Combination creates global travel research, media and events powerhouse
PhoCusWright Inc. announces its acquisition by Northstar Travel Media, the leading business-to-business information company serving the travel and meetings industries.
View the press release from Northstar Travel Media.
PhoCusWright annually produces the acclaimed PhoCusWright Conference, a gathering of global travel industry leaders, visionary thinkers and innovators with the "next big idea." PhoCusWright is the research authority at the intersection of the Internet and the global travel industry, delivering industry-standard B2B and B2C marketplace intelligence through syndicated subscriptions and custom research on market segments, trends and geographies.
PhoCusWright was founded by Philip Wolf in 1994, as the secular shift of online travel sales, marketing and distribution was unfolding. Wolf is an authority on the impact of technology on the travel industry and speaks frequently at events around the world. He will continue as chairman of PhoCusWright Inc. The company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Northstar Travel Media LLC.
Northstar Travel Media serves the retail travel, meetings and conventions, corporate travel management and incentive markets with leadership brands including Travel Weekly, TravelAge West, Meetings & Conventions, Successful Meetings, Meeting News, Business Travel News, Procurement.travel, and Incentive; database-driven electronic publications Hotel & Travel Index, Official Cruise Guide and M&C Facilities Search; and online subscription services The Beat, Travel42, Weissmann Reports, Intelliguide Corporate, BTP24 and STAR Service Online. The company also produces more than 20 face-to-face events in the served markets of retail travel, corporate travel and the meetings industry.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
"After 17 years at the helm," commented PhoCusWright founder and CEO Philip Wolf, "joining Northstar represents an ideal next step. Integrated smart marketing, targeted investments and more manpower will help us achieve significant new things for our clients."