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Interview / Startups

Startup Stage: Fikäfi wants to make payments more efficient for hotels

By Abby Crotty | August 17, 2026

Singapore-based Fikäfi integrates with hotels' systems to simplify workflow and payment collection.... Read More

Opinion / Technology

AI tools are becoming a single point of failure for hotels: How to reduce the risk

By Stephan Wiesener and Mike Rawson | August 17, 2026

Apaleo's Stephan Wiesener and citizenM's Mike Rawson argue that hotels need to treat AI resilience as an architectural consideration.... Read More

News / Online

Agoda’s Tim Hughes on online travel’s broken promise and AI’s 'Reddit' dilemma

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | August 14, 2026

Agoda’s Timothy Hughes sat down at WiT Queenstown to discuss why online travel hasn't delivered on its oldest promise and why the fix for AI’s travel-advice problem might be in New Zealand. ... Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Mews, Agoda, Spotnana and more...

By PhocusWire | August 14, 2026

Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.... Read More

News / Technology

Case studies on AI in travel highlight data, trust and bottleneck challenges

By Linda Fox | August 14, 2026

Phocuswright Europe 2026 provided a platform for three companies—TravlrID, TrustYou and The Hotels Network—to share examples of AI in action and debate challenges.... Read More

News / Technology

The challenge of keeping AI-generated travel review summaries accurate, objective and useful

By Abby Crotty | August 13, 2026

AI-generated review summaries promise simplicity in travel, but can they capture the full picture?... Read More

News / Technology

Fliggy announces its latest agentic AI travel assistant

By Abby Crotty | August 12, 2026

The assistant is powered by Alibaba’s Qwen model and trained on Fliggy’s proprietary travel data and real-time transaction systems.... Read More

News / Finance

TUI Group credits AI-driven cost savings for Q3 results

By Linda Fox | August 12, 2026

TUI Group CEO Sebastian Ebel described AI as a game changer for customer service and yield management, as well as for distribution going forward. ... Read More

News / Startups

Entravel Group secures $7.5M to expand white-label model in travel

By Linda Fox | August 12, 2026

The investment will go towards processing higher booking volumes and the launch of a stablecoin-enabled financial layer for settlement.... Read More

Interview / Technology

AI transformation in travel: Javier Cabrerizo of HBX Group

By Morgan Hines | August 12, 2026

Javier Cabrerizo, chief strategy, transformation and AI officer for HBX Group, sat down with PhocusWire as part of our AI Transformation in Travel series.... Read More

News / Distribution

Airbnb partners with Tripadvisor amid plans to scale Experiences

By Abby Crotty | August 11, 2026

On Airbnb's Q2 earnings call, CEO Brian Chesky said Experiences growth is "on a multiyear time horizon."... Read More

News / Online

IHG working with Google agentic booking pilot, wider AI initiatives

By Linda Fox | August 11, 2026

IHG confirmed its participation in Google's agentic AI booking pilot during its H1 2026 earnings report.... Read More

News / Finance

Zerolook secures $1.9M to address AI search volumes

By Linda Fox | August 11, 2026

The Switzerland-based company uses machine learning to predict prices and flight itineraries to help reduce the volume of hits on airline systems.... Read More