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Phocuswright's signature session dedicated to the intersection of finance, investment, M&A, IPOs and the world's largest industry - travel, tourism and hospitality. Wall Street's leading analysts on digital, travel and hospitality share their perspectives on where the money, the market and its movers will go next.

The policies of the not-so-new administration have raised questions about the future of travel and tourism since day one - and these issues have reverberated throughout 2017 with enormous impact on travel, tourism and hospitality. This roundtable assembles leaders at the forefront of our industry's interaction with government and public policy to help all of us understand these developments and prepare strategically for the years ahead.

Consumer expectations for seamless, assistive experiences in travel are higher than ever before. Hear how Google Travel is leveraging signals of intent and machine learning to build more immersive experiences for users and new opportunities for companies to connect across the travel journey.

This 12-year-old company redefined an old-school market, and now under the Expedia umbrella, it's redefining itself. Just one year into the job, HomeAway's president is remaking its vacation rental marketplace with a data-driven, tech-forward approach to stay a step ahead in one of travel's fastest-growing verticals - private accommodation.

Hopper struck a chord with its mobile-only flight tracking and booking app, and now it’s time to take on hotels. Frederic Lalonde, founder and CEO, Hopper, provides a walk-through of the company’s grand plan for a new type of hotel shopping with price tracking, video reviews and machine learning-powered recommendations.

Enough with the headlines and hyperbole. Norman Rose, senior technology and corporate market analyst, Phocuswright Inc., walks us through blockchain, and what it means – and what it doesn’t – for travel.

This once low-key German startup has become a global leader amid the rise of meta in hotel search-shop-buy. Fueled by a 2016 IPO and a global advertising campaign to put the trivago Guy (or Girl) in front of pretty much everyone, trivago must now confront new challenges as a public company bent on global hotel meta-dominance.

Whether the European refugee crisis and shifting geopolitics or devastating natural disasters, travel and tourism is often on the front lines. This roundtable will tackle how travel and tourism marketing organizations should navigate when a storm – of any form – hits close to home, and what is the role and responsibility of our industry when it comes to recovery.

Online travel may be entering its third decade, but the debates surrounding distribution and disruption continue unabated. Is direct really best? How big (OTAs) is too big (Google)? Does loyalty matter? Will AI change everything? Will there ever be peace with Airbnb? Leaders in accommodation, distribution and digital disruption take the stage to tackle some of the big topics shaping travel and hospitality in 2017 and beyond.

It's the world's largest travel seller by sales, with numerous brands touching nearly every market in travel and around the globe. And its momentum - and appetite for the new - seems boundless. How does its leader maintain the pace amid rising competitive threats, pressure from hotels and much, much more? We'll bring The Phocuswright Conference to a conclusion with this in-depth discussion.