PhoCusWright Keeps the Pulse On Wall Street With New TRAVdex Feature
Latest Addition to WebTravelNews Monitors Stock Prices of Publicly Traded Internet Travel Companies
SHERMAN, Conn./ Sept. 6, 2000--PhoCusWright, Inc., the leading independent Internet travel intelligence company, today launched TRAVdex®, the first index for publicly traded online travel companies. Available free on WebTravelNews, PhoCusWright's online news publication covering travel and technology, TRAVdex allows users to keep tabs on publicly traded online travel companies with ease.
PhoCusWright clients and WebTravelNews subscribers now have access to the fluctuating stock prices of 19 online travel companies (foreign and domestic) with a 20-minute time delay. TRAVdex is easily accessible from the WebTravelNews homepage at
"Checking and comparing these companies' stock prices, market caps and volume are routine, top-of-mind pursuits among executives," said Philip Wolf, president and CEO of PhoCusWright. "TRAVdex, by becoming the industry reference standard, empowers travel dot-coms and travel dot-comers to access critical financial information quickly and consistently."
Powered by Stockpoint®, TRAVdex contains the standard financial information available on most financial Web sites: last trade, percent change, point change, volume and market cap, with the benefit of one click consolidation. The TRAVdex composite index weighs the 19 companies into a single and quick positioning of the online travel marketplace. Users can monitor companies side by side or go deeper into detail. Additional research is available from PhoCusWright's Online Travel Investor Report, an analysis of 15 public and 24 pre-IPO firms.
"By combining TRAVdex with our rich research methodology and industry knowledge, PhoCusWright continues to help firms develop achievable strategies, align with appropriate partners and attract needed resources," added Wolf.
TRAVdex is free to subscribers of WebTravelNews. WebTravelNews covers online travel with the depth, accuracy and speed that makes it a must-read for thousands of well-informed e-commerce professionals. Along with the resourceful Web location, a weekly newsletter also provides the latest developments in the online travel marketplace. A free subscription to WebTravelNews includes:
- WebTravelNews - a weekly e-mail newsletter (updated daily on the Web at
) - WebTravelNews Alert - rapid communication of groundbreaking news
- WebTravelNews The Insighter - editorial insight, commentary and analysis
- PhoCusWright Announcements - information on upcoming events, new research findings and more
About PhoCusWright, Inc.
PhoCusWright, Inc. is an independent strategy and research company that helps its clients understand the online travel marketplace and make competitively advantaged decisions. PhoCusWright analysis, forecasts and insight motivate industry executives to advance their businesses with speed and clarity.
Subscriptions and engagements include intense, topical PhoCusWright Reports, The Insighter digital collection, snap.shot, strategy sessions, access to analysts, custom research, The Travel E-commerce Survey and The PhoCusWright Yearbook. PhoCusWright's WebTravelNews is the leading online news publication covering travel and technology. The PhoCusWright Investor and Executive Conferences in North America, Europe and Latin America are the definitive forums for the online travel marketplace.
Established in 1994, PhoCusWright, Inc. is headquartered in Sherman, Conn., USA, and has offices in New York City's Silicon Alley and in London, England. Additional information and research are available at
TRAVdex is a registered trademark of PhoCusWright, Inc.