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Travel Token Marketplace acquires Camino Network initiator Chain4Travel

By Morgan Hines | February 27, 2026

Blockchain startup Chain4Travel was previously named a PhocusWire Hot 25 Travel Startup for 2025. Read More

News / Startups

RobosizeME lands $2M to automate back-office hotel processes

By Linda Fox | February 25, 2026

RobosizeME aims to help hoteliers reduce errors, cut costs and free up staff to focus on other parts of running a hotel. Read More

News / Online

Ranking management solution Otamiser raises $2M

By Abby Crotty | February 23, 2026

Otamiser said the round was intentionally keep small, and CEO Bart-Jan Leyts emphasized that the company is "strongly focused on cost awareness." Read More

News / Technology

Operto develops multi-agent system for hotel operations

By Linda Fox | February 23, 2026

The agents are centralized in a hub that includes hotel policies, operational documents and live reservation data. Read More

News / Online

German RMS Happyhotel raises €6.5M in Series A round

By Abby Crotty | February 19, 2026

The funding will be used to expand across Europe and build an autonomous commercial AI agent. Read More

News / Technology

DirectBooking, DeepYou partner to build AI-native hotel booking platform

By Abby Crotty | February 11, 2026

The companies aim to have the platform cover 100,000 hotels in the next three years. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus to shut down self-service APIs portal for developers

By Abby Crotty | February 9, 2026

Access for enterprise customers will remain in place, a decision that's prompted ample discussion among industry stakeholders. Read More

News / Technology

Using cloud to power innovation in travel

By Abby Crotty | February 6, 2026

AWS' Tedd Evers discusses current cloud use cases and how it will impact travel innovation moving forward. Read More

News / Distribution

Hotel direct bookings remain stable despite rise of AI

By Abby Crotty | February 2, 2026

SiteMinder's annual Hotel Booking Trends report found that direct booking remained largely unchanged in 2025. Read More

Opinion / Technology

6 AI trends that will matter to hotels in 2026

By Sebastien Leitner - Cloudbeds | January 30, 2026

While the AI hype has been exhausting, Cloudbeds' Sebastien Leitner argues that there are some transformative shifts in hospitality. Read More

News / Distribution

Unpacking the latest corporate travel trends

By Abby Crotty | January 29, 2026

Neil Geurin, VP of global sales for American Airlines, discusses behavioral trends, NDC, technological innovation and more. Read More

News / Startups

Africa-based Tripesa launches AI travel marketplace Roamio

By Morgan Hines | January 26, 2026

With Roamio, Tripesa aims to eliminate middlemen, provide better prices and increase ancillary bookings while putting more money in the hands of small operators. Read More

News / Technology

Investment accountability: How travel brands are measuring AI ROI

By Morgan Hines | January 14, 2026

Travel companies are actively investing in AI hoping to boost business—but how are they measuring the return on investment? Read More

News / Technology

Yipy attracts $1M to scale hotel standards management system

By Linda Fox | January 13, 2026

Yipy aims to address the challenges of static documents through “a centralized, mobile-first system,” enabling hotels to define a standard, implement across teams and measure performance. Read More