What Google's cookie reversal means for travel - Phocuswright examines the significance of this change - both its implications and limitations - and outlines the strategic implications for travel advertisers.

Nov 5, 2024 • Marketing

Global travel surges past pre-pandemic levels in early 2025 - UN Tourism reports strong Q1 2025 international arrival numbers, with most regions surpassing or nearing pre-COVID benchmarks - led by sharp rebounds in Africa, North-East Asia, and the Middle East.

May 29, 2025 • Travel

Amex GBT: Global hotel rates steady through 2026 - Geopolitical uncertainty and shifting traveler priorities limit sharp increases, but luxury demand drives exceptions.

Sep 11, 2025 • Hospitality

Google still 210x bigger than ChatGPT in search - AI search tools are growing fast, but Google’s dominance remains almost untouched - especially in discovery.

Oct 6, 2025 • Marketing

How AI is reimagining travel beyond efficiency - Mood-aware systems are turning trip planning into a deeply personalized, creative process.

Nov 17, 2025 • Travel

The new hotel AI funnel: why discoverability now drives bookings - As AI reshapes travel search, hotels must prioritize being recommended before being bookable.

Mar 18, 2026 • Hospitality

US hotels have the brands, the apps and the points. The OTAs still take the booking. - Phocuswright's new US market data puts hotels at nearly two-thirds of all OTA gross bookings — in the one country that built its entire lodging industry around brand.com.

Jul 24, 2026 • Hospitality

Booking's CEO says handling your guest just needs "a little more compute" - Booking Holdings has cut what it costs to answer a guest's problem by double digits twice in six months. There is no place to rate the machine that answers, so the only review in the transaction is the one with your name on it..

Aug 17, 2026 • Hospitality