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Buy now, pay later powers revenue for travel and airline merchants
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Buy now, pay later powers revenue for travel and airline merchants
By Suzanne Hirt | February 5, 2024
Buy now, pay later solutions can propel profits for airline and travel merchants and aid them in attracting new customers and locking in loyalty at no additional cost or risk.  Read More
Mews acquires hospitality cloud software provider Frontdesk Anywhere
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Mews acquires hospitality cloud software provider Frontdesk Anywhere
By Mitra Sorrells | January 31, 2024
The acquisition marks the eighth for Mews since its founding in 2012 and its third in just the past 12 months. Read More
Dtravel turns vacation rental bookings into NFTs, enabling re-sales
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Dtravel turns vacation rental bookings into NFTs, enabling re-sales
By Mitra Sorrells | January 30, 2024
Dtravel's tokens will function through a partnership with Polygon, the blockchain technology provider that also powers tokens for brands such as Starbucks and Reddit. Read More
Japan-based hotel tech company Tripla targets SE Asia growth with latest acquisition
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Japan-based hotel tech company Tripla targets SE Asia growth with latest acquisition
By Mitra Sorrells | January 24, 2024
Tripla has acquired Singapore-based Endurance Technology Solutions, which develops and sells the Pelican Hotel Solution - a reservation system that works with major overseas channel managers. Read More
TerraPay - Launch pitch at The Phocuswright Conference 2023
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TerraPay - Launch pitch at The Phocuswright Conference 2023
By PhocusWire | January 11, 2024
Founded in 2014, TerraPay offers issuing, acquiring, pay-out and international money transfer capabilities to clients worldwide. Read More
Key trends in consumer preferences and booking behaviors for travel
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Key trends in consumer preferences and booking behaviors for travel
By PhocusWire | January 11, 2024
Expedia Group's "Path to Purchase" report identified trends and opportunities for brands to reach travelers during the inspiration, research, planning and booking phases of their trip. Read More
How global consumer trends are impacting travel
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How global consumer trends are impacting travel
By Linda Fox | January 8, 2024
We look at how Euromonitor's global consumer trends are playing out in the travel industry. Read More
Justt - Launch pitch at The Phocuswright Conference 2023
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Justt - Launch pitch at The Phocuswright Conference 2023
By PhocusWire | January 4, 2024
Justt was developed with the intent of dealing with chargebacks for merchants. The company aims to use technology to turn a process that can be complex and frustrating into one that is easier for... Read More
ConnexPay – Launch Travel Innovation winner at The Phocuswright Conference 2023
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ConnexPay – Launch Travel Innovation winner at The Phocuswright Conference 2023
By PhocusWire | January 3, 2024
ConnexPay is a payments technology company that integrates both sides of the payment ecosystem – accepting and making payments – inside a single platform. It was a PhocusWire Hot 25 Startup for 2020.... Read More
Phocuswright analysts share their travel industry predictions for 2024
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Phocuswright analysts share their travel industry predictions for 2024
By Morgan Hines | January 2, 2024
As Phocuswright analysts look ahead, they share a myriad of predictions for 2024 including some regarding business travel, pricing and much more. Read More
Top Travel Industry Predictions for 2024
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Top Travel Industry Predictions for 2024
By Morgan Hines | January 2, 2024
Leaders from across the travel industry share their thoughts on what the industry should be watching and working on in 2024. Read More
Airbnb apologizes, will pay fine for misleading Australian customers
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Airbnb apologizes, will pay fine for misleading Australian customers
By Mitra Sorrells | December 20, 2023
Airbnb has agreed to pay a fine and to compensate up to 63,000 customers who were unaware the bookings they made were being charged in U.S. rather than Australian dollars.   Read More
Were travel experts right with their 2023 predictions?
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Were travel experts right with their 2023 predictions?
By PhocusWire | December 19, 2023
Every year we ask industry executives and pundits to forecast what might happen across travel technology and distribution in the months to come. Here we look back on what was predicted for 2023 and what... Read More
Stayntouch lands $48M investment to expand PMS services
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Stayntouch lands $48M investment to expand PMS services
By Linda Fox | December 12, 2023
United States-based Stayntouch said it will put the funds towards expanding its property management system software and payment services as well as customer acquisition. Read More
Mews’ Valtr on a modern view of hospitality and driving guest loyalty
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Mews’ Valtr on a modern view of hospitality and driving guest loyalty
By PhocusWire | December 6, 2023
In a discussion in the PhocusWire studio at The Phocuswright Conference, Mews founder Richard Valtr shares his vision for hospitality and how it can become “the future of all real estate.” Read More
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