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Hotels grapple with ‘secondary OTAs’ for pricing control
By Matthew Parsons
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June 24, 2025
There's been a “channel shift” back to the OTAs and other digital avenues, but hotels are starting to lose control of their rates.
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Sabre Hospitality extends AI to booking engine
By Linda Fox
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June 16, 2025
Sabre Hospitality is helping hotels to improve communications with guests and boost conversions by integrating its Concierge.AI tool with its SynXis booking engine.
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Introducing the winners of the 2025 Global Startup Pitch
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June 11, 2025
Nine travel tech startups will now travel to Singapore for showcase presentations at WiT Singapore in October.
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Rapid Fire with Gareth Matthews of Dida
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May 20, 2025
As we count down to Phocuswright Europe 2025, PhocusWire is shining the spotlight on a selection of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.
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Experiences can increase hotel RevPAR by 55%
By Abby Crotty
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May 19, 2025
Turneo, an e-commerce platform for hotels, evaluated publicly available data from 136,000 hotels worldwide.
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97% of STR hosts say tech is “critical” to success
By Abby Crotty
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May 12, 2025
Hospitable surveyed 566 short-term rental hosts across different management types, including self-managers, co-hosts and property managers.
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Why the travel industry is hooked on Google Ads (and what to do about it)
By Andy Headington - Adido
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May 9, 2025
Andy Headington, CEO of Adido, explores why travel companies have become so much more reliant on Google than other industries.
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Expedia feels pinch of drop in inbound U.S. travel, Canada bookings fall 30% in Q1
By Morgan Hines
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May 8, 2025
The company also announced a new AI-powered tool to turn Instagram Reels into travel inspiration, recommendations and itineraries.
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CEO Spotlight: Johannes Reck of GetYourGuide
By Morgan Hines
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May 8, 2025
Johannes Reck, CEO of GetYourGuide, has been on a decade and a half journey with the experiences-focused company that he co-founded in 2009 with three classmates.
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How content creators help travel brands recruit new hires
By Matthew Parsons
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April 24, 2025
Travel brands are using social media to recruit staff, but industry experts say that retaining talent is just as important as attracting it.
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InterLnkd partners with online car rental marketplace
By Abby Crotty
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April 23, 2025
InterLnkd said the partnership with AutoRentals.com marks the first time it has been available in the car rental market.
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How can DMOs address changing destination perception?
By Morgan Hines
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April 23, 2025
While it’s not clear how inbound travel will change in the long term, in the near term, travelers’ understanding of what it means to book a trip to the U.S. is evolving.
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Revenue management software company IDeaS launches marketing solution
By Abby Crotty
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April 22, 2025
The tool is designed to help marketing teams determine how to best leverage campaigns to drive bookings.
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Could a tours and activities push from Google penalize OTAs?
By Matthew Parsons
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April 1, 2025
OTAs are at risk, as Google appears to be shaking up tours and activities listings, experts warn.
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European regulator finds Google not compliant with DMA
By Linda Fox
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March 21, 2025
The European Commission has said Google-parent Alphabet “self-preferences its own services” following and investigation and feedback from third parties.
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