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Kevin May is co-founder and editor of Tnooz, a provider of news, analysis, commentary, data and business services to the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. The travel tech expert discusses the future of the industry and the major trends of the upcoming years.
ITB Interview: Kevin May Tnooz – by GetYourGuide.com from getyourguide on Vimeo.
Gene Quinn is President and CEO of Tnooz, a provider of news, analysis, commentary, data and business services to the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. Being an expert in travel tech, Gene Quinn talks about social media, mobile travel and flash deals as well as their impact on the travel industry.
ITB Interview: Gene Quinn Tnooz – by GetYourGuide.com from getyourguide on Vimeo.
After five exciting days at ITB 2011 in Berlin, the show has ended and countless stories have emerged from the world’s largest travel fair. Over 11,000 companies from 188 countries presented their destinations and pointed to the latest trends for the travel industry.
GetYourGuide was there to talk to industry leaders about their predictions for 2011 and 2012.
Our ITB coverage starts with a video interview with Philip C. Wolf, President and CEO of PhoCusWright. As one of the leading experts in the travel technology, Philip Wolf discusses the latest trends, the future of travel technology and how marketplace chaos and social-mobile media will change the industry.
ITB Interview: Philip C. Wolf PhoCusWright – by GetYourGuide.com from getyourguide on Vimeo.
29 Dec 09
A new market opportunity in China
It seems that nowadays everybody is talking about the opportunity of online travel in China, and perhaps with good reason as according to a recent research by Phocuswright, “online [travel] distribution growth continues at an impressive rate of 19% in 2009, in spite of the overall downturn in travel”.
However, the solemn fact remains that few foreign travel outfits have actually been successful in China, especially online. Just ask Expedia about how its China acquisition eLong is doing… Continue reading