Expedia pivots abroad as US travel demand weakens - Global slowdown at home pushes the company to focus on faster-growing international markets.

Sep 19, 2025 • Hospitality

A.I. influencers disrupt creator economics - Travel brands embrace synthetic personalities to reduce marketing costs and compete with human influencers.

Dec 10, 2025 • Marketing

Wyndham pushes AI as a profit tool for franchisees - Technology investments aim to drive direct revenue and cut front desk costs amid softer market conditions.

Feb 20, 2026 • Hospitality

How Hopper is tapping into social commerce - You don’t spend money on Google, Facebook or TikTok - you literally give it to your customers.

Dec 6, 2022 • Marketing

Travelzoo plans to launch its travel metaverse - The company's vaguely defined pitch about its metaverse is that will be a digital travel experiences platform.

Mar 24, 2023 • Hospitality

ChatGPT: A chatty dozen of travel tools and services - To get a better handle on how travel companies are capitalizing on the technology, PhocusWire lists a sample of travel companies, both large and small.

Apr 19, 2023 • Travel

Inflation is putting a damper on summer travel - Costs are up, for travel expenses and otherwise, and some Americans say they won’t take a vacation in summer 2023 due to inflation.

Apr 19, 2023 • Travel

UK: Travel’s stark climate challenges laid bare in new report - The UK will need to quadruple its environmental efforts to meet its 2030 climate goals according to a stark new report from the Climate Change Committee.

Jun 30, 2023 • Travel