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Asia’s full rebound meets AI revolution: Leapfrogging into the future

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | March 26, 2025

For Schubert Lou, chief operating officer at Trip.com, 2025 marks a defining moment for the travel industry, given the full return of Asia and AI acceleration. Read More

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Perplexity partners with Selfbook, Tripadvisor to offer hotel booking

By Morgan Hines | March 25, 2025

Users can make a natural language query for hotels with Perplexity, and the platform can then surface relevant, bookable properties based on Selfbook data and reviews from Tripadvisor. Read More

News / Startups

Conversational AI provider Kleio receives €3M in funding

By Morgan Hines | March 7, 2025

The 2024-founded company will use the new capital to drive adoption, increase the range of skills its AI agents can complete and train AI models for sales. Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Cendyn, Daytrip, Shiji, TUI and more...

By PhocusWire | March 7, 2025

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

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Trip.com Group, WTTC provide glimpse of future technology game changers

By Linda Fox | March 5, 2025

The Trip.com Group/WTTC study is divided into four trend areas-digital technologies, financial technologies, future of mobility and breakthrough innovations- and evaluates why the trends are important... Read More

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Alexa+ could earn “top-of-the-funnel” spot in travel research

By Morgan Hines | March 4, 2025

Travel brands including Tripadvisor and Uber have partnered with Amazon for the debut of its reimagined voice assistant. Read More

News / Startups

AI travel software provider Maya raises €1M

By Morgan Hines | February 27, 2025

The funding, which included investors such as Lighthouse, will be used to fuel global growth and further develop the company's white-label AI assistant. Read More

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Property management provider Apaleo creates marketplace for hospitality AI agents

By Morgan Hines | February 26, 2025

Apaleo said it has created Agent Hub to help hoteliers and tech developers share, adopt, discover and build solutions based on AI. Read More

Interview / Online

CEO Spotlight: Eric Goldreyer of Savvy

By Morgan Hines | February 26, 2025

Eric Goldreyer has spent three decades in the travel industry, with a focus on short-term rentals as founder of BedandBreakfast.com back in 1995 and later co-founder of TurnKey Vacation Rentals. Read More

News / Startups

Less than 10% of airlines have invested in startups

By Morgan Hines | February 25, 2025

A new report from Lufthansa Innovation Hub found airlines tend to be conservative when it comes to investing in startups, but those that do are prioritizing startups working in sustainability and AI.... Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: HBX Group, NaviSavi, Cellpoint Digital and more...

By PhocusWire | February 21, 2025

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

News / Startups

Superlogic, Open Network Exchange launch Bookit rewards platform

By Morgan Hines | February 20, 2025

The artificial intelligence-powered platform is meant to provide “elite access” to experiences that go beyond travel such as front-row seats at sporting events, concerts, private tours and ski retreats. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Is 2025 the year of payments transformation?

By David Doctor - Outpayce from Amadeus | February 18, 2025

Predictions from Outpayce CEO David Doctor who believes many travel companies will put payments at the top of their priority list in 2025. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Mendel wants to be the go-to corporate travel platform for Latin America

By Morgan Hines | February 13, 2025

Founded in 2021 and based in Mexico City, the company provides a corporate travel platform that includes online booking, expense management and payments. Read More

Interview / Technology

CEO Spotlight: Sean Fitzpatrick of Lighthouse

By Linda Fox | February 13, 2025

The company raised $370 million in Series C funding in November, and Fitzpatrick sees huge opportunity for the company to grow, particularly in the independent hotel sector. Read More

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