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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Accelya, Hotelrunner, Riyadh Air and more...

By PhocusWire | October 10, 2025

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

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Rapid Fire with Sarosh Waghmar of Spotnana

By Morgan Hines | 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. Read More

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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

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Rapid Fire with Eric DeLange of Reddit

By Morgan Hines | 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. Read More

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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

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Amex GBT, Concur partner for integrated travel and expense offering

By Michael B. Baker - BTN | October 3, 2025

The offering, dubbed Complete, is a combined effort of both companies that will be available to joint clients later this month. Read More

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RateGain to acquire Sojern for $250M

By Morgan Hines | 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. Read More

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Rapid fire with Paul Jacobs of Kayak

By Morgan Hines | 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. 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

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HTS adds AI-powered support tool for travel sellers

By Morgan Hines | October 1, 2025

HTS Assist is meant to offer end-to-end autonomous customer support through voice and chat communications. Read More

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Tech buyout firm Thoma Bravo's plans for PROS post acquisition

By Morgan Hines | 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. Read More

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Rapid fire with Richie Karaburun of New York University

By Morgan Hines | 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. Read More

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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

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TikTok launches travel advertising solution

By Morgan Hines | 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. Read More