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Sabre's 'The Direct Connect Disconnect' report reveals a significant gap between industry ambitions for direct travel distribution and operational reality.

PhocusWire tested Mindtrip's AI-powered flights and hotels platform and found that while the planning phase delivers meaningful personalisation—including customisable itineraries and collaborative tools—the checkout experience remains conventional and unchanged.

Phocuswright's Travel Forward report projects the global travel market to reach $1.67 trillion by 2026, sustained by robust demand across regions despite economic headwinds. Online bookings are forecast to grow 8% to $1.07 trillion in 2025, with Asia Pacific leading OTA growth at 36% of sales.

Phocuswright's Global Travel Market Report 2025 documents a travel industry fully recovered and entering a new growth phase. Global travel gross bookings reached US$1.6 trillion in 2024 and are projected to approach US$1.8 trillion by 2027, driven by digital adoption and sustained leisure demand.

Phocuswright's 'The AI-Native Edge: Travel Startups 2025' examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping travel technology entrepreneurship despite a paradoxical funding environment.

Phocuswright's Travel Innovation and Technology Trends 2025 positions generative AI and digital identity as transformative technologies reshaping travel at a scale comparable to the internet and personal computer revolutions.

Skift Research's State of Travel 2026 is the fifth annual edition of the publisher's flagship travel industry intelligence report.

U.S. online travel agencies surpassed $100 billion in revenue for the first time in 2023, according to Phocuswright's latest market research.

Phocuswright's Hotels Lodging Travel Research forecasts the global hotel industry will reach $1.2 trillion in revenue by 2025, expanding at a 5.5% compound annual growth rate from 2022.

Expedia Group's 2023 Traveler Value Index surveyed 11,000 travelers and 1,100 industry professionals across 11 Asia-Pacific markets to map post-pandemic shifts in travel behaviour and expectations.

Phocuswright's 2022 report analyses which booking platforms dominate the US short-term rental market and why travellers choose them.

Phocuswright's July 2020 analysis examines whether super apps—integrated platforms combining multiple services—will displace traditional standalone travel applications.

The World Economic Forum's 2019 report examines India's travel market expansion and the critical role of Online Travel Agencies in driving growth. India's travel sector grew 12% annually over five years, with OTAs capturing approximately 60% of online bookings.

Improved and expanded for 2026, Phocuswright’s consumer travel reporting is taking center stage....

The U.S. hotel market is navigating a period of measured growth and competing pressures. According to Phocuswright's report U.S.

All indications are that 2026 will be the year of agentic AI, succinctly defined as gen AI that can accomplish real-world tasks rather than simply outputting content. Agentic AI is already playing a key role in next-generation automation within companies, increasing productivity and reducing costs.

The U.S. travel agency market is experiencing a remarkable resurgence, driven by strong demand, rising prices, and an evolving advisor landscape according to Phocuswright’s latest travel research report on the sector U.S. Travel Agency Landscape 2024.

Latin American travelers remain highly motivated to travel, with rising costs as the primary constraint and value central to how they choose experiences.

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Phocuswright's 2025 report reveals that generative AI adoption among travellers has moved from experimental to mainstream. More than half of US travellers have tried GenAI, with one in three using it for travel planning.

Phocuswright is an independent research and intelligence platform serving the travel, tourism and hospitality industry.

Travel Metric of the Month 2026 is Phocuswright's expanded monthly reporting series tracking travel industry performance indicators across seven segments and five global regions.

Phocuswright's India Travel Rebound report documents significant recovery in India's domestic travel sector during 2025, with bookings growing 35% year-over-year, concentrated in urban centres including Delhi and Mumbai.

Phocuswright's report examines the influence of travel content creators on follower decision-making and travel planning behaviour.