by Nicholas Cocks | Jun 14, 2026 | AI, Blog, Insights
How conversational search is reshaping hotel discovery, trust and booking Written by: Nicholas Cocks AI is not replacing hotel booking overnight. It is first changing which hotels travellers discover, trust, and consider. For twenty years the contest for a hotel...
by Nicholas Cocks | Mar 4, 2026 | Blog, Insights, Tech & Venture, Trendwatch
The Current Chess Game – A One-Sided Battlefield For years, the travel industry has been a master of dynamic pricing. Hotels and airlines, equipped with sophisticated algorithms, have meticulously adjusted prices in real-time based on a myriad of factors:...
by Nicholas Cocks | Oct 1, 2025 | Blog, Insights
Written By: Nicholas Cocks Earlier this month, I attended the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) Hospitality Exchange where Meta presented new research on the role of social media in travel. The numbers confirmed what we at Velocity Ventures have long argued: social...
by Nicholas Cocks | Apr 2, 2025 | Insights, Stakeholder Management, Trendwatch
The venture capital world has been through some significant changes over the past three years. Terms like “spray and pray” are out. Eye-watering valuations have dried up. And funding ever increasing cash burn without a path to “profitability” is a thing of the past....
by Nicholas Cocks | Oct 7, 2024 | Insights, Trendwatch
Blog by: Nicholas Cocks Earlier this month, HSBC published its Global Travel Trends Report, which sheds light on several key developments in the travel industry. At Velocity Ventures, we’ve been closely following these trends, and we’re excited to share a...
