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Moove secures $250 million to expand AV infrastructure
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August 7, 2026
The funding will help Moove establish “Nests” or depot infrastructure, where “fleets are charged, serviced, maintained and orchestrated for continuous operation.”...
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August 7, 2026
In addition to PhocusWire's regular quarterly earnings coverage, we rounded up results from other big names in the global travel industry....
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Airbnb continues hotel push: 'Stepping on the gas'
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August 6, 2026
Airbnb’s hotel business performing is “significantly better than expected,” CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky said....
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Google Maps updates Ask Maps with hotel, event discovery
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August 6, 2026
Hotel and event discovery is being rolled out in the U.S. on Google Maps' Ask Maps conversational interface....
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Sabre ups 2026 guidance as Q2 exceeds expectations
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August 6, 2026
Sabre's adjusted EBITDA for the quarter came in at $143 million, up 21% year over year, helped by a decrease in labor cost....
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Tripadvisor sees dip in revenue, net income in Q2
By Abby Crotty
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August 6, 2026
The company said the sale of TheFork is progressing, with the transaction still expected to close by the end of the year....
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Expedia Group is investing in AI that doesn't convert yet
By Linda Fox
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August 5, 2026
Expedia Group upped its 2026 guidance on the back of its Q2 results and discussed where AI is having the greatest impact....
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Trivago ramps internal AI spend fivefold
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August 5, 2026
The company said it spent five times as much on AI in the first seven months of 2026 as it did in all of 2025....
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Faye secures $50M for geographic expansion, AI developments
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August 5, 2026
U.S.-based Faye anticipates AI will resolve more than half of all claims by the end of 2026....
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Tours and activities growth is outpacing travel overall, distribution is lagging
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August 5, 2026
The Travel Experiences 2026 report, produced jointly by Phocuswright and Arival, sizes and forecasts the global experiences market through 2029 and examines how consumers engage with experiences in practice....
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Booking Holdings: AI visibility is up, but referrals stay under 1% of room nights
By Abby Crotty
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August 4, 2026
Traffic from LLMs accounts for less than 1% of Booking Holdings' room nights, CFO Ewout Steenbergen said during the company's second-quarter earnings call....
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Airbnb partners with boutique hotel operator Lark
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August 4, 2026
Lou Zameryka, Airbnb’s global head of hotel enterprise and connectivity partnerships, said the STR giant is focused on adding “unique, localized-feeling, hospitality-driven hotel partners.”...
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Navigating the future of OBTs in an AI-driven travel industry
By Mark Frary
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August 4, 2026
Business travel has reached an "inflexion point" on the use of AI, with companies determining how to best incorporate the technology....
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How Nikhil Ravishankar is navigating Air New Zealand’s 'perfect storm'
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August 3, 2026
Air New Zealand has rebuilt its team since the pandemic, with 70% of its 12,000 staff members joining since COVID....
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Engine acquires Options Travel to build modern OBT
By Abby Crotty
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July 31, 2026
Engine and Options Travel started working together nine months ago, with Engine now developing an AI-native OBT for TMCs....
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