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How gen AI is reinventing voice technology in travel
By Matthew Parsons
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October 15, 2025
Several travel companies are exploring the future of voice technology, covering customer service and business operations through to real-time translation and conversational booking.
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DerbySoft sees new airline distribution path with Global Data Network launch
By Linda Fox
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October 7, 2025
DerbySoft said the GDN for flights will give airlines more control of their inventory and open up content to travel sellers.
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Amex GBT, Chooose, Amadeus and more business travel news from GBTA 2025
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July 23, 2025
At this year's GBTA Convention, business travel companies revealed new products, partnerships and innovations.
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DerbySoft launches flight technology solution
By Morgan Hines
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June 17, 2025
Jason Sui, who co-founded PKFare which was acquired by DerbySoft last year, will take the reins as divisional CEO for flights at DerbySoft.
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Travel startup funding and M&A activity in Q1 2025
By Abby Crotty
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March 28, 2025
As the quarter comes to a close, we review funding rounds and M&A activity—and learn what travel executives believe is on the horizon for the rest of the year.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: DerbySoft, Ixigo, UATP, Veltra and more...
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March 21, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.
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DerbySoft acquires Arise to boost travel agent-hotel relationship
By Linda Fox
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February 28, 2025
DerbySoft said the deal supports its strategy around streamlining and automating elements of the supplier-distribution relationship in business travel.
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Shiji, Amadeus, Otelier and more hospitality tech news from HITEC 2024
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June 27, 2024
Dozens of hospitality technology vendors released new and updated products this week during HITEC, the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference, which wraps up today in Charlotte....
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Push or pull? Third-party distribution for the Chinese outbound market
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August 9, 2018
This is an article from TravelDaily China.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. When evaluating what overseas hotels are doing for the Chinese outbound market, online conten
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DerbySoft targets independent hotels, after years of serving globals
By Sean O'Neil
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November 7, 2016
It is check-in time for many hotels in search of a technology upgrade. That's the bet of DerbySoft, a seller of distribution connectivity software, launching its first tool for the independent hotelie
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For hotels, Google expands direct commission-based bookings [UPDATED]
By Sean O'Neil
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September 22, 2015
Today Google announced some changes to how it markets and distributes hotel inventory, making it easier for hotels to list their properties directly on its site -- and to collect leads seamlessly on m
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A deep dive into metasearch channel management tools for hotels
By Viewpoints
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September 3, 2015
Metasearch continues to grow in importance for hotels around the world, and there is a range of tools and software available for hoteliers to manage their metasearch presence. NB: This is a guest a
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Festive catch-up time - every Tnooz webinar from 2014
By Kevin May
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December 22, 2014
Tnooz has produced countless webinars over the course of 2014, covering everything from metasearch and payments to retailing and guest profiling. So what better way to spend those quieter days in t
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Five questions to help marketers solve the metasearch dilemma
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October 27, 2014
Metasearch continues to be one of the hottest topics for the hospitality industry. We have already written two articles about metasearch this year and hosted a webinar with Tnooz to give greater insi
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WEBINAR VIDEO - Understanding hotel metasearch marketing and measuring its ROI
By Kevin May
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July 22, 2014
Digital marketing and measuring ROI don't always go hand in hand, but that's changing for the hospitality industry. The emergence of metasearch channels like Google Hotel Price Ads has enabled the
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