In Phocus

About In Phocus

A regular dissection of the news, issues and trends in travel and technology, featuring interviews with industry executives and entrepreneurs and hosted by PhocusWire editors.

Publisher

PhocusWire

Category

business · news · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

23 Jan 2024

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   CEO Spotlight: Matthijs Welle of Mews

   Mews CEO Matthijs Welle explains the company's AI-driven reorg, its shifting acquisition strategy and its push to become hospitality's single operating system.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Split payments and the future of checkout in travel with Samuel Flynn of Hands In

   Hands In's Samuel Flynn explains how split payments solve insufficient funds at checkout and why agentic AI will replace the checkout page.

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   From banker to luxury villa specialist with Natasha Martsekis of Bright Blue Villas

   Former institutional trader Natasha Martsekis explains how a banker's focus on trust and accountability built Bright Blue Villas into a 325-villa luxury portfolio across Greece and where AI fits into the guest experience.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

379,127

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

49

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

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