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The never-ending growth of flight search traffic: From travel agents to AI operators
By Sebastien Gibergues
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March 31, 2025
Sebastien Gibergues, an independent travel consult and former Amadeus executive, details the exponential growth of flight search transactions.
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March 28, 2025
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InteleTravel acquires event ticketing platform Tickitto
By Abby Crotty
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March 25, 2025
InteleTravel said one in 10 travel bookings are related to a live event, concert or sporting event, and this acquisition will enable its network of 130,000 advisors to take advantage of this trend.
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IATA calls for accelerated adoption of digital ID to improve security, operational efficiency
By Morgan Hines
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March 24, 2025
IATA said it is “widely accepted” among industry leaders that digital identity can bring benefits, including stronger document integrity, building global trust and providing operational efficiency.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: DerbySoft, Ixigo, UATP, Veltra and more...
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March 21, 2025
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Accor's chief digital officer talks distribution, direct bookings and loyalty
By Linda Fox
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March 20, 2025
Alix Boulnois, chief business, digital and tech officer of Accor, discusses the hotel group's priorities across distribution, direct bookings and loyalty.
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Concur to get generative AI assistant from SAP
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March 19, 2025
SAP Concur also revealed it has expanded its partnership with American Express to launch real-time authorization data capability, alongside a number of other announcements.
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2025 is the year AI agents will transform airline shopping
By Rick Seaney - 3Victors
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March 18, 2025
Consumers, not companies, will be the real drivers of the agent change as they quickly embrace readily available free online tools more quickly than any airline can.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sihot, HiJiffy, Magpie, Visit Group and more...
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March 14, 2025
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Why travel startup founders step away from running their companies
By Mark Frary
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March 14, 2025
As travel startups begin to scale, founder/CEOs often take the decision to move to product or strategy roles and let someone with a different skillset lead the company through the next stage.
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Wyndham looks to Katanox to save distribution and payment costs
By Linda Fox
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March 13, 2025
The company, which has more than 9,000 properties under franchise, is working with Katanox to drive cost savings and operational efficiencies and better control for franchisees with the technology.
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AI trip planner Mindtrip acquires travel guide platform Thatch
By Morgan Hines
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March 12, 2025
In a post addressed to creators and travelers Monday, Thatch said its content has migrated to Mindtrip.
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Air France-KLM partners with Accenture for cloud move
By Linda Fox
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March 12, 2025
The multi-year initiative sees the airline group move applications from its three existing data centers in a bid to improve operations and increase agility.
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STARTUP STAGE: Arcube helps fliers convert loyalty points to ancillaries
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March 11, 2025
Arcube's platform also works to analyze a passenger’s travel history, market data and other factors to predict and increase the likelihood of a passenger returning to an airline.
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Is an "app-ocalypse" nigh for hospitality tech as AI agents advance?
By Florian Montag - Apaleo
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March 10, 2025
Instead of relying on humans as connective tissue, AI agents acting as self-learning, adaptive digital assistants will manage the entire hospitality tech ecosystem autonomously in the future.
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