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Latin America-based corporate travel startup Onfly raises $40M
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Latin America-based corporate travel startup Onfly raises $40M
By Morgan Hines | April 15, 2025
Brazil-based Onfly, founded in 2018, aims to streamline and digitize corporate travel and expense management, now working with more than 2,000 companies.... Read More
Cloudbeds launches lab to drive innovation
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Cloudbeds launches lab to drive innovation
By Morgan Hines | April 15, 2025
The company’s division launches with two new solutions, Signal and Engage, built on Cloudbeds Intelligence.... Read More
Sonder makes $50M in cost reductions including layoffs ahead of Marriott integration
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Sonder makes $50M in cost reductions including layoffs ahead of Marriott integration
By Abby Crotty | April 14, 2025
The short-term rental specialist will cut costs by reducing its workforce and implementing "software savings."... Read More
NextTrip acquires luxury OTA Five Star Alliance
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NextTrip acquires luxury OTA Five Star Alliance
By Abby Crotty | April 14, 2025
The latest acquisition is anticipated to help NextTrip expand its reach in the luxury travel sector.... Read More
BizAway acquires Aervio, boosts travel management tech offering
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BizAway acquires Aervio, boosts travel management tech offering
By Linda Fox | April 14, 2025
Aervio said its business travel optimization platform uses natural language processing to fulfill requests and can reduce search, booking and billing time by 90%.... Read More
How travel businesses choose the right AI model
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How travel businesses choose the right AI model
By Mark Frary | April 14, 2025
The world of AI is expanding rapidly, creating both solutions and concerns for travel companies.... Read More
Why attribute-based selling is gaining momentum
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Why attribute-based selling is gaining momentum
By Matthew Parsons | April 14, 2025
Hotels are using attribute-based selling more often, allowing guests to pick and choose specific characteristics based on their own preferences.... Read More
HostAI becomes Conduit, raises $3.1M
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HostAI becomes Conduit, raises $3.1M
By Morgan Hines | April 11, 2025
Conduit, which started out calling itself “Shopify for Travel,” has grown from a tool for automated guest messaging for STRs “into something much bigger.”... Read More
PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: SITA, IATA, Fora Travel, Directo and more...
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: SITA, IATA, Fora Travel, Directo and more...
By PhocusWire | April 11, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.... Read More
Vacation rental techs talk investment, acquisitions and organic growth
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Vacation rental techs talk investment, acquisitions and organic growth
By Linda Fox | April 11, 2025
Vacation rental tech platforms discussed the current investment landscape and creating a balance between acquisitions and organic growth at the Short Stay Summit.... Read More
Kayak launches new AI tool for travel search
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Kayak launches new AI tool for travel search
By Abby Crotty | April 10, 2025
Kayak described the new platform as its tech team's "playground for innovation" and said what works best on Kayak.ai will then become part of Kayak.com for everyone to use.... Read More
Sustainability-focused travel management platform Goodwings raises nearly $3M
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Sustainability-focused travel management platform Goodwings raises nearly $3M
By Morgan Hines | April 10, 2025
The raise will allow the Denmark-based company to create its Sustainability Suite 3.0, which will include new tools for businesses to limit their carbon footprint.... Read More
Investors discuss the state of IPOs in travel
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Investors discuss the state of IPOs in travel
By Mark Frary | April 10, 2025
Investors discuss the current market and the potential for travel IPOs in the U.S., Asia and Europe in 2025.... Read More
The path to growing alternative revenue for short-term rentals
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The path to growing alternative revenue for short-term rentals
By Phocuswright Research | April 10, 2025
For companies that serve short-term rentals, it is critical to understand what type of technological and ancillary tools operators are turning to.... Read More
MSC, Vision-Box partner to streamline cruise experience with biometrics
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MSC, Vision-Box partner to streamline cruise experience with biometrics
By Morgan Hines | April 9, 2025
Amadeus, which acquired Vision-Box in 2024, said the partnership marks a “major step” toward digitizing the cruise journey and could become a model for the industry to implement biometric capabilities.... Read More
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