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October 9, 2025
As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.
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October 9, 2025
Travel industry players weigh the value of AI-generated code and the potential pitfalls of revealing associated metrics.
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DerbySoft sees new airline distribution path with Global Data Network launch
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October 7, 2025
DerbySoft said the GDN for flights will give airlines more control of their inventory and open up content to travel sellers.
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October 7, 2025
Sebastien Gibergues argues that the “offer distribution platform” concept could be the solution to address the limitations of current API-based distribution models.
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October 6, 2025
Zamna, Troop, Kyte and Tripkicks, which were selected as PhocusWire's Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021, share their milestones for the past year and the technology they are most excited about.
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Tracking Q3 travel startup funding
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October 1, 2025
PhocusWire tracks the large and small travel startup funding rounds in Q3 as well as M&A activity in the space.
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Navan moves closer to IPO
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September 22, 2025
The business travel, payments and expense management platform has submitted a Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Direct Travel acquires ATPI to expand Avenir technology globally
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September 22, 2025
Direct Travel hopes to speed up the rollout of its Spotnana-based booking technology through the acquisition of ATPI.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: SITA, Oracle, Radisson and more...
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September 5, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.
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Amex GBT-CWT merger completes
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September 2, 2025
Amex GBT's $540M acquisition of CWT, which was first announced in March 2024, was delayed because of scrutiny from U.K. and U.S. regulators.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Accor, Skyscanner, Mews and more...
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August 29, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.
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Webjet accelerates business travel ambitions with acquisition of Locomote
By Linda Fox
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August 22, 2025
A majority stake in Locomote was acquired by Travelport in 2015 before the company was sold back to founders in 2020.
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Travel Tech Flashback: What made headlines in 2018?
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August 19, 2025
Take a look back at some of the headlines in the travel industry from 2018. Do they any bearing on what's happening now?
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Sabre Q2 impacted by dip in air distribution bookings
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August 7, 2025
Declines in air distribution bookings as well as airline de-migrations impacted Sabre's second quarter financial results.
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Amex GBT, Chooose, Amadeus and more business travel news from GBTA 2025
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July 23, 2025
At this year's GBTA Convention, business travel companies revealed new products, partnerships and innovations.
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