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By Michael B. Baker | March 7, 2025

American Express said it plans to "create a seamless expense management platform" combining Center's software and Amex's corporate and small business cards. Read More

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Corsair Capital acquires majority share of IDnow

By Morgan Hines | March 7, 2025

IDnow, which was founded in 2014, creates artificial intelligence-powered identification verification technologies that cater to brands across sectors including the travel sector. Read More

News / Startups

Conversational AI provider Kleio receives €3M in funding

By Morgan Hines | March 7, 2025

The 2024-founded company will use the new capital to drive adoption, increase the range of skills its AI agents can complete and train AI models for sales. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Cendyn, Daytrip, Shiji, TUI and more...

By PhocusWire | March 7, 2025

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

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Booking.com shares progress on AI initiatives

By Linda Fox | March 7, 2025

Booking.com's senior vice president of accommodations shared details of the company's strategy for using AI and what is has planned for the future. Read More

News / Online

Travel websites littered with accessibility issues

By Morgan Hines | March 6, 2025

The 2025 Digital Accessibility Index found an average of 297 accessibility issues per webpage during Q4 of 2024 across 400,000 pages on 15,000 websites in different industries including hospitality. Read More

News / Technology

Will metasearch remain relevant with agentic AI's rise?

By Morgan Hines | March 6, 2025

With OpenAI’s January launch of Operator, a tool that can book travel, questions have emerged on what changes will come and what industry sectors will be most affected. Read More

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Selina properties being converted to Socialtels under new owner

By Jeffrey Weinstein - Hotel Investment Today | March 5, 2025

Collective Hospitality is reimagining the "digital nomad" brand it bought out of insolvency with a new name, a smaller footprint and a goal to partner with a big brand. Read More

News / Technology

Trip.com Group, WTTC provide glimpse of future technology game changers

By Linda Fox | March 5, 2025

The Trip.com Group/WTTC study is divided into four trend areas-digital technologies, financial technologies, future of mobility and breakthrough innovations- and evaluates why the trends are important... Read More

News / Technology

Mews raises $75M to expand in U.S., Europe

By Morgan Hines | March 4, 2025

The funding was led by Tiger Global, with input from existing investors including Kinnevik, Battery Ventures and Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Read More

News / Technology

Alexa+ could earn “top-of-the-funnel” spot in travel research

By Morgan Hines | March 4, 2025

Travel brands including Tripadvisor and Uber have partnered with Amazon for the debut of its reimagined voice assistant. Read More

News / Technology

Phocuswright and WiT return to the Middle East as the region's tourism grows

By PhocusWire | March 3, 2025

Phocuswright and WiT Middle East is returning to the Grand Plaza Movenpick Media City in Dubai on April 25. Read More

Interview / Startups

Startup Stage: Walkway helps activity providers grow through its AI-powered platform

By Linda Fox | March 3, 2025

Walkway helps experience providers price with confidence, track competitors, understand the market and uncover new ways to increase revenue. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Revolutionary travel management companies do exist

By Riaan van Schoor - Agentivity | March 3, 2025

Agentivity's co-founder Riaan van Schoor gives his response to a viewpoint published last week suggesting that the world of TMCs is broken and only a revolution will fix it. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus delivers double-digit growth in 2024

By Linda Fox | February 28, 2025

Highlights for the company in 2024 include a partnership to provide a central reservations system to Accor and the acquisitions of biometrics tech company Vision-Box and payments specialist Voxel. Read More

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