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Greg O'Hara on AI freeing up time and wishing NDC would happen

By Abby Crotty | June 17, 2025

Certares founder and senior managing director Greg O'Hara shared his candid opinions on the travel industry in an executive interview at Phocuswright Europe 2025. Read More

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Mary Meeker AI Trends Report: 7 takeaways for the travel industry

By Matthew Parsons | June 16, 2025

The lengthy report offers crucial takeaways for the travel industry, including insights into hospitality automation, autonomous cars and an agentic future. Read More

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Breaking down experiences in the travel sector

By Abby Crotty | June 13, 2025

Industry leaders from Amadeus, Booking.com and Hyatt weighed in on strategies, challenges and best practices surrounding experience sales. Read More

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Tripadvisor execs on AI strategy, brand trust and memberships

By Abby Crotty | June 12, 2025

Tripadvisor Group CEO Matt Goldberg and new Viator president Pepijn Rijvers sat down to discuss the changing travel landscape and its evolving strategy. Read More

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Top investors in travel tech 2025

By Linda Fox | June 11, 2025

For the second year in a row, we have compiled data on the top venture capital investors in travel technology and asked some of those investors to share details on their strategies and outlook. Read More

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How AI is quietly transforming the vacation rental industry

By Matthew Parsons | June 11, 2025

The vacation rental sector is working to optimize AI while also preparing for the next wave of innovation. Read More

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The top investors in travel tech in 2025

By Linda Fox | June 10, 2025

For the third consecutive year, PhocusWire has tracked the top investors in travel tech as a barometer of the ecosystem's health and a gauge of market sentiment. Read More

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Travel industry readies itself for the arrival of agentic commerce

By Matthew Parsons | June 9, 2025

The groundwork for agentic commerce is being done. The question is: How prepared is the travel sector? Read More

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The (yet to be realized) customer benefits of NDC, dynamic pricing, offers and orders

By Mike McCormick - Travel Again Advisory | June 6, 2025

Mike McCormick, partner at Travel Again Advisory, explores the tangible benefits of NDC for airline customers. Read More

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Does Airbnb’s ‘Services’ take unfair advantage of hosts?

By Morgan Hines | June 5, 2025

Industry experts have criticized Airbnb’s plan to allow travelers to book hotel-like services on hosts' properties without compensating those hosts. Read More

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Cloudbeds CEO on experimenting with AI across the organization

By Linda Fox | June 4, 2025

Many travel companies are developing consumer- or partner-facing AI tools, but Cloudbeds is also trying to push the boundaries with the technology internally. Read More

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OTA marketing spend rose in Q1 2025

By Linda Fox | June 3, 2025

As Airbnb, Booking Holdings, Expedia Group and Trip.com Group continue to up marketing spend, PhocusWire looks at what they're saying about these investments. Read More

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Class action suit filed against Booking.com in Europe

By Mark Frary | June 2, 2025

The action follows a September 2024 judgement by the European Court Justice in the long-running case between Booking.com and German hotels and groups. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Why AI travel scenarios miss the $3T opportunity

By Robert Matsuoka | May 30, 2025

Former TripAdvisor exec Robert Matsuoka evaluates where AI misses the mark in travel—and where the actual disruption will come from. Read More

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How will generative AI impact travel distribution?

By Abby Crotty | May 29, 2025

In the latest installment of Phocuswright’s The New Age(nts) Trend Series, industry leaders discussed the travel sector’s preparedness for distribution shifts in the face of the generative AI... Read More

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