convergence of new technology and changing customer demands and expectations, this space is next in line for disruption.
Hotels have man [...]
8 Thoughts for 2018, Part 3
As we kick off 2018, it's time to look ahead to what awaits us and we ask our panel of industry leaders to share their thoughts and personal wishes for the new year.
Blanca Menchaca, Co-founder, BeMyGuest
One word to describe 2017: Defying
One word to describe 2018: Closing cycles
One key le [...]
Letter from Assam, Part 1: Of tea, monsoons and learning to be a guest
Since everyone's talking about the desire for local, authentic experiences these days, there's no better place to have them than in places which are remote and less travelled. The lack of infrastructure and tourists does mean giving up on certain conveniences but hey, isn't that the point of travel? [...]
