Travel Planning

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Navan announces CFO transition following IPO

By Morgan Hines | December 15, 2025

Navan held its first earnings call following its October IPO, sharing a bump in revenue and a higher net loss year over year for Q3. Read More

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Mangelaars named CEO at Travelport as Webb steps down

By Linda Fox | December 15, 2025

John Mangelaars who became COO and deputy CEO of Travelport in September will take over as CEO in April. Read More

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Redefining hospitality with services, AI and more ways to stay

By Abby Crotty | December 15, 2025

Executives from Marriott, Casago and Airbnb discuss strategies and initiatives defining the changing hospitality industry. Read More

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Travelsoft adds flight fulfillment solution airQuest

By Abby Crotty | December 12, 2025

AirQuest is used by German tour operators and European travel companies, automating ticketing, rebookings, cancellations, payments and accounting. Read More

News / Technology

How Expedia Group believes AI can improve digital travel marketing

By Morgan Hines | December 12, 2025

AI-supported travel marketing can work—as long as it still has a human touch, according to Rob Torres of Expedia Group. Read More

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TravelAI acquires OwnerDirect.com to expand in North America

By Abby Crotty | December 11, 2025

Owner Direct was initially founded in 1987 and has been using the OwnerDirect.com domain commercially since 1994. Read More

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Booking Holdings' Rob Ransom on AI's role in online travel

By Linda Fox | December 11, 2025

Booking Holdings' chief strategy officer Rob Ransom discusses OTA value, marketing in the age of AI and growth across the portfolio. Read More

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Discussing personalization and the evolution of trip planning

By Abby Crotty | December 11, 2025

Manuel Hilty of Nezasa and Andrew Boch of Mobi.AI discuss the end-to-end traveler journey and the gaps that remain. Read More

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Phocuswright releases Travel Forward report for 2026

By PhocusWire | December 10, 2025

The year-end, forward-looking report outlines global travel trends for 2026 and beyond. Read More

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The evolution of interlining and the future of airline retailing

By PhocusWire | December 10, 2025

Expanded connectivity, simpler booking flows and new types of partnerships are opening pathways that were previously too complex or costly to support. Read More

Interview / Technology

The Phocuswright Conference 2025 Launch Innovator: Gimmonix Technologies

By PhocusWire | December 10, 2025

Gimmonix Technologies CEO and co-founder Andrew Spektor pitched the company's RateFox+ marketplace at The Phocuswright Conference last month. Read More

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Bookings Holdings CFO on creating a 'vertical' agentic experience

By Linda Fox | December 9, 2025

Booking Holdings sees opportunity in consumers being able to keep their travel within one "agentic experience environment." Read More

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Addressing current challenges and looming change in ground transportation

By Abby Crotty | December 9, 2025

Mozio's Nicole Kerr and SilverRail's Cameron Jones weighed in on fragmentation in ground transportation and what the future looks like with AI. Read More