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News / Technology

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

News / Technology

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

Opinion / Distribution

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

News / Online

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

News / Technology

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

News / Online

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

News / Distribution

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

News / Distribution

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

News / Online

Moving beyond points: The state of hotel loyalty programs

By Marisa Garcia | May 28, 2025

Points-based hotel loyalty programs are not dead but they are evolving towards a hybrid offering of "instant, milestone and aspirational." Read More

Interview / Technology

CEO Spotlight: Alex Mans of Flyr

By Linda Fox | May 27, 2025

Alex Mans, founder and CEO of Flyr, discusses the current state of airline retailing and what his company is developing to help modernize the industry. Read More

News / Technology

The impact on travel from Google I/O 2025 launches

By Mark Frary | May 23, 2025

At look at how launches and updates, including AI mode and agentic AI, from the Google I/O 2025 event this week might play out in travel. Read More

Opinion / Technology

4 scenarios on the future of agentic AI in travel

By Mario Gavira | May 22, 2025

Mario Gavira outlines future scenarios amid the evolution of agentic AI in travel—and provides key recommendations for how OTAs can respond. Read More