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How the hospitality industry can best exploit AI
Opinion / Technology
How the hospitality industry can best exploit AI
By Tim Davis - Pace Dimensions | December 6, 2024
Tim Davis of Pace Dimensions explores how the hospitality industry can take advantage of the technology across a number of front and back office processes.... Read More
Airbnb on striving for personalization and reimagining discovery
News / Online
Airbnb on striving for personalization and reimagining discovery
By Linda Fox | December 5, 2024
Dave Stephenson, Airbnb's chief business officer, shares how the company is thinking about AI, early work with ChatGPT and its plan to use customer data to drive personalization.... Read More
Travel experiences platform KKday plots expansion following $70M injection
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
Air France-KLM partners with Google Cloud to boost data capabilities
News / Technology
Air France-KLM partners with Google Cloud to boost data capabilities
By Linda Fox | December 4, 2024
The partnership also enables Air France-KLM to take advantage of Google Cloud generative AI expertise as the airlines build a “common, joint and unique data lakehouse.”... Read More
Garner on the continuing evolution of airline distribution
News / Distribution
Garner on the continuing evolution of airline distribution
By Morgan Hines | December 4, 2024
In a keynote at The Beat Live, Cory Garner explained why airlines' interest in customer loyalty will help to boost their efforts to grow distribution through direct channels.  ... Read More
Airline tech experts on retailing and distribution trends
News / Distribution
Airline tech experts on retailing and distribution trends
By Linda Fox | December 4, 2024
Airline technology executives from CitizenPlane and Dohop discuss the adoption of NDC as airlines look to the next phase of their retailing journeys and ongoing challenges.... Read More
Google talks generative AI, voice and the future of search
News / Technology
Google talks generative AI, voice and the future of search
By Mark Frary | December 3, 2024
Julie Farago, Google’s vice president of engineering for travel and local search, leads a team of 700 engineers who handle two billion searches every day – 15% of which Google has never been asked before.... Read More
Southeast Asia's travel tech sector at pivotal moment for value creation
News / Online
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 firms like Asia Partners.... Read More
Oojo's CEO on the challenges of an end-to-end travel platform
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Oojo's CEO on the challenges of an end-to-end travel platform
By Linda Fox | December 2, 2024
Gulce Karsli Rozenveld believes only three travel companies are capable of creating a one-stop travel shop because of the huge time, investment and other resources it requires.... Read More
Booking sources evolving in STR industry, report says
News / Online
Booking sources evolving in STR industry, report says
By Morgan Hines | December 2, 2024
A recent survey from Hostfully found fewer bookings are coming from Airbnb, property managers are growing by adding new inventory and more managers want to use AI.... Read More
Breeze Airways' David Neeleman talks culture, technology and communication
News / Distribution
Breeze Airways' David Neeleman talks culture, technology and communication
By Matthew Parsons | December 2, 2024
Neeleman launched Breeze Airways in May 2021, making it his fifth commercial airline startup along with Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue and Azul.... Read More
Mondee says no plan to appeal Nasdaq non-compliance
News / Online
Mondee says no plan to appeal Nasdaq non-compliance
By Linda Fox | November 28, 2024
Mondee delayed the filing of its third quarter earnings earlier this month and received a letter of non-compliance from the Nasdaq. CEO Prasad Gundumogula has taken a leave of absence.... Read More
PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: HomeToGo, The Trip Boutique, Oojo and more
News / Technology
PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: HomeToGo, The Trip Boutique, Oojo and more
By PhocusWire | November 27, 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
Philip Wolf scholarship winners PlacesToGo, GuestOS on their journey as founders
News / Startups
Philip Wolf scholarship winners PlacesToGo, GuestOS on their journey as founders
By Morgan Hines | November 27, 2024
Founding a startup calls for innovation and grit — two qualities with which founders Jessie Fischer, founder and CEO of GuestOS, and Arielle Warren, CEO of PlacesToGo, are familiar.... Read More
CDS Groupe acquires enterprise resource planning provider SIAP
News / Online
CDS Groupe acquires enterprise resource planning provider SIAP
By Morgan Hines | November 27, 2024
SIAP is an Italy-based provider of software for travel management companies and tour operators, with more than 1,000 clients across the country.... Read More
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