Top Travel Tech Weekly News

Interview / Online

How I Got Here, episode 1 - Gareth Williams of Skyscanner

By Kevin May | August 22, 2019

For the debut of the How I Got Here weekly podcast, hosted by PhocusWire's Kevin May and David Litwak from Mozio, we talk to Gareth Williams, one of the co-founders, ex CEO and now chairperson at... Read More

Interview / Technology

In The Big Chair - Jan Gerlach of Peakwork

By Linda Fox | August 21, 2019

Peakwork was founded in 2009 and provides software to connect supply from airlines, bedbank and other travel companies with online and off distributors. Read More

News / Distribution

U.S. government sues to block Farelogix sale to Sabre

By Kevin May | August 20, 2019

Sabre dared regulators last week to block its $360 million acquisition of Farelogix - and now the U.S. government has taken up the challenge. Read More

Opinion / Online

On the road to gender parity... are we there yet?

By Traci Mercer - Sabre Travel Network | August 20, 2019

As an idealistic young woman, I was confident that, after the decades of accomplishments from women, we had proved that gender has no bearing on intelligence - yet a striking gender imbalance in... Read More

News / Online

Kara Swisher joins growing speaker roster for The Phocuswright Conference 2019

By PhocusWire | August 20, 2019

Kara Swisher was once described as Silicon Valley's "most-feared and well-liked journalist" in a profile piece for New York Magazine. Read More

News / Technology

Choice Hotels is the latest chain suffering data breach exposing customer details

By Linda Fox | August 19, 2019

Choice Hotels has suffered a security breach said to involve 700,000 customer records. It blames a third-party vendor that “copied the impacted data from our environment without authorization." Read More

News / Online

RedDoorz opens $70M round, has big plans for $115M raised this year

By Kevin May | August 19, 2019

The Singapore-based hotel brand is aiming for new markets and will invest in a number of other areas of the business after securing another sizeable funding round. Read More

News / Technology

Business travel, part 3: How technology is improving risk management

By Mitra Sorrells | August 19, 2019

Artificial intelligence and mobile technology are improving both the quality of risk management information that business travelers can receive and the speed at which they receive it. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: True innovation in business travel is more than cosmetic

By PhocusWire | August 16, 2019

The number of startups targeting the corporate travel market in recent years is interesting. It is a sector full of pain points and frustration for business travelers and those trying to manage their... Read More

News / Distribution

Sabre pushes to close Farelogix acquisition, awaits potential D.O.J. block

By Linda Fox | August 15, 2019

Sabre says it intends to close its acquisition of Farelogix by August 21 but will extend the agreement until the end of April to overcome regulatory hurdles. Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Doug Anderson of American Express Global Business Travel

By Mitra Sorrells | August 14, 2019

The CEO of the global TMC discusses business travel pain points, the impact of NDC in the corporate channel and new startups entering the market. Read More

Interview / Technology

STARTUP STAGE: Exosonic wants to cut flight times in half with supersonic airliners

By Jill Menze | August 14, 2019

Exosonic - winner of Phocuswright's Battleground competition - sells quiet supersonic airliners to the commercial aviation industry. Read More

Amex GBT acquires Middle East Kanoo Travel

News / Online

American Express GBT acquires stake in Middle East TMC

By Mitra Sorrells | August 13, 2019

American Express Global Business Travel has taken a 65% stake in Kanoo Travel, a TMC focused on the Middle East. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Getting to One Order - is the airline industry there yet?

By Jill Menze | August 13, 2019

At GBTA 2019, IATA's Yanik Hoyles and Travelport's Ian Heywood engaged in a spirited discussion on the status of IATA's One Order initiative. Read More