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Mapping the data journey through pilots, co-pilots, autopilots and AI pilots
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November 14, 2025
Ali Beklen, founder and managing partner or HotelRunner, believes travel businesses need an AI pilot due to two new data concepts.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Amadeus, Meili, HTS and more...
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November 7, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.
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Juniper Group adds Inspiretec in latest travel tech acquisition
By Abby Crotty
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November 3, 2025
So far this year, Juniper Group has also acquired InteRES, RezMagic and BMF.
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Rapid Fire with Adam Harris of Cloudbeds
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October 28, 2025
As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.
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Trip.com Group's COO Xing Xiong reflects on the AI age
By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT
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October 24, 2025
At WiT’s 20th anniversary conference, Trip.com Group's COO Xing Xiong spoke about navigating disruption, the limits of AI and why human passion remains the most irreplaceable asset in travel.
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The Middle East travel startup atmosphere is buzzing
By Morgan Hines
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October 22, 2025
As the Middle East sees rapid travel growth, its startup environment is characterized by ambition and innovation with government support, according to travel stakeholders.
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European Commission's tourism strategy will focus on 3 priorities
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October 20, 2025
Apostolos Tzitzikostas, European commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism, shared Europe’s upcoming strategic goals for travel.
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How the corporate travel sector should think about AI
By Morgan Hines
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October 20, 2025
Commitment to AI use and learning matters as corporate travel starts to adopt the new technology.
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Delta Air Lines on measured NDC, AI approach
By Morgan Hines
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October 17, 2025
Steve Sear, EVP of global sales and distribution for Delta Air Lines, discussed why the airline isn’t rushing NDC or AI.
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Report: The new guest experience economy
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October 16, 2025
Competition from luxury hotel brands entering the vacation rental market has made it essential for short-term rental operators to deliver standardized, premium experiences that can scale.
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ChatGPT brings apps into chat, starting with Expedia and Booking.com
By Morgan Hines
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October 7, 2025
OpenAI said the system is using Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable ChatGPT to connect to external tools and data.
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Expedia partners with Perplexity for Comet launch
By Morgan Hines
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October 6, 2025
Expedia is offering Silver status in its OneKey loyalty program in exchange for users downloading Comet’s recently launched browser.
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Amex GBT, Concur partner for integrated travel and expense offering
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October 3, 2025
The offering, dubbed Complete, is a combined effort of both companies that will be available to joint clients later this month.
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Rapid fire with Paul Jacobs of Kayak
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October 2, 2025
As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.
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HTS adds AI-powered support tool for travel sellers
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October 1, 2025
HTS Assist is meant to offer end-to-end autonomous customer support through voice and chat communications.
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