Investments

News / Online

Phocuswright analysts share their travel predictions for 2025

By Morgan Hines | January 2, 2025

AI agents, luxury travel, developments in APAC, short-term rentals, digital ID and eVTOLS are some of the topics Phocuswright analysts are watching for 2025. Read More

News / Technology

Travel industry leaders' predictions for 2025

By Morgan Hines | January 2, 2025

Executives from Travelport, Klook, Cloudbeds, Spotnana, Mews and more share their predictions for the year ahead, including their takes on artificial intelligence, search, funding and more. Read More

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Poland-based WP Holding to purchase Invia Group for nearly €240M

By Morgan Hines | December 23, 2024

The technology holding company has signed a framework agreement to buy all the shares of the travel company. Invia Group operates in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary... Read More

News / Startups

How travel startup funding shaped up in 2024

By Linda Fox | December 23, 2024

We've rounded up details on some of the top travel tech funding stories of 2024 along with insights from investors, including a panel from The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

News / Startups

TripSuite raises $5M to grow AI platform for agencies

By Morgan Hines | December 19, 2024

TripSuite's platform for travel agencies offers tools for customer relationship management, commission tracking, accounting, payments and more. Read More

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Kayak's Steve Hafner on strategies for weighing opportunity and risk

By Morgan Hines | December 19, 2024

The Kayak co-founder gambles in his own life but is a bit more careful with business decisions, as he explained on Center Stage at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

News / Technology

Hostaway raises $365M for AI, product development and expansion

By Linda Fox | December 17, 2024

The property management technology company has landed the funding from General Atlantic and previous investor PSG at a valuation of $925 million. Read More

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AI, algorithms and Uber's potential acquisitions: PhocusWire's top opinion stories of 2024

By PhocusWire | December 13, 2024

This year's most popular op-eds were heavy on AI and also covered algorithms, the possible acquisition of Expedia and major incidences like the CrowdStrike outage. Read More

News / Startups

Travel M&A activity heating up as experts see readiness in buyers, sellers

By Morgan Hines | December 13, 2024

In comparison to last year, Matt Zito and Min Liu said the travel investment and acquisition environment has been more active, in part due to better macroeconomic conditions. Read More

News / Distribution

BlaBlaCar acquires Turkey-based bus ticketing platform Obilet

By Linda Fox | December 12, 2024

Obilet provides data to B2B partners as well as ticketing software to bus operators. The company also aggregates bus services from more than 500 operators as well offering train and ferry tickets. Read More

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Camping platform Acamp merges with competitor Campio

By Mileva Sapic | December 6, 2024

The companies said hosts using Acamp and Campio will now benefit from increased exposure to a larger audience and new tools to help manage listings as a result of merger. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: SITA, Sabre, Amadeus and more

By PhocusWire | December 6, 2024

Keep up with all the latest people, product and partner news from around the global travel industry in PhocusWire's weekly roundup. Read More

News / Online

Travel experiences platform KKday plots expansion following $70M injection

By Mileva Sapic | December 4, 2024

KKday plans to enhance its market position, invest in artificial intelligence and deepen its presence across the Asia-Pacific region with its latest investment. Read More

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Southeast Asia's travel tech sector at pivotal moment for value creation

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WebinTravel | December 2, 2024

Southeast Asia’s early-stage investment ecosystem is also helping to create a robust pipeline of potential growth-stage travel tech companies, a factor that makes the region particularly attractive for... Read More