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 Patrick Imbardelli | Sep 10, 2025 | Blog, Insights
Authored by Patrick Imbardelli The front desk isn’t what it used to be, and truthfully, neither is the traveller. The hospitality experience of 2025 looks radically different from just five years ago. Today’s guests arrive not just with luggage but with expectations...
by Jonathon Cocks | Aug 11, 2025 | Insights, Trendwatch
Written by Jonathon Cocks The pandemic is over and the “travel rebound” has come and gone. Yet even as airports buzzed back to life, new risks have emerged, once again making both travellers and the industry watchful about the future of global travel. Global conflict...
by Patrick Imbardelli | May 29, 2025 | Sustainable Travel, Trendwatch
In travel today, staying overnight is no longer enough. Guests want memories. As a former hospitality CEO turned VC, I’ve seen first-hand how the “experience economy” is transforming accommodation. Travelers increasingly plan trips around unique activities rather than...
by Patrick Imbardelli | May 25, 2025 | Insights, Trendwatch
Imagine booking your flight, arranging airport transfers, ordering your in-flight meal, and scheduling a post-flight activity – all within a single app. Super apps are transforming how we navigate travel by combining multiple services into one intuitive platform,...
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....
