Nick Belle appointed as Managing Director of Pharos Data Limited
Reading, 24/07/18 – Nick Belle, who has been with Pharos Data as E-Commerce Director for 12 years succeeds Alan Warburton as Managing Director. Alan who originally founded Pharos and led it successfully for the last...
Caravan and Motorhome Club selects Pharos as booking technology partner
As Pharos is at an advanced stage in a vital technology project on behalf of the UK Caravan and Motorhome Club (CAMC), formerly The Caravan Club, Mr Chris Newey, Group Head of Travel Services, comments:...
Meet us at ITB 2018!
Come to visit us at ITB Berlin between 7 – 9 March! Find out the latest news on our services and activities on B2B Passenger Ferry Distribution! We look forward to...
Video: Intermodal Travel – 42nd Annual Interferry Conference
Connecting with Customers “Connectivity was the key word in sessions explaining how digitalization, data mining and social media were crucial in building the customer experience and enhancing profits. (…) Delegates heard of growing...
The Summer 2017 Ferry Boom
The summer of 2017 saw a boom in ferry travel for agents all across Europe. Earlier this year Pharos already reported that passenger ferry bookings had increased by more than 10% on average, a number...
Ferry via GDS taps new global markets
Ferry sales via GDS connected by Pharos has only been active for a few weeks and already we can report some exciting success stories. Less than a month live, yet agents in Qatar, Russia, India,...
Ferry industry enjoys steady four-year growth
In early March we were able to announce that ferries in the Baltic Sea, especially those connecting Germany with Scandinavian countries, report record bookings for 2017. Now reporting, on 2016 volumes and the four-year period...
Pharos inaugurates global ferry distribution
Reading, UK, March 2017 – Pharos is pleased to announce the availability of passenger ferry reservation services on a global scale, a first for the ferry sector. Pharos, the ferry distribution intermediary, in collaboration with...
Why ferry operators should brace themselves for Lufthansa’s Open API
In February 2017 Lufthansa announced their Open API was ready to being deployed. It means any digital platform can now easily integrate bookings of cheap Eurowings or any Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines flights seamlessly into...
Travel Trade Magazine: Everybody benefits from the current ferry booking boom – except travel agents
Ferry to Scandinavia is seeing a booking boom, reports Christofer Knaak in the recent February issue of the German travel trade weekly “Touristik Aktuell“. DFDS had seen the best operating profit in history in 2016...