Top Travel Tech Weekly News

News / Distribution

Booking.com and hotels increasingly go their separate ways

By Matthew Parsons | August 27, 2025

The relationship with Booking.com has especially soured in Europe as the OTA faces a lawsuit from 10,000 hotels. Read More

News / Online

Travel Tech Flashback: What made headlines in 2020?

By Abby Crotty | August 26, 2025

As part of our Travel Tech Flashback series, we took a look at 2020, otherwise known as the year that changed travel forever. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Will travel's messy data hamper AI progress?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | August 25, 2025

Are we layering AI agents on top of an already broken data foundation that was never fit for machine consumption? Read More

News / Online

Addressing rising customer acquisition costs in travel

By Abby Crotty | August 21, 2025

According to a survey of approximately 270 respondents across the travel industry, customer acquisition costs were up approximately 35% from 2022 to 2025, while customer lifetime value was up just 4.5%.... Read More

News / Technology

Generative AI platform personalization: At what cost?

By Matthew Parsons | August 20, 2025

Travel companies have been striving to obtain specific, personalized data for many years. Are the AI platforms about to gain a competitive edge as they learn more about the users? Read More

News / Online

Travel Tech Flashback: What made headlines in 2018?

By Linda Fox | August 19, 2025

Take a look back at some of the headlines in the travel industry from 2018. Do they any bearing on what's happening now? Read More

Opinion / Online

Social commerce is the future: 5 strategies to help travel brands adapt

By David Armstrong - HolidayPirates Group | August 18, 2025

According to David Armstrong, CEO and co-founder of HolidayPirates Group, the future of e-commerce is scroll-first, not search-first. Why is travel unprepared? Read More

News / Online

Tours and activities trends in 2025: Younger travelers, later bookings, AI

By Morgan Hines | August 15, 2025

Industry leaders opened up about 2025 tours and activities trends during a studio interview at Phocuswright Europe. Read More

News / Technology

Travel experts on Perplexity’s bid to buy Google Chrome

By Morgan Hines | August 13, 2025

Industry leaders differ on Perplexity’s motivations and how the deal could impact the travel space. Read More

News / Online

Freedom, flexibility and transparency: What Gen Z travelers really want and need

By Abby Crotty | August 13, 2025

Gen Z is adventurous and spontaneous, and their travel booking preferences reflect these preferences. Read More

News / Startups

How has AI changed travel investors’ mindset?

By Morgan Hines | August 12, 2025

A subtle chaos is coloring the funding environment as investors separate the AI winners from the hopefuls. Read More

Interview / Online

CEO Spotlight: Mike Putman of Custom Travel Solutions

By Linda Fox | August 11, 2025

Mike Putman discusses how he built up CTS, having previously created an international travel club with 800,000 members and seeing an opportunity to replicate its success. Read More

News / Online

Expedia Group reports stronger results in Q2 amid ongoing U.S. headwinds

By Abby Crotty | August 7, 2025

While numbers improved overall, second quarter results were still tempered by “soft demand” in the United States. Read More

News / Online

Airbnb reports high customer satisfaction with Services, Experiences

By Abby Crotty | August 6, 2025

The short-term rental giant said the response has been “overwhelmingly positive,” with experiences and services receiving higher ratings than homes. Read More