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Airbnb on striving for personalization and reimagining discovery

By Linda Fox | December 5, 2024

Dave Stephenson, Airbnb's chief business officer, shares how the company is thinking about AI, early work with ChatGPT and its plan to use customer data to drive personalization. Read More

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Travel experiences platform KKday plots expansion following $70M injection

By Mileva Sapic | December 4, 2024

KKday plans to enhance its market position, invest in artificial intelligence and deepen its presence across the Asia-Pacific region with its latest investment. Read More

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Air France-KLM partners with Google Cloud to boost data capabilities

By Linda Fox | December 4, 2024

The partnership also enables Air France-KLM to take advantage of Google Cloud generative AI expertise as the airlines build a “common, joint and unique data lakehouse.” Read More

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Garner on the continuing evolution of airline distribution

By Morgan Hines | December 4, 2024

In a keynote at The Beat Live, Cory Garner explained why airlines' interest in customer loyalty will help to boost their efforts to grow distribution through direct channels. Read More

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How continuous improvement in travel insurance services creates loyalty and peace-of-mind

By PhocusWire | December 4, 2024

Allianz Partners general manager for the USA, Emily Hartman, discusses how the company uses the latest technology and a focus on the customer to give travelers support and assistance when they need it. Read More

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Airline tech experts on retailing and distribution trends

By Linda Fox | December 4, 2024

Airline technology executives from CitizenPlane and Dohop discuss the adoption of NDC as airlines look to the next phase of their retailing journeys and ongoing challenges. Read More

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Google talks generative AI, voice and the future of search

By Mark Frary | December 3, 2024

Julie Farago, Google’s vice president of engineering for travel and local search, leads a team of 700 engineers who handle two billion searches every day – 15% of which Google has never been asked... Read More

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Southeast Asia's travel tech sector at pivotal moment for value creation

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WebinTravel | December 2, 2024

Southeast Asia’s early-stage investment ecosystem is also helping to create a robust pipeline of potential growth-stage travel tech companies, a factor that makes the region particularly attractive for... Read More

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Oojo's CEO on the challenges of an end-to-end travel platform

By Linda Fox | December 2, 2024

Gulce Karsli Rozenveld believes only three travel companies are capable of creating a one-stop travel shop because of the huge time, investment and other resources it requires. Read More

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Booking sources evolving in STR industry, report says

By Morgan Hines | December 2, 2024

A recent survey from Hostfully found fewer bookings are coming from Airbnb, property managers are growing by adding new inventory and more managers want to use AI. Read More

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Breeze Airways' David Neeleman talks culture, technology and communication

By Matthew Parsons | December 2, 2024

Neeleman launched Breeze Airways in May 2021, making it his fifth commercial airline startup along with Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue and Azul. Read More

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Mondee says no plan to appeal Nasdaq non-compliance

By Linda Fox | November 28, 2024

Mondee delayed the filing of its third quarter earnings earlier this month and received a letter of non-compliance from the Nasdaq. CEO Prasad Gundumogula has taken a leave of absence. Read More

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Googles updates search in Europe to comply with DMA

By Linda Fox | November 27, 2024

Google has proposed further changes to search results pages in Europe as it seeks to comply with the DMA. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: HomeToGo, The Trip Boutique, Oojo and more

By PhocusWire | November 27, 2024

Keep up with all the latest people, product and partner news from around the global travel industry in PhocusWire's weekly roundup. Read More

News / Startups

Philip Wolf scholarship winners PlacesToGo, GuestOS on their journey as founders

By Morgan Hines | November 27, 2024

Founding a startup calls for innovation and grit — two qualities with which founders Jessie Fischer, founder and CEO of GuestOS, and Arielle Warren, CEO of PlacesToGo, are familiar. Read More

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