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Plusgrade acquires Oaky, plans unified upsell platform
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Plusgrade acquires Oaky, plans unified upsell platform
By Linda Fox | October 6, 2025
Plusgrade's deal to acquire Oaky is its third in recent years following its acquisition of UpStay and Points.com.... Read More
Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021
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Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021
By Mileva Sapic | October 6, 2025
Zamna, Troop, Kyte and Tripkicks, which were selected as PhocusWire's Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021, share their milestones for the past year and the technology they are most excited about.... Read More
Momentum and bottlenecks: India’s aviation in focus
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Momentum and bottlenecks: India’s aviation in focus
By Phocuswright Research | October 6, 2025
India has now emerged as the world's third-largest aviation market by passenger traffic.... Read More
Amex GBT, Concur partner for integrated travel and expense offering
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Amex GBT, Concur partner for integrated travel and expense offering
By Michael B. Baker - BTN | October 3, 2025
The offering, dubbed Complete, is a combined effort of both companies that will be available to joint clients later this month.... Read More
Pacaso secures $72.5M for luxury rentals co-ownership platform
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Pacaso secures $72.5M for luxury rentals co-ownership platform
By Linda Fox | October 3, 2025
The funding comes on top of a recent $100 million credit facility with Texas Capital which is being put towards a mortgage initiative for co-ownership.... Read More
PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Booking.com, HBX, Travelport and more...
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Booking.com, HBX, Travelport and more...
By PhocusWire | October 3, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.... Read More
Hotel chains struggle with AI strategy, independents see fast ROI
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Hotel chains struggle with AI strategy, independents see fast ROI
By Marisa Garcia | October 3, 2025
Separate studies from H2c and TakeUp capture perspectives on artificial intelligence usage from more 370 hoteliers worldwide, encompassing luxury chains, mid-market brands and small, independent hotels.... Read More
RateGain to acquire Sojern for $250M
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RateGain to acquire Sojern for $250M
By Morgan Hines | October 2, 2025
The companies aim to create an AI-focused, digital marketing and distribution platform to help the travel industry boost guest acquisition, retention and engagement.... Read More
Rapid fire with Paul Jacobs of Kayak
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Rapid fire with Paul Jacobs of Kayak
By Morgan Hines | 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.... Read More
From SEO to GEO, hotels confront the future of digital discovery
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From SEO to GEO, hotels confront the future of digital discovery
By Matthew Parsons | October 2, 2025
Hospitality brands and independent properties are trying to figure out how best to appear directly in the detailed answers large language models are returning.... Read More
HTS adds AI-powered support tool for travel sellers
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HTS adds AI-powered support tool for travel sellers
By Morgan Hines | October 1, 2025
HTS Assist is meant to offer end-to-end autonomous customer support through voice and chat communications.... Read More
Tracking Q3 travel startup funding
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Tracking Q3 travel startup funding
By Linda Fox | October 1, 2025
PhocusWire tracks the large and small travel startup funding rounds in Q3 as well as M&A activity in the space.... Read More
Tech buyout firm Thoma Bravo's plans for PROS post acquisition
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Tech buyout firm Thoma Bravo's plans for PROS post acquisition
By Morgan Hines | October 1, 2025
Software investment firm Thoma Bravo is set to close on PROS in Q4 and intends to run the business in combination with its existing portfolio company Conga.... Read More
Mews adds housekeeping tech to platform with acquisition of Flexkeeping
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Mews adds housekeeping tech to platform with acquisition of Flexkeeping
By Linda Fox | September 30, 2025
Flexkeeping said its technology has helped hotel teams become 40% more productive, reduced guest complaints by 45% and improved the guest experience.... Read More
Hospitable looks to platform users and employees to raise $1.5M
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Hospitable looks to platform users and employees to raise $1.5M
By Linda Fox | September 30, 2025
The company describes itself as a short-term rental super app offering a range of services including automated guest messaging and rate optimization.... Read More
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