Travel Planning

News / Online

Luxury vacation rental group Eterniti raises €30 million

By Morgan Hines | March 27, 2026

The new capital brings the company’s total funding to €50 million. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Savanta, Bilt, RMS and more...

By PhocusWire | March 27, 2026

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

News / Distribution

Travelport shareholders inject $50M to boost AI development

By Linda Fox | March 26, 2026

Travelport laid out three strategic priorities going forward including expanding AI capabilities and improving content supply. Read More

News / Startups

Vuelo lands £56M for travel booking and payment platform

By Linda Fox | March 26, 2026

The company said it plans to use the funding to build an artificial intelligence (AI)-native travel platform. Read More

News / Technology

Navan turns cash flow positive, talks up AI

By Linda Fox | March 26, 2026

The company says it is displacing legacy players through its user experience, cost savings and AI. Read More

News / Startups

From Autobahn dreams to AI travel: Saad Saeed’s bet on escaping travel’s startup graveyard

By WIT | March 26, 2026

An AI-driven travel startup is betting that advances in data, social content and machine learning can finally solve trip planning—an industry challenge long considered a “graveyard” for innovation. Read More

News / Technology

Tripadvisor demos AI planning tool

By Morgan Hines | March 26, 2026

Tripadvisor partnered up with Nvidia, Nebius and Nexla to show an AI feature at Nvidia GTC 2026. Read More

News / Technology

Brands push for AI visibility, but influence remains uncertain

By Mark Frary | March 26, 2026

Although optimization strategies promise visibility in AI-generated answers, outcomes vary and are increasingly shaped by third-party signals. Read More

News / Technology

Travel players weigh approaches to winning AI visibility

By Morgan Hines | March 25, 2026

As AI transforms search into an interactive "answer set," travel brands must pivot to prioritizing first-party data, content portability and trust. Read More

News / Online

The fastest shift in travel behavior just became the default

By Phocuswright Research | March 24, 2026

With more than half of active U.S. travelers using AI, how travel planning is thought about is changing. Read More

News / Technology

AI booking push continues, despite OpenAI's strategic shift

By Cathy Walsh | March 24, 2026

Travel companies are advancing a range of approaches to AI-driven booking, highlighting a fragmented path toward agentic commerce. Read More

News / Online

MakeMyTrip partners with Mastercard on AI travel concierge

By Linda Fox | March 23, 2026

The service, which is called Lifestyle Navigator, aims to offer a personalized experience, by combining MMT’s travel marketplace and trip planning assistant Myra with Mastercard’s AI capabilities. Read More