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Pricepoint closes $6.6M seed round led by Brightspark Ventures
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June 2, 2026
The funding will be used to continue development of the company’s AI-powered revenue management platform for accommodations, including investment in product and engineering....
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First Chair bets on former Vacasa ski and coastal properties for new venture
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The vacation rental brand launches with 3,500 properties formerly in Vacasa’s portfolio that it acquired from Casago in December 2025....
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Japan inbound boom becomes policy priority
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What comes next is less about volume and more about value, regional distribution and managing the strains of success. ...
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Web Travel Group acquires hotel rebooking platform Pruvo
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June 2, 2026
Web Travel Group plans to use Pruvo’s hotel booking optimization technology within its B2B accommodation operations....
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Are hotel CEOs overestimating their AI edge?
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June 2, 2026
Hotel brands are touting AI as a competitive advantage, but long-term differentiation may hinge on data, execution speed and control over distribution. ...
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SITA acquires Big Blue Analytics to help airline disruption recovery
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June 1, 2026
Big Blue Analytics' technology works with live airline operations to evaluate the impact of a disruption on aircraft, crew, passengers and maintenance....
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Hotels should think beyond their walls for a greater share of the guest's wallet
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May 29, 2026
Hotel industry executives discussed the potential for properties to make more revenue by getting more involved in a guest's whole trip....
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Meet the 17 finalists of the 2026 Global Startup Pitch
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May 29, 2026
Finalists will compete in person at Phocuswright Europe, and winners from each region will deliver showcase presentations at WiT Singapore....
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Amadeus, Accenture partner on new agentic advertising platform
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May 28, 2026
The platform is designed to help travel brands identify intent and demand signals earlier, then leverage Accenture’s agentic framework to execute campaigns....
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Tony Fernandes: The art of never saying no and never wasting a crisis
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May 28, 2026
AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes reflects on building the airline from a two-plane startup into a regional travel and aviation group, sharing lessons on crisis management, low-cost travel and artificial intelligence....
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New developer challenge offers resort stays, API credits for AI travel agents that can actually book
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May 28, 2026
RouteStack’s 21-day Build Challenge gives developers access to travel inventory, checkout and payouts to test whether AI agents can move from demo to transaction....
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Lighthouse scoops up Hotelrank.ai to help hotels with AI visibility
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May 28, 2026
Lighthouse said the deal provides “a measurement layer into its Connect AI solution, giving hotels the ability to manage their appearance, ranking and performance” across AI travel platforms....
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Travel marketers prepare for the rise of AI agents
By Morgan Hines
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May 28, 2026
Executives from Expedia Group, OpenAI and The Trade Desk say travel marketers must adapt as AI agents become a bigger part of trip discovery and booking....
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Spain fines Amadeus €14.4M over traveler profiling pilot
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May 27, 2026
Spain’s data protection authority said Amadeus improperly used passenger booking data from its GDS in a traveler profiling pilot that combined airline and hotel customer records....
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