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New laws drive hotels to explore digital ID solutions
By Marisa Garcia
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March 19, 2025
As the European Union prepares to widely roll out digital identity wallets, experts say hotels should act now to adopt these solutions to smooth guest experiences.
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Lufthansa's AI assistant Swifty pilots with SWISS, plots next steps
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March 18, 2025
The pilot offers website users the option to book their flight using AI alongside traditional search.
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Tripadvisor brings in Booking.com veteran as president of Viator
By Linda Fox
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March 17, 2025
Almost a year since Ben Drew stepped down, Tripadvisor Group is bringing in former Booking.com executive Pepijn Rijvers to lead Viator's next phase of growth.
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AI trip planner Mindtrip acquires travel guide platform Thatch
By Morgan Hines
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March 12, 2025
In a post addressed to creators and travelers Monday, Thatch said its content has migrated to Mindtrip.
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Trip.com Group, WTTC provide glimpse of future technology game changers
By Linda Fox
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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...
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: TravelPerk, Airbnb, Expedia Group, SWA, Hostaway and more...
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February 28, 2025
Here's our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week.
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Young travelers transitioning to AI trip planning in Southeast Asia
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February 11, 2025
Southeast Asia's booking pathway is online, increasingly mobile and with a high potential to be influenced and/or disrupted by artificial intelligence agents and applications.
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Lufthansa's AI assistant Swifty integrated into LINE messenger
By Morgan Hines
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February 6, 2025
Lufthansa Group customers in Japan will be able to book flights on select airlines in the LINE messenger app thanks to the integration of Swifty into the platform.
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Does Reddit have a serious role to play in trip planning?
By Matthew Parsons
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January 23, 2025
Reddit's r/travel community boasts 12-million members and screen views grew nearly 33% in the past year, making the platform an increasingly important consideration for travel planners.
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With U.S. TikTok ban looming, how could travel brands be impacted?
By Morgan Hines
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January 16, 2025
Travel brands including Expedia, Booking.com, Airbnb, United Airlines, Hilton, Kayak and more use TikTok as part of their marketing strategies.
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Travel marketing experts on Google's dominance in the face of AI
By Morgan Hines
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January 16, 2025
Technology including artificial intelligence, new players and other innovations are shaking up travel marketing.
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Is India’s travel sector on the verge of a boom?
By Morgan Hines
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January 15, 2025
Some claim India’s trajectory looks similar to China’s path a dozen or so years ago in terms of discretionary spending.
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Tripadvisor partners with Perplexity to improve trip planning
By Linda Fox
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January 9, 2025
The partnership sees the integration of Tripadvisor’s reviews, AI generated summaries and more than 300,000 experiences from Viator with Perplexity’s chatbot-style search capabilities.
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Biometric developments gathering pace at U.S. airports
By Robert Silk - Travel Weekly
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January 9, 2025
Technology is no longer seen as a challenge as touchless ID verification and other developments are bringing the seamless travel dream to life.
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Delta provides glimpse at future with digital assistant
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January 8, 2025
Delta Air Lines is rolling out capabilities of its new Delta Concierge, which will provide "contextual insights" for travelers and link with partners including Joby and Uber to enable a multimodal,...
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