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Destination Different: How Gen Z is rewriting the travel playbook

By AB Tasty | October 28, 2025

The travel and hospitality industry is rapidly evolving, and Gen Z is quickly reshaping what the online travel journey looks like. Read More

News / Online

Banks and airlines continue battle over consumer loyalty

By Abby Crotty | October 24, 2025

A new report from consulting firm IdeaWorksCompany highlighted strengths and weaknesses of both entities, but banks maintain an edge. Read More

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The hidden revenue hack hotels are using to end the year strong

By Hospitality Solutions | October 23, 2025

Gift cards and experience vouchers are turning recipients into loyal guests and driving high-margin revenue through the holiday season and beyond. Read More

News / Online

Grab introduces third-party partner apps

By Abby Crotty | October 22, 2025

Grab has partnered with five service apps that are now available on Grab's app in Singapore and Malaysia. Read More

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Phocuswright names winners of the 2025 Philip C. Wolf Memorial Scholarship

By PhocusWire | October 20, 2025

Sebastián Muñoz, co-founder of Rutopía, and Jen Wong, founder and CEO of Laasie, received this year's award. Read More

News / Startups

Revolut acquires Swifty to build AI concierge for customers

By Linda Fox | October 14, 2025

Swifty, which launched in 2023, uses LLMs and a conversational interface to help plan and book corporate travel, including payment and invoicing. Read More

Interview / Online

CEO Spotlight: Muzzammil Ahussain of Almosafer

By Abby Crotty | October 14, 2025

Almosafer CEO Muzzammil Ahussain sat down for an interview to discuss ongoing goals for the OTA and changing customer behaviors. Read More

News / Online

The five developments driving the evolution of U.S. OTAs

By Phocuswright Research | October 13, 2025

Amid cooling domestic demand, U.S. OTAs are adapting to a more competitive and uncertain landscape. Read More

News / Technology

ChatGPT brings apps into chat, starting with Expedia and Booking.com

By Morgan Hines | October 7, 2025

OpenAI said the system is using Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable ChatGPT to connect to external tools and data. Read More

News / Technology

Expedia partners with Perplexity for Comet launch

By Morgan Hines | October 6, 2025

Expedia is offering Silver status in its OneKey loyalty program in exchange for users downloading Comet’s recently launched browser. Read More

News / Distribution

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

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Airlines are evolving their innovation mindset

By Cara Whitehill - Thayer Investment Partners | October 2, 2025

Airline corporate venture capital teams are adopting a different line of sight when looking at investment and innovation, engaging outside their traditional aviation footprint and tapping into... Read More

News / Startups

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

News / Online

Lufthansa Group says AI will help it cut 4,000 jobs by 2030

By Morgan Hines | September 29, 2025

Lufthansa Group also said it intends to increase the number of active members in its “Miles & More” loyalty program by 50% by 2030. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Report: 2025 state of AI for travel and airlines

By Amperity | September 29, 2025

Hotels and airlines are racing to adopt AI, but many are falling short. Find out how your brand stacks up in the State of AI in Travel 2025 report. Read More

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