“Travellers today are more connected, but many of the travel companies that serve them are not” @AccentureTravel

Travel startups - pick your battles against the powerful wisely bit.ly/2O4Wym6 via PhocusWire / Alex Bainbridge 🆎

Exciting times in tours and activities as Klook brings in $200M in funding, plans expansion in Europe and the U.S. bit.ly/2OQtOhm via PhocusWire / Linda Fox

"Booking platform Evaneos for customized multi-day tours, has raised an $80 million round of investment with the goal of becoming a global digital travel brand" skift.com/2018/09/07/tou…

Tours and Experiences: The Next Great Untapped Market in Online Travel skift.com/2018/09/18/tou… via Skift

TravelPerk quickly adds $44M round, plans rapid expansion of business travel tech bit.ly/2AdUzHf via PhocusWire #TravelTech

Google Working on Solving the Pain Points in Vacation Package Shopping skift.com/2018/10/18/goo…

TravelBird: waar ging het mis? "Een andere verklaring voor de val van TravelBird, is dat er te laat is gestart met automatiseren. Er kwam te veel handwerk kijken bij het samenstellen van de reizen". #startups emerce.nl/achtergrond/tr… via EMERCE

Travel startups are taking off – TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2018/11/11/tra…

UK-based Secret Escapes acquires what's left of TravelBird after a few months of negotiations tech.eu/brief/uk-based…

The incredible story of @otainsight, helping over 40.000 hotels worldwide ! bloovi.be/artikels/onder… Bloovi

Klook boosts Series D with an additional $225M in funding bit.ly/2uRYW7f via @PhocusWire

.Airbnb funnels $5M into Experiences arm | PhocusWire bit.ly/2nrr4dl

Travel Startups Work With Breakthrough Technologies skift.com/2018/01/16/tra… via Skift

OPERATORS Here are 5 Hacks to Empower your Sales channels blog.wetu.com/5-hacks-to-emp…

Chart: U.S. Hotel Online Annual Growth, #OTA vs. Supplier Direct, 2014-2021 #Hotels win small victory: So why are we still arguing about OTAs? bit.ly/2E9el6k #Phocuswright

Expedia splashed out record $5.3 billion on marketing in 2017 bit.ly/2Cfixzk via PhocusWire / Kevin May

Read about TUIs integrated platform and why tours are gaining priority for big players skift.com/2018/02/13/tui…

KKday raises $10.5 million, looks to improve travel experiences product tnooz.com/article/kkday-…

Booking Is on the Road to Becoming a Full-Service Online Travel Agency skift.com/2018/03/14/boo… via Skift