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European traveler mindset in 2025: Simplicity, search and social influence

🌍 OTAs are surpassing general search as a travel resource. Year-over-year, generative AI usage has doubled. More travelers are booking through indirect channels to compare options for the best prices. Traditional payment methods, such as credit cards, remain popular for bookings and in-destination packages. Social media plays a growing role in travel planning, with Instagram as the top influencer across key markets and YouTube leading in content consumption.

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U.K. travel market sees mobile acceleration and a shifting infrastructure landscape

🚄 The U.K. travel market remains robust in 2025, driven by a stable economy and increased digital adoption. The new Essentials report highlights key trends and market sizing data, offering insights into the U.K.'s mature and mobile-forward landscape. Phocal Point’s platform provides customized charts and data analysis for over 35 markets, projecting trends through 2026, with historical data from 2009. It includes market size, share, annual changes, and segment details for air, car, hotel, and rail.

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Short-term rentals 2025: Navigating the next phase of growth

This article was written by Phocuswright. Click here to read the original article Once a pandemic darling, the short-term rental (STR) sector now faces a new era marked by heightened…

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Fragmentation, regulation, acceleration: The new STR playbook

This article was written by Phocuswright. Click here to read the original article The STR landscape is entering a more complex, globally fragmented phase. As growth slows in mature markets…

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Travel Startup Funding Falters in Q1 2025

This article was written by Phocuswright. Click here to read the original article Early-stage momentum in travel tech has slowed notably. According to Phocuswright’s Travel Metric of the Month, startup…

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What’s driving Canadian travel agency growth in 2025?

This article was written by Phocuswright. Click here to read the original article The Canadian travel agency landscape is characterized by a combination of traditional and home-based businesses, mixed attitudes…

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The path to growing alternative revenue for STRs

This article was written by Phocuswright. Click here to read the original article Published: April 2025 Operational best practices of short-term rental (STR) businesses, whether from small hosts or larger…

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5 key takeaways on how GenAI is impacting company operations

This article was written by Phocuswright. Click here to read the original article Mike Coletta, Phocuswright’s Senior Manager of Research and Innovation, and Robert Cole, Phocuswright’s Senior Research Analyst for…

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Short-Term Rentals: A category at a crossroads

This article was written by Phocuswright. Click here to read the original article The short-term rental sector was once the pandemic-era darling—offering privacy, safety, and space when travelers needed it…

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Experts debate GenAI’s impact on the in-destination experience

This article was written by Phocuswright. Click here to read the original article – Janette Roush, on the seamless integration of AI into existing traveler behaviors Alex Bainbridge, CEO, Autoura…

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