Menu
Home
Latest News
AI News
Jobs
Events
Phocuswright
About Us
Home
Hot Right Now
Brands
Airbnb
Booking.com
Expedia
Google
Tripadvisor
Vrbo
Trends
Artificial Intelligence
Marketing
Distribution
Payments
Sustainability
Revenue Management
Health
Security
Sectors
Airlines
Business Travel
Ground Transportation
Hotels
Metasearch
Online Travel Agencies
Private Accommodation
Tours and Activities
Editors' Picks
Watch
PhocusWire on YouTube
Phocuswright on YouTube
WebInTravel on YouTube
Listen
In Phocus podcast
Events
Webinars
Phocuswright Travel Innovation Summit London
The Phocuswright Conference
Phocuswright Europe
WebInTravel
PhocusWire Pulse
Welcome to Pulse
Green Light For Ground Transportation
A New Traveler Experience
Emerging Innovation
Startups In The Spotlight
Rentals On The Rise
Travel Marketing Tactics
Progress In Travel Payments
Decoding Travel Security
A New Age For Social Media
Loyalty For The Long Haul
Safer & Seamless
Startups
hot 25 travel startups 2026
hot 25 travel startups 2025
Hot 25 Travel Startups 2024
Hot 25 Travel Startups 2023
Hot 25 Startups 2022
Hot 25 Startups 2021
Hot 25 Startups 2020
Hot 25 Startups 2019
Startup Stage
Phocuswright Innovation
Company Culture
Diversity and Inclusion
In The Big Chair
PhocusWire Vitals
AI Insights
Opinion
Financial Earnings
From Our Partners
Northstar Family
BHN Group
Business Travel News
Incentive
Meetings & Conventions
The Beat
TravelAge West
TravelPulse
Travel Weekly
TravelTech Show
WebInTravel
Advertising
News
/
Finance
HomeToGo links operational gains to internal AI use
By Morgan Hines
|
August 20, 2026
CEO and co-founder Patrick Andrae attributed faster response times and an 85% reduction in chat escalation to AI implementation.
Read More
News
Trivago ramps internal AI spend fivefold
By Abby Crotty
|
August 5, 2026
The company said it spent five times as much on AI in the first seven months of 2026 as it did in all of 2025.
Read More
News
/
Technology
How hoteliers can adapt to survive the AI discovery shift
By Morgan Hines
|
July 29, 2026
As travelers swap traditional search for generative engines, hospitality brands must restructure data layers and content.
Read More
News
/
Technology
PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Southwest, Dida, PriceLabs and more...
By PhocusWire
|
July 10, 2026
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.
Read More
News
/
Distribution
Travel visibility, trust and conversion take focus amid agentic commerce shift
By Abby Crotty
|
July 8, 2026
Executives from Perk, Microsoft Advertising and Revolut discussed the future of agentic commerce in travel during a panel at Phocuswright Europe.
Read More
From Our Partners
/
Online
Partner marketing in travel: Say goodbye to the last-click legacy
By Michelle Bruno
|
June 30, 2026
Download the PhocusWire report on how partner marketing in travel is evolving beyond last-click attribution amid AI, creator commerce and changing consumer behavior.
Read More
News
/
Technology
Hotels face speed problem as video platforms reshape the booking journey
By Matthew Parsons
|
June 10, 2026
Hospitality leaders say legacy operating models are ill-equipped for an era of AI-powered discovery and social commerce.
Read More
News
/
Technology
Amadeus, Accenture partner on new agentic advertising platform
By Matthew Parsons
|
May 28, 2026
The platform is designed to help travel brands identify intent and demand signals earlier, then leverage Accenture’s agentic framework to execute campaigns.
Read More
From Our Partners
/
Online
Are you buying growth or paying for bookings you'd get anyway? What the data shows
By John Matson, Propellic
|
May 27, 2026
New benchmark data from Propellic shows when travel brands should scale paid media, where ROAS breaks down and why weak attribution can hide true growth.
Read More
News
/
Technology
I almost deleted the email—the travel industry can't afford to
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne - T2 Impact
|
May 19, 2026
Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, principal of tech consultancy T2Impact, explains what suppliers, OTAs and intermediaries need to know about OpenAI's April privacy update.
Read More
News
/
Online
Expedia Group moves advertising unit under CMO Jochen Koedijk
By Morgan Hines
|
May 18, 2026
The move continues Expedia Group's reorganization following the merger of its B2B and supply businesses.
Read More
From Our Partners
/
Online
How the 2026 Middle East conflict is reshaping travel demand
By John Matson, Propellic
|
April 23, 2026
Find out how search data can help travel sellers know what to do next.
Read More
News
/
Technology
AI pulls travel brands deeper into commerce media
By Matthew Parsons
|
April 7, 2026
As AI compresses the path to purchase, travel brands are expanding commerce media to capture high-intent demand.
Read More
News
/
Distribution
Lake.com introduces subscription model for hosts, property managers
By Cathy Walsh
|
April 6, 2026
Membership option offers a commission-free alternative as operators seek more control over distribution and guest relationships.
Read More
News
/
Technology
Travel marketing's AI identity crisis
By Morgan Hines
|
April 2, 2026
Industry leaders at Phocuswright’s Travel Marketing AI Summit shared varying perspectives on the future of the funnel.
Read More
More
Most Popular
Latest Stories
Most Popular
News
/
Technology
What the EU AI Act means for the travel industry
Interview
/
Technology
AI transformation in travel: Javier Cabrerizo of HBX Group
Opinion
/
Technology
AI tools are becoming a single point of failure for hotels: How to reduce the risk
News
/
Technology
Case studies on AI in travel highlight data, trust and bottleneck challenges
News
/
Technology
The challenge of keeping AI-generated travel review summaries accurate, objective and useful
Latest Stories
News
/
Technology
Hotel room service platform CAMO raises $4M
News
/
Finance
HomeToGo links operational gains to internal AI use
From Our Partners
/
Technology
Why payment infrastructure will shape the future of travel commerce
News
/
Technology
AI transformation in travel: Velit Dundar of Radisson
News
/
Technology
How AI is quietly rewriting hospitality job descriptions
Subscribe Now!
Submit
I accept the
Terms and Conditions
and
Privacy Policy
.
Subscribe Now!
Submit
I accept the
Terms and Conditions
and
Privacy Policy
.
Copyright © 2026 by Northstar Travel Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. Phocuswright 301 Route 17 N., Suite 1150, Rutherford, NJ 07070 USA | Telephone: +1 860 350-4084
Phocuswright
•
The Phocuswright Conference
•
Phocuswright Europe
•
Global Startup Pitch
•
Web In Travel
•
Retail Travel