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January bookings indicate growing traveler confidence for 2023 | PhocusWire
Vacation rental bookings made in the first three weeks of January saw a dramatic increase compared with 2022. 
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STARTUP STAGE: Trzmo aims to be a super app for travel | PhocusWire
Trzmo provides global roaming, flight updates, duty-free shopping, ground transportation booking, dining recommendations, loyalty card management, the ability to save photos and videos and more all in one app.
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81 wines tasted from a memorable vintage
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Smooth Tasting 2020 Bordeaux Releases - Left Bank Reds
26 wines tasted from a winning vintage
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Smooth Tasting 2020 Bordeaux Releases - Right & Left Bank Whites
Six crisp white wines from Bordeaux
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Why Try These Five Small Southwestern French Restaurants
Small, personal and focused on flavors
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3 Coastal Maine Inns To Book Now For Summer
The legendary coast of Maine has become more popular than ever, so the sage advice is to book now for summer.
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How To Explore Singapore's World-Famous Sustainability Scene As A Tourist
This tiny Southeast Asian nation is home to some truly innovative hotels, bars, and attractions.
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Meliá Hotels International Plans Big 2023 Luxury Expansion
Melia International is spreading its wings beyond its typical Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean roots to tap into the luxury market. CEO Gabriel Escarrer explains how the Meliá brand is positioning itself on an upward trajectory to grow into and succe
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Oslo Landmarks: 7 Must-See Sights In Norway’s Capital City
Oslo is home to rich cultural heritage and iconic landmarks that provide a fantastic introduction to both historic Norway and modern Scandinavian design and lifestyle.
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Franschhoek - The Stunning Town That’s A Must-Visit For Foodies And Wine Lovers
Franschhoek is set in a scenic valley around an hour from Cape Town in the heart of South Afric's wine country.
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Video: TerraPay on expanding its payment solutions for travel | PhocusWire
TerraPay's vice president of payments, Koert Grasveld, explains the company’s solutions and future ambitions.  
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Video: Flight Centre on how its acquisition strategy helps drive innovation | PhocusWire
Flight Centre Travel Group chief experience officer John Morhous explains how the company’s strategic acquisitions help it create innovative products that meet the needs of its customers.
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Kiwi.com prepares for growth in 2023 with new brand identity | PhocusWire
The company says its news brand identity better reflects its tech capabilities.
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Optimizing payments for online travel agents to boost their business | PhocusWire
TerraPay outlines five payment challenges and the steps OTAs can take to overcome them and make the processing of payments more efficient.
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Video: Allianz Partners on tapping into consumer trends | PhocusWire
Allianz Partners CEO Jeff Wright discusses how the company is ensuring insurance products and services fit consumer needs.
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Video: Meta on how travel brands can use Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp | PhocusWire
Meta's director and travel industry manager, Sanjay Bhatia, offers tips for travel brands on how to create relationships with customers through social media.
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VIDEO: Chargeback Gurus on tackling rising chargebacks in travel | PhocusWire
In an interview at the PhocusWire studio, Chargeback Gurus' Marty Williams explains some of the factors that contribute to credit card fraud.
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The case for tours and activities as the loyalty ancillary | PhocusWire
For businesses looking to boost customer loyalty, tours and activities presents a strong opportunity right now.  
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Travel agencies embrace a virtual future for B2B payments | PhocusWire
Travel agencies are switching to the merchant of record payment model to increase protection and gain greater control over the entire consumer experience.  
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What agencies need to know about future travel retailing | PhocusWire
Despite hurdles to the broader implementation of offers and orders across airlines, partners and sellers, the benefits of getting started are surfacing, and momentum is shifting across the industry.
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Expedia Group CEO says metrics show strategy is working | PhocusWire
In a call with analysts to discuss the company's Q4 and full year 2022 financial results, CEO Peter Kern says efforts to move all brands to the same front-end tech stack are nearly complete, with Vrbo migrating in the near future.
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What will ChatGPT mean for the travel industry? | PhocusWire
Industry leaders from Booking.com, Expedia Group, Hopper and more weigh in on the topic of what ChatGPT might mean for their internal operations and for travelers.
