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Travel investment, acquisitions and public market plays in 2025

By Linda Fox | January 16, 2026

Funding started out strong with Perk securing $200 million, but similar large rounds were few and far... Read More

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Sabre takes stake in BizTrip AI, plans AI corporate travel assistants

By Linda Fox | January 14, 2026

The partnership pairs Sabre’s agentic APIs and MCP with BizTrip AI’s travel LLM model and agentic AI... Read More

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Kasa takes over Mint House properties to expand accommodation platform

By Linda Fox | January 14, 2026

Commercial terms have not been disclosed, but in addition to expanding Kasa’s portfolio, the deal... Read More

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Flix sees opportunity in airport transfers, acquires Flibco

By Linda Fox | January 13, 2026

The acquisition builds on Flix's launch of airport-shuttle services in markets such as Sweden, as well... Read More

News / Technology

Yipy attracts $1M to scale hotel standards management system

By Linda Fox | January 13, 2026

Yipy aims to address the challenges of static documents through “a centralized, mobile-first system,”... Read More

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Travel executives on spreading bets with AI

By Linda Fox | January 9, 2026

C.A. Clark of Miles Partnership and Marius Nigond of iWander discuss excitement, concerns and risk... Read More

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Lighthouse brings in CFO with IPO experience

By Linda Fox | January 8, 2026

Lighthouse said it is building the "financial and strategic infrastucture to match its scale."... Read More

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Airbnb on the technology foundation behind selling more, loyalty and fees

By Linda Fox | January 7, 2026

Airbnb's chief business officer Dave Stephenson talks new lines of business, loyalty, changing fees... Read More

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Financial analysts on change in travel's search-based model

By Linda Fox | January 6, 2026

Financial analysts from Barclays, Evercore and Mizuho dissect AI's impact on travel search and booking... Read More

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How Etraveli is thinking about its 'longer-term horizon'

By Linda Fox | January 2, 2026

According to Etraveli CEO Mathias Hedlund, the company wants to 'double down' on its B2B strategy.... Read More

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