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Rapid Fire with Sarosh Waghmar of Spotnana
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October 9, 2025
As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.
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ChatGPT brings apps into chat, starting with Expedia and Booking.com
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October 7, 2025
OpenAI said the system is using Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable ChatGPT to connect to external tools and data.
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Rapid Fire with Eric DeLange of Reddit
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October 7, 2025
As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.
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Expedia partners with Perplexity for Comet launch
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October 6, 2025
Expedia is offering Silver status in its OneKey loyalty program in exchange for users downloading Comet’s recently launched browser.
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Amex GBT, Concur partner for integrated travel and expense offering
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October 3, 2025
The offering, dubbed Complete, is a combined effort of both companies that will be available to joint clients later this month.
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RateGain to acquire Sojern for $250M
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October 2, 2025
The companies aim to create an AI-focused, digital marketing and distribution platform to help the travel industry boost guest acquisition, retention and engagement.
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Rapid fire with Paul Jacobs of Kayak
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October 2, 2025
As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.
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Airlines are evolving their innovation mindset
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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...
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HTS adds AI-powered support tool for travel sellers
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October 1, 2025
HTS Assist is meant to offer end-to-end autonomous customer support through voice and chat communications.
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Tech buyout firm Thoma Bravo's plans for PROS post acquisition
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October 1, 2025
Software investment firm Thoma Bravo is set to close on PROS in Q4 and intends to run the business in combination with its existing portfolio company Conga.
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Rapid fire with Richie Karaburun of New York University
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September 30, 2025
As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of short Q&As.
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Lufthansa Group says AI will help it cut 4,000 jobs by 2030
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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.
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TikTok launches travel advertising solution
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September 29, 2025
TikTok’s Travel Ads is meant to connect users with hotel, destination, flight and cruise catalogs as they explore travel content on the platform.
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In the age of AI, experience is the real product
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September 29, 2025
According to Ixigo group co-CEO, the frontier of AI is shifting, and experience is a sustainable advantage.
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PROS chief AI strategist Michael Wu talks AI and airlines
By Morgan Hines
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September 26, 2025
Michael Wu works cross-functionally with the PROS research team to prototype the company’s advanced algorithm and collaborates with the product team to incorporate more AI features.
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