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As the Omicron Variant Spreads – Must the Media Marketing Go On?

2021-11-30 by Phil Butler

Omicron

When will we all get on the same page concerning the worldwide health emergency threatening everything we’ve built for centuries?

Tags: Arnie Weissmann, Greece travel, GTP, International Publications Ltd., Japan travel, Omicron, Omicron dangers, Omicron strains, Omicron variant, Omnicron, Op-Ed, pandemic dangers, pandemic issues, PhoCusWright, SETE, tourism marketing, travel advisory, Travel Weekly, WHO

Tourism Experts Fall Into Matrix: Cookies To Make Things Right As Rain

2020-11-25 by Phil Butler

Greece tourism

In the understatement of the century, Phocuswright experts claim tavel won’t recover from the impact of the coronavirus crisis before 2025.

Tags: 4th International Hospitality Forum, Harry Theoharis, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Michael Saunders, Mr. Smith, Peter O’Connor, PhoCusWright, The Matrix

Tour companies still slow on travel tech uptake

2014-10-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Rezgo

According to two important studies show, tourism businesses lag far behind in the application of new technologies that help e-commerce.

Tags: PhoCusWright, Rezgo, travel technology

PhoCusWright Europe Next Week in Dublin

2014-05-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Darren Huston

Coming to Dublin, Ireland, PhoCusWright Europe delivers travel’s most innovative thinkers and leaders for a connect conference and workshops May 19 – 21, 2014. Keynote presentations, debates, innovations and new ideas from some of the industry’s best and brightest are on tap.

Tags: Caroline Green, Darren Huston, PhoCusWright, Vivek Badrinath

European Vacation Rentals: Room At the Top

2012-04-17 by Phil Butler

Key findings from PhoCusWright, presented by Tnooz, reveal the strength of Europe’s holiday rental segment. Despite the complexities of the European holiday rental market, the potential for revenue there is undeniable, PCW estimates the current in the report titled: PhoCusWright’s European Vacation Rental Marketplace: 2011-2013. €20 billion euro is one powerful incentive for studying rentals.

Tags: Casamundo, emerging markets, Europe rentals, Europe travel, European rentals, European vacation, Europeanescapes.com, europeanvacationrental.com, eurvilla.com, FlipKey, Fotolia, Greatrentals, HomeAway, industry leader, Jetsetter, Jetsetter.com, metrics, PhoCusWright, RentaVilla, Rentvillas, Solmarvillas.com, Tnooz, travel industry, vacation rentals, VacationRentals.com, VillasOfDistinction, WhiteKeyVillas

US Mobile Travel Bookings to Top $8 Billion

2012-02-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Philip Wolf founder and Chairman of PhoCusWright

Everyone in the business of travel distribution knows mobile is the most influential sector of the booking segment. A new report from the world’s leading travel authority, PhoCusWright, tells of mobile’s value upcoming. According to the research company bookings via mobile will exceed $8 billion in 2013 in the US alone.

Tags: booking, booking platforms, flight booking, hotel hooking, mobile bookings, mobile travel, online booking, PhoCusWright, smartphones

TripAdvisor Reaches 50 Million Visitors: But For How Long?

2011-09-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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TripAdvisor, currently the largest travel portal in the world, yesterday announced via a press release that it had reached a milestone of 50 million unique visitors each month, becoming the first stand-alone travel site to do so, according to statistics provided by comScore.

Tags: 50 Million Unique Visitors, comScore, fake reviews, Kwikchex, Orbitz, PhoCusWright, Steve Kaufer, TripAdvisor, TripAdvisor reviews

Tour Operators Looking to the East

2011-03-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Russian Venice: Saint Petersburg

More and more travel companies are interpreting Eastern Europe as the next big thing in tourism, a report from PhoCusWright says. An upcoming study is set to report on emerging holiday destinations such as Poland and Russia, and put the spotlight on what they have in store for travelers.

Tags: PhoCusWright, poland, Poland travel, Russia, Russia travel, Ukraine travel

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