Interviews

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: HostAI

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

HostAI is a "growth function as a service" that handles the direct revenue engine, from guest acquisition to on-site conversion and retention, for OTAs and STRs.... Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Kismet

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

Kismet wants to make it easy for hotels to stand out in an AI storefront.... Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Landng

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

Landng helps brands create interactive consumer journeys with maps offering an alternative to AR/VR that connects consumers to brand stories in real life.... Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Meili

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

Meili builds technology that enables ancillaries such as car rental to integrate directly with airlines and travel brands.... Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Nowadays

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

Nowadays is an AI-native platform that automates venue sourcing, negotiation and reporting.... Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Roamr

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

Roamr helps companies save on travel costs by enabling employees to stay with friends on work trips. The savings are split between the company, the traveler and the host.... Read More

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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: VanityPass

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

VanityPass is taking a new approach to loyalty and travel rewards through its AI loyalty intelligence engine, which is built to deliver personalization at scale.... Read More

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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Walkway

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

Walkway is building an AI-powered growth platform for the experience and attraction industry, turning market and pricing data into clear, actionable insights.... Read More

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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Xsite

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

Xsite helps tourist sites devise AI-powered, media-rich, self-guided tours that adapt to every visitor. ... Read More

News / Online

Rapid Fire with Geoff Freeman of USTA

By Abby Crotty | November 6, 2025

As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As. ... Read More

News / Online

Rapid Fire with Kristie Goshow, formerly of Peregrine Hospitality

By Morgan Hines | November 4, 2025

As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.... Read More

Interview / Startups

Startup Stage: AnotherTrip aims to convert travel content into bookings

By Abby Crotty | November 3, 2025

AnotherTrip works as a "bridge from inspiration to destination," converting travel content into bookable experience maps.... Read More

News / Online

Rapid Fire with Raj Rishi Singh of MakeMyTrip

By Abby Crotty | October 30, 2025

As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As. ... Read More