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The shifting loyalty landscape in travel

By Marisa Garcia | February 4, 2025

Established travel companies and startups are taking a fresh look at what drives loyalty as behavior shifts and new technology offers ways to get closer to customers. Read More

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BlaBlaCar to lobby for fair distribution through European rail group

By Linda Fox | February 3, 2025

The organization, which also includes Omio, Kombo and Trainline as members, is seeking transparency of rail data fares and a more competitive and connected rail market for European passengers. Read More

News / Technology

OpenAI’s “Operator” and its impact on travel search and marketing

By Morgan Hines | February 3, 2025

OpenAI's new Operator agent shows how an autonomous agent could work — and raises questions about travel marketing's future. Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Savvy, Accelya, Travel Ledger and more...

By PhocusWire | January 31, 2025

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

News / Online

Henrik Kjellberg departs Awaze after six years as CEO

By Linda Fox | January 31, 2025

Kjellberg has led the company since 2018 when it was formed through the acquisition of the European rental arms of Wyndham Worldwide by Platinum Equity for $1.3 billion. Read More

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Smartify adds £1.5M to boost visitor engagement at museums and galleries

By Linda Fox | January 30, 2025

The company offers museums, galleries and other attractions apps that are tailored and branded to their venue and helps to drive engagement through augmented and virtual reality and artificial... Read More

News / Startups

Luxury B2B travel platform The Luxurist launches in U.S., Europe

By Morgan Hines | January 29, 2025

The Luxurist is a platform to connect travel advisors with luxury hotels around the world, backed by Hotelbeds' parent company HBX Group. Read More

News / Startups

Naboo lands €20M for corporate events platform

By Linda Fox | January 29, 2025

The France-based company plans to expand beyond Europe and provide a customizable, white-label platform events booking solution for larger companies. Read More

News / Online

Business travel tech still not meeting employee expectations

By Linda Fox | January 28, 2025

The survey from Center found that while 88% of respondents reported having a written travel policy, employees are either unaware of them or ignore them, which makes compliance challenging. Read More

News / Distribution

“Self-destruction” to successful exit: How Brett Henry turned MG Group around

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - Web In Travel | January 28, 2025

Brett Henry is enthused about a singular goal of building the best B2B hospitality marketplace in a region that’s booming. Read More

News / Technology

TravelPerk secures $200M, acquires expense management tech Yokoy

By Linda Fox | January 28, 2025

TravelPerk said its latest funding will go towards accelerating growth, including in the U.S. where it acquired AmTrav last year. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Using AI to automate booking reconfirmation

By PhocusWire | January 27, 2025

The new tool uses artificial intelligence technology that sounds like a human voice and automates the booking reconfirmation process to improve efficiency and accuracy. Read More

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OpenAI debuts "Operator" agent that can book travel

By Mitra Sorrells | January 24, 2025

While still very early days, the development of agents is moving fast and raises questions about the evolution of marketing strategies and search optimization, such as whether site design should change. Read More