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Expedia Group sees double-digit growth in revenue, gross bookings as AI push continues
By Abby Crotty
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February 12, 2026
Revenue was up 11% year over year to $3.5 billion, while total gross bookings were up 11% to $27 billion in Q4 2025.
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Sabre, Mindtrip, PayPal partner to launch agentic AI assistant for travel
By Abby Crotty
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February 12, 2026
The product is set to launch in the second quarter and will live on the Mindtrip platform.
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Tripadvisor pleased with experiences revenue contribution, early AI MVP tests
By Linda Fox
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February 12, 2026
The experiences business reported revenue of $204 million in the quarter, up from $186 million during the same period in 2024. Full-year revenue rose 10% to $924 million.
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DirectBooking, DeepYou partner to build AI-native hotel booking platform
By Abby Crotty
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February 11, 2026
The companies aim to have the platform cover 100,000 hotels in the next three years.
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Marriott shares details of AI projects, partnerships
By Linda Fox
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February 11, 2026
Marriott plans to deploy natural language search across Marriott.com and the Bonvoy mobile app in the first half of 2026.
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61% of travel brands are testing or scaling agentic AI
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February 10, 2026
After developments in 2025, agentic AI use is likely to increase for travelers and businesses.
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Naboo secures $70M to expand beyond events, scale in US
By Abby Crotty
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February 10, 2026
Naboo said the additional capital will be used to expand beyond events to become a “global ‘tail-spend’ procurement platform.”
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OTAs gain share of experiences bookings as direct declines
By Abby Crotty
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February 9, 2026
According to the State of Experiences report from Arival, 37% of bookings were attributed to OTAs in 2025.
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Travel platforms face cost and compliance impact of changing regulations
By Linda Fox
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February 9, 2026
The regulatory environment in Europe is changing, with significant implications for travel platforms facing growing scrutiny.
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New rules for ‘good’ listings: How guests, algorithms are raising the bar for STRs
By Richie Khandelwal - PriceLabs
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February 9, 2026
PriceLabs co-founder Richie Khandelwal describes what makes a "bad" STR listing and why hosts and property managers need to set clear expectations.
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Vietnam’s online travel market set to double to $8B by 2030
By WiT
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February 6, 2026
Explore data from WiT's "Online Travel Tracker Volume 1: Vietnam Revealed."
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Using cloud to power innovation in travel
By Abby Crotty
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February 6, 2026
AWS' Tedd Evers discusses current cloud use cases and how it will impact travel innovation moving forward.
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CEO Spotlight: Bryan Batista of Skyscanner
By Linda Fox
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February 5, 2026
Skycanner CEO Bryan Batista talks about travel's uncomfortable truths and what needs to be started from scratch in the industry.
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CitizenPlane acquires Yieldin's revenue management solution
By Linda Fox
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February 4, 2026
CitizenPlane has renamed the solution Pulse and said the additional module boosts the development of its offer system alongside its existing Zenith PSS and distribution modules.
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Uber eyes 'multitrillion-dollar opportunity' in AVs
By Linda Fox
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February 4, 2026
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said 2025 was the company's fifth consecutive year of more than 20% annual gross bookings growth.
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