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News / Technology

HTS adds AI-powered support tool for travel sellers

By Morgan Hines | October 1, 2025

HTS Assist is meant to offer end-to-end autonomous customer support through voice and chat communications. Read More

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Hospitable looks to platform users and employees to raise $1.5M

By Linda Fox | September 30, 2025

The company describes itself as a short-term rental super app offering a range of services including automated guest messaging and rate optimization. Read More

From Our Partners / Online

How brand marketers can adapt to travelers’ evolving mindsets

By Matthew Parsons | September 30, 2025

Today's travelers are discovering inspiration through an expanding universe of digital touchpoints and content creators, making their journey from dreaming to booking more complex than ever before. Read More

News / Online

Senior travel trends - adapting to technology and finding community

By Marisa Garcia | September 30, 2025

Trip.com Group has devised special programs for senior travelers and sees a potential $1 trillion market from the cohort in the next three to five years. Read More

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TikTok launches travel advertising solution

By Morgan Hines | September 29, 2025

TikTok’s Travel Ads is meant to connect users with hotel, destination, flight and cruise catalogs as they explore travel content on the platform. Read More

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7 powerful shifts driving the Middle East travel boom

By Phocuswright Research | September 29, 2025

The Middle East has emerged as one of the fastest-growing travel markets globally, supported by proactive government tourism strategies, mega-events and investments in infrastructure. Read More

Opinion / Technology

In the age of AI, experience is the real product

By Rajnish Kumar - Ixigo | September 29, 2025

According to Ixigo group co-CEO, the frontier of AI is shifting, and experience is a sustainable advantage. Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Cellpoint Digital, Dida, Rome2Rio and more...

By PhocusWire | September 26, 2025

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

News / Technology

GetYourGuide launches new, upgraded partner features

By Morgan Hines | September 25, 2025

The new and updated features include artificial intelligence-powered review management, a redesigned listing page, category expansion and enhanced discovery. Read More

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How AI is redefining the modern hotel guest journey

By Hospitality Solutions | September 25, 2025

Discover how artificial intelligence is helping hoteliers do more with less, converting lookers to bookers while elevating the guest experience. Read More

News / Distribution

Sabre launches APIs to enable agentic AI solutions

By Michael B. Baker - BTN | September 25, 2025

Sabre said its agentic AI-ready APIs connect to a model context protocol (MCP) server which acts as a "universal translator" for AI agents. Read More

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In pursuit of clean data for an agentic travel future

By Matthew Parsons | September 25, 2025

There is a need for clean, standardized data to help instill trust as the travel industry shifts towards agentic AI. Read More

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WeTravel lands $92M to develop AI tools for multi-day trip operators

By Linda Fox | September 24, 2025

The company said the round triples its valuation and will go towards developing its platform to expand its payment infrastructure and build artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools for partners. Read More

News / Online

Inside Asia Pacific’s travel powerhouse: 10 trends redefining 'The Next 20'

By Coney Dongre - Phocuswright | September 24, 2025

WiT and Phocuswright are peeling back the curtain on shifts in Asia Pacific with this list of 10 trends redefining The Next 20, ahead of the WiT Singapore conference. Read More