In addition to his duties as Phocuswright's Spanish travel market analyst, Fabián González is also partner and manager of The Digital Band, a strategic and executive consulting firm, and partner and business development manager of digitalmeteo, a startup that combines big data and meteorology to develop predictive models.
Fabián left the telecom engineering field after five years to study hotel management, focusing in the application of technology and innovation. He spent six years as head of the IT department of the Spanish Hotel Institute for Technology. At the end of 2014, Fabián joined digitalmeteo as partner and business development manager to lead projects focused on the travel industry. In 2015, he co-founded The Digital Band to help early-stage businesses and projects reach their goals.
He is a speaker at national and international conferences as well as tourism universities. Fabián enjoys engaging with students - future colleagues - to raise awareness of the benefits of technology and innovation applications in the travel industry.

Europe Travel Market Report 2023-2027
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: May 2024 Analysts: Ralph Merten, Cathy Walsh, Dirk Rogl, Fabian Gonzalez, Karen Burka, Peter O'Connor, Stanislas Feminier US $2,495Travel demand remained strong as ever for the European market in 2023. Achieving an impressive 20% year-over-year growth, the market surpassed 2019 gross bookings. However, persistent inflation and...

Spain Travel Market Report 2023-2027
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: April 2024 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, Karen Burka US $795Spain's travel market completed its recovery in 2023, with gross bookings rising 36% to €34.6 billion. Online transactions led this growth, advancing to record levels. The shift towards mobile also...

Spain Travel Market Report 2022-2026
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: April 2023 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, Cathy Walsh US $795Spain’s tourism market performance in 2022 was about as good as could be expected. Amidst COVID recovery, the cloud of economic crisis and war breaking out in Europe, the 2022 gross bookings total...

Niche No More: European Short-Term Rentals
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: April 2022 Analysts: Charuta Fadnis, Ralph Merten, Dirk Rogl, Fabian Gonzalez, Peter O'Connor, Stanislas Feminier US $695Short-term rentals (STRs) have experienced a renewed interest among users and hosts alike. Despite the pandemic’s dampening impact on hospitality, many travelers considered a short-term rental for their...

Spain Online Travel 2019: Key Developments
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: December 2019 Analysts: Fabian Gonzalez, David Juman, Cathy WalshThe Spanish travel industry has celebrated several years of strong inbound visitation and a healthy domestic market. However, while tourism forecasts for 2019 remained positive in the first half of the...