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U.S. car rental: Cooling off or resetting the ride?
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July 2, 2025
With rental rates softening and average revenue per day dipping, companies are shifting gears from high-margin pricing to tighter fleet control and long strategy.
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Optimizing airline customer engagement: Integrating airline partners at every touchpoint
By Michelle Bruno
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June 30, 2025
Partnerships enable airlines to optimize customer engagement at multiple touchpoints, contributing data and insights, closing service gaps, mitigating disruption, providing specialized services and...
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Online travel veterans on travel technology evolution and what's next
By Abby Crotty
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June 26, 2025
In a special session at Phocuswright Europe, online travel vets Mauricio Prieto and Gillian Tans shared their thoughts on the state of the industry and where it's headed amid the age of AI.
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AI trip planning platform Mindtrip launches mobile app
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June 25, 2025
Mindtrip's app is intended to act as a “on-trip companion” for travelers, generating recommendations tailored to user preferences and location.
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What products need development, according to Expedia Group
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June 24, 2025
Shilpa Ranganathan, chief product officer of Expedia Group, said there are three areas that could benefit from more development, product-wise.
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The evolving role of AI in business travel
By Mark Frary
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June 18, 2025
In the year since the 2024 Business Travel Show Europe, we have seen a torrent of AI-related announcements and launches in the business travel sector.
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Agilysys, Duetto, Zucchetti North America and more hospitality news from HITEC 2025
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June 17, 2025
At HITEC 2025, technology companies unveiled their latest innovations for the hospitality industry, including several integrating artificial intelligence.
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Allianz—EMEA People’s Choice winner at Phocuswright Europe 2025
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June 16, 2025
Allianz took the stage to present its product Allyz, its free app, which aims to reinvent the end-to-end traveler journey.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Amex GBT, Sabre, Accelya and more...
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June 13, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.
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Speakspots launches white-label AI agent
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June 11, 2025
The AI agent, which marks Speakspots' B2B entry, should help hotels automate guest communications and drive incremental revenue.
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Travel eSIM provider Kolet attracts investment from Expedia, Apple vets
By Abby Crotty
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June 10, 2025
The funding will be used to enhance Kolet's mobile app, simplify eSIM installation for first-time users and hire additional team members.
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Travel industry readies itself for the arrival of agentic commerce
By Matthew Parsons
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June 9, 2025
The groundwork for agentic commerce is being done. The question is: How prepared is the travel sector?
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Uber, eDreams Odigeo, SITA and more...
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June 6, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.
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Rapid Fire with Karen Bolda of Expedia Group
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June 5, 2025
As we count down to Phocuswright Europe, PhocusWire is shining the spotlight on a selection of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.
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Does Airbnb’s ‘Services’ take unfair advantage of hosts?
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June 5, 2025
Industry experts have criticized Airbnb’s plan to allow travelers to book hotel-like services on hosts' properties without compensating those hosts.
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