Philip Wolf, que me honró con su amistad, fue un empresario, asesor y consultor de la industria turística, además de un mentor para muchos. Su impacto en la industria de los viajes y las personas que la integran fue enorme, y sus consejos se transmitirán durante muchos años. En su honor PhocusWright ha creado una [...]
El gobernador Gavin Newsom ha anunciado $1.1 mil millones en fondos para apoyar a las pequeñas empresas de California. El financiamiento proviene de la Iniciativa de Crédito para Pequeñas Empresas del Estado (SSBCI, por sus siglas en inglés) del Tesoro de los EE. UU. y está destinado a movilizar $ 18 mil millones adicionales de [...]
SoftBank Group Corp. ha recortado la valoración de Oyo Hotels en sus libros en más de un 20%, una vez que la startup india se prepara para una oferta pública inicial de acciones, según comentas personas familiarizadas con el asunto. El inversor japonés, el mayor accionista de la firma de reservas de hoteles, redujo el [...]
¡Vuelven los viajes y surgen nuevas tendencias, innovaciones y alianzas por todas partes! Hoy, las publicaciones en línea FutureTravel y TravelThink anunciaron que trabajarán juntas para formar una fuente líder de noticias e información sobre innovación y tendencias en la industria de los viajes y el turismo. A partir de hoy, se unirán para mejorar su generación de contenido [...]
Travel is back, and new trends, innovations and alliances are popping up everywhere! Today, the online publications FutureTravel and TravelThink announced they will work together to form a leading source of news and insights on innovation and trends in the travel & tourism industry. From today onwards, they are teaming up to improve their content output and leverage a combined/global reach via FutureTravel.com and [...]
Speaking in the PhocusWire Studio at Phocuswright Europe, Munnangi explained how the multimodal platform uses data – both online and offline – to solve for complex customer journeys. Speaking with news editor Jill Menze, Munnangi also discussed how consumer preferences and the nature of travel have shifted since the onset of the pandemic, as well as changing perceptions around [...]
Several months after just about every venture firm told their portfolio companies to prepare for a funding drought, some investors are saying the health of the startup ecosystem may not be as dire as it once seemed. Investors are expressing renewed, albeit cautious, optimism thanks to strength in some tech earnings, particularly of cloud companies, [...]
This ostensibly simple question has sparked fierce debate, the terms of which neatly illustrate the chasm between technology evangelists and cynics. It’s also the question that underlies this report, for the Metaverse must be defined, contained, and contextualized before its merits and flaws can be properly understood. Though this snapshot offers a perspective on the [...]
Virgin Voyages has closed on $550m in new capital raised to support its growth, led by BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited. This raise includes new external financing, additional capital from existing investors including Bain Capital Private Equity and Virgin Group, as well as support from existing lenders. The new funding will enable Virgin Voyages to execute [...]
While demand for short-term rentals has showed few signs of waning since the onset of the pandemic – some regions are reporting record levels of demand as of last month – building supply has proven more challenging. But that’s where some players in the space see opportunity. In a panel discussion with PhocusWire news editor Jill Menze, Henrik Kjellberg, CEO [...]