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PhocusWire’s most memorable interviews of 2025

By PhocusWire | December 30, 2025

The PhocusWire team curated a list of 10 insightful interviews this year, focusing on news value and relevance to 2025's top themes. Read More

News / Technology

Industry stakeholders on tech's role in solving traveler pain points

By Morgan Hines | December 19, 2025

Executives from Kayak, Skyscanner and Civitatis share the traveler pain points they're hoping to solve with technology. Read More

News / Technology

Implementing technology in cruise and what comes next with AI

By Abby Crotty | December 16, 2025

Cruisebound's Pierre-Olivier Lepage and Alyza's Markus Stumpe discuss AI's role in cruise and how they see the sector moving forward. Read More

News / Technology

How corporate travel, payments could change by 2030

By Morgan Hines | December 16, 2025

Blockskye co-CEO and co-founder Brook Armstrong shared his vision for the changing payments frontier at The Beat Live. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

From back office to bottom line: How hotels can transform payments into growth strategy

By Brett Elzinga - Onyx CenterSource | December 4, 2025

In an article and video interview, Onyx CenterSource SVP Brett Elzinga explains why the next frontier in hotel payments lies in intelligent automation and data-driven analytics. Read More

News / Technology

Amex GBT CEO on why AI will ‘strengthen and strengthen’ TMCs

By Morgan Hines | December 4, 2025

At The Beat Live event this week, Amex GBT CEO Paul Abbott detailed why he believes TMCs can thrive in an AI environment. Read More

Interview / Technology

The Phocuswright Conference 2025 Launch Innovator: Wenrix

By PhocusWire | December 3, 2025

During a presentation at The Phocuswright Conference, CEO Amir Balaish said Wenrix's DeepFlow product "closes the execution gap." Read More

Interview / Startups

The Phocuswright Conference 2025 Launch Innovator: Acai Travel

By PhocusWire | December 1, 2025

Acai Travel received the People's Choice Award as part of Phocuswright’s Launch: Innovation program. Read More

Interview / Technology

The Phocuswright Conference 2025 Launch Innovator: BoomPop

By PhocusWire | November 26, 2025

BoomPop was named Travel Innovator of the Year as part of Phocuswright's Launch: Innovation program. Read More

News / Startups

AI event planning platform BoomPop lands $25M

By Abby Crotty | November 14, 2025

The funding round includes an additional $16 million of debt and credit via Silicon Valley Bank. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Mapping the data journey through pilots, co-pilots, autopilots and AI pilots

By Ali Beklen - HotelRunner | November 14, 2025

Ali Beklen, founder and managing partner or HotelRunner, believes travel businesses need an AI pilot due to two new data concepts. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Amadeus, Meili, HTS and more...

By PhocusWire | November 7, 2025

Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Hotels turn to AI and automation to drive profitability amid economic uncertainty

By Cathy Walsh | November 5, 2025

By transforming compliance from a manual process into an intelligent, automated function, hotel operators can reduce errors, lower costs and free staff to focus on growth and guest experience. Read More