IT Services

Interview / Technology

VIDEO: The Data Appeal Company - Launch pitch at Phocuswright Europe 2021

By PhocusWire | July 8, 2021

The company's Data Appeal Studio is a data-driven destination analysis platform based on location and experience intelligence. Read More

News / Technology

SITA claims automation will be the only way to tackle aviation's recovery challenge

By Linda Fox | July 5, 2021

In addition to managing health requirements, airlines and airports need automation to improve the passenger experience and increase efficiency. Read More

Interview / Startups

VIDEO: RoomPriceGenie - Summit pitch winner at Phocuswright Europe 2021

By PhocusWire | July 1, 2021

RoomPriceGenie is dynamic pricing software that can automatically set prices and helps hotels and serviced apartments to increase revenue by 15-20%. Read More

News / Technology

Airports test virtual queuing for security checkpoints

By Robert Silk - Travel Weekly | July 1, 2021

Two airports are testing technology that would enable flyers to shorten the time they spend in TSA checkpoint lines. Read More

Interview / Startups

Startup Stage: Travlled opens up guest data services for hotels

By Jill Menze | June 30, 2021

Travlled solves the guest data issue, by enabling customers to create and share their unique preference profile with hotels. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Hotel payments: Is it time for a wake-up call?

By Worldpay by FIS | June 29, 2021

As a hotelier, it's very likely that in recent times you've experienced a sea change in the way travelers want to book, pay for, and ultimately visit hotels. Read More

News / Startups

Hotelhero founders exit, join hospitality tech specialist Apaleo

By Jill Menze | June 29, 2021

Hotel software review and recommendation platform Hotelhero will begin to wind down operations as its founding team joins hospitality technology specialist Apaleo. Read More

News / Technology

Private equity takes majority stake in hospitality tech provider Enseo

By Mitra Sorrells | June 23, 2021

Enseo will use the capital to accelerate growth, including expanding into new vertical markets and pursuing mergers and acquisitions. Read More

Opinion / Technology

The intersection of travel and mobility requires a big effort on tech

By David Litwak - Ground Control | June 21, 2021

In order for integration businesses, or marketplaces, to exist you need to have enough of the industry onboarded and accessible - especially as mobility and travel come close together. Read More

News / Technology

Google's Waymo collects $2.5B to continue autonomous driving push

By Kevin May | June 18, 2021

The new investment follows a $2.25 billion deal in March 2020, a top-up round of $750 million just three months later and the departure of its CEO in April 2021. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: Cruise can take some tentative steps into a digital world

By PhocusWire | June 18, 2021

For the sector to appeal to younger, digital-savvy generations, cruise will certainly have to evolve to reach them in the channels that they use and methods that they as consumers deploy for everything... Read More

News / Technology

Travelport shifts to cloud hosting through Amazon Web Services

By Kevin May | June 15, 2021

The distribution and travel IT giant will migrate its global platform to Amazon Web Services as part of a wider-ranging agreement. Read More

Interview / Technology

Sounding Off: Not all tech fads have a place in travel

By PhocusWire | June 11, 2021

NFTs are probably at the very thinnest end of a useful wedge right now but travel brands need at the very least to be keeping one eye on the bigger trends in the tech space. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: System security in travel is a constant battle

By PhocusWire | June 11, 2021

We speak to Raullen Chai, CEO of IoTex, about travel system breaches and what the industry can do to spot attacks and react to them quickly. Read More