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South Africa’s $2.5B online travel market attracts new wave of homegrown tech

By WIT | April 1, 2026

Web in Travel's Online Travel Tracker traces South Africa startup activity, surfacing homegrown innovation built to address the market's unique challenges.... Read More

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Airbnb adds car transfers to Services

By Linda Fox | March 31, 2026

The service is available in more than 125 cities across Asia, Europe and Latin America and enables guests to pre-book a car in the Airbnb app.... Read More

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Ten structural shifts redefining Asia Pacific travel

By Phocuswright Research | March 31, 2026

Some trends are already reshaping travel, while others are still emerging.... Read More

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Uber acquires Blacklane to boost executive ride service

By Linda Fox | March 30, 2026

Uber said the acquisition is part of its strategy to expand luxury and executive travel.... Read More

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Ensuring AI benefits everyone in travel

By Linda Fox | March 30, 2026

A session at ITB Berlin focused on how AI-generated direct answers and recommendations bring ethical challenges, potential regulatory issues and bias.... Read More

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Fliggy launches "flyai" travel skill for AI agent workflows

By Cathy Walsh | March 27, 2026

The plug-and-play skill enables developers to embed travel booking into AI agents without complex integration.... Read More

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Luxury vacation rental group Eterniti raises €30 million

By Morgan Hines | March 27, 2026

The new capital brings the company’s total funding to €50 million.... Read More

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Spain to enforce €64 million Airbnb fine

By Morgan Hines | March 27, 2026

Spain has rejected Airbnb's appeal to its fine for advertising unlicensed short-term rentals.... Read More

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PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Savanta, Bilt, RMS and more...

By PhocusWire | March 27, 2026

Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.... Read More

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Experience Columbus pilots AI platform to unify visitor experience across destination

By Cathy Walsh | March 27, 2026

By deploying AI agents across local partners, the program aims to surface more accurate, real-time information drawn from first-party data.... Read More

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Uber continues robotaxi push with Verne, Pony.ai partnership

By Morgan Hines | March 26, 2026

Uber has been aggressive in its autonomous ride efforts, announcing partnership after partnership over the last several months.... Read More

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Travelport shareholders inject $50M to boost AI development

By Linda Fox | March 26, 2026

Travelport laid out three strategic priorities going forward including expanding AI capabilities and improving content supply. ... Read More

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Vuelo lands £56M for travel booking and payment platform

By Linda Fox | March 26, 2026

The company said it plans to use the funding to build an artificial intelligence (AI)-native travel platform.... Read More

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Navan turns cash flow positive, talks up AI

By Linda Fox | March 26, 2026

The company says it is displacing legacy players through its user experience, cost savings and AI.... Read More

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From Autobahn dreams to AI travel: Saad Saeed’s bet on escaping travel’s startup graveyard

By WIT | March 26, 2026

An AI-driven travel startup is betting that advances in data, social content and machine learning can finally solve trip planning—an industry challenge long considered a “graveyard” for innovation.... Read More

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