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UnTours Foundation plans $10M investment for better tourism future | PhocusWire
The foundation's partners include Expedia Group, TUI Care Foundation, Adventure Travel Trade Association, Flywire and B Tourism.
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Flight Centre Travel Group to acquire Scott Dunn to tap luxury markets | PhocusWire
Founded in 1986, Scott Dunn has 200 full-time employees, and its two main markets are the United Kingdom and the United States, with a small presence in Asia.
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Wave of class action lawsuits provide warning for travel brands | PhocusWire
Spirit and Jetblue airlines and Carnival Corporation are among the brands hit recently with class action lawsuits related to their use of session replay software.
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Freed Group expands footprint in travel with acquisition of Connexus | PhocusWire
Freed co-founder and CEO Abel Zhao says the acquisition will bring opportunities "spanning travel services, e-commerce, marketing services and brand loyalty programs..."
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How much are hotels losing by not controlling prices? | PhocusWire
Analysis by Mirai finds that hotels that reduce disparities and improve pricing compared to OTAs almost automatically get more impressions, clicks and direct bookings.  
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Fever adds $110M to coffers to boost content | PhocusWire
The investment in New York and Madrid-based Fever was led by Goldman Sachs with a number of other investors also participating.
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Holdbar secures $1M for tours and activities tech platform | PhocusWire
Holdbar is developing a software platform to help tours and activities operators distribute their products and services as well as to drive efficiency.
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Jayride acquires assets of AirportShuttles.com | PhocusWire
Jayride says the acquisition is a fit with its "growth strategy, enhancing scale and accelerating path to cash flow positive."
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Vipper lands €2M for multimodal platform development | PhocusWire
Vipper, founded in 2018, aims to simplify the booking of rail, bus and flight tickets on one platform.
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ALERTS: New deals, products, partnerships and hires in digital travel | PhocusWire
The backbone of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry is powered by technology and digital services. Here we capture new deals and partnerships, product launches and important hires all in one place.
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Autonomous vehicles break into tours and attractions | PhocusWire
GoCar is preparing to roll out self-driving electric vehicles, with a Las Vegas demonstration tentatively scheduled for March 10.  
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Increased business travel and spending anticipated in 2023 | PhocusWire
Business travel spending is at 68% of pre-COVID levels for domestic bookings and 58% for international.
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Future traveler segments and the forces forging them | PhocusWire
A new Amadeus study defines different groups of travelers and gauges their attitudes toward travel in 2033.
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Mobile gross bookings projected to surge in NE Asia led by South Korea | PhocusWire
South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau are preparing for a travel rebound with the rebuilding of air connectivity across Asia Pacific markets.
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From AI to Google: 5 truths for travel marketers in 2023 | PhocusWire
Generative AI can be a friend - or a foe - and don't look for Google to be unseated as the top search engine for travelers.
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Q&A: EV Hotels’ vision to serve “technology travelers” | PhocusWire
EV Hotels bills itself as the first smart hotel brand with experiences in crypto and NFT.  
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Presenting the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023 | PhocusWire
PhocusWire presents the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023 - our annual list of new companies in travel, tourism and hospitality that we think will make a mark next year.
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Kindred taps dating app tech for home swaps | PhocusWire
Unlike on vacation rental platforms, all Kindred members must host their own home so “everyone has skin in the game,” according to the startup.
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Trivago sees big opportunity in direct hotel booking | PhocusWire
Trivago says that the “value of metasearch has increased” in the current environment as consumers are more interested in comparing offers and searching for savings.
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STARTUP STAGE: Herdify enables hyper-targeted marketing for travel brands | PhocusWire
The company was founded in 2021 by a former Microsoft strategist, and the executive team includes former Red Carnation Hotels chief marketing officer Victoria Murden.
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Sojo secures $6.2M to improve STR amenity automation | PhocusWire
Ballast Point Ventures led the round, which also included Jason Sprenkle, CEO of business intelligence company Key Data Dashboard.
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Uber, Lyft earnings may bode well for travel trends | PhocusWire
Both companies anticipate gross bookings to grow 20 to 24% year over year in the current quarter. 
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