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DirectBooking, DeepYou partner to build AI-native hotel booking platform

By Abby Crotty | February 11, 2026

The companies aim to have the platform cover 100,000 hotels in the next three years. Read More

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Marriott shares details of AI projects, partnerships

By Linda Fox | February 11, 2026

Marriott plans to deploy natural language search across Marriott.com and the Bonvoy mobile app in the first half of 2026. Read More

News / Technology

61% of travel brands are testing or scaling agentic AI

By Phocuswright Research | February 10, 2026

After developments in 2025, agentic AI use is likely to increase for travelers and businesses. Read More

News / Startups

Naboo secures $70M to expand beyond events, scale in US

By Abby Crotty | February 10, 2026

Naboo said the additional capital will be used to expand beyond events to become a “global ‘tail-spend’ procurement platform.” Read More

News / Distribution

OTAs gain share of experiences bookings as direct declines

By Abby Crotty | February 9, 2026

According to the State of Experiences report from Arival, 37% of bookings were attributed to OTAs in 2025. Read More

News / Online

Travel platforms face cost and compliance impact of changing regulations

By Linda Fox | February 9, 2026

The regulatory environment in Europe is changing, with significant implications for travel platforms facing growing scrutiny. Read More

News / Online

New rules for ‘good’ listings: How guests, algorithms are raising the bar for STRs

By Richie Khandelwal - PriceLabs | 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. Read More

News / Distribution

Vietnam’s online travel market set to double to $8B by 2030

By WiT | February 6, 2026

Explore data from WiT's "Online Travel Tracker Volume 1: Vietnam Revealed." Read More

News / Technology

Using cloud to power innovation in travel

By Abby Crotty | February 6, 2026

AWS' Tedd Evers discusses current cloud use cases and how it will impact travel innovation moving forward. Read More

Interview / Online

CEO Spotlight: Bryan Batista of Skyscanner

By Linda Fox | February 5, 2026

Skycanner CEO Bryan Batista talks about travel's uncomfortable truths and what needs to be started from scratch in the industry. Read More

News / Distribution

CitizenPlane acquires Yieldin's revenue management solution

By Linda Fox | 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. Read More

News / Technology

Uber eyes 'multitrillion-dollar opportunity' in AVs

By Linda Fox | February 4, 2026

CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said 2025 was the company's fifth consecutive year of more than 20% annual gross bookings growth. Read More

Opinion / Technology

OpenClaw may be the 'Napster moment' for agentic e-commerce: What that means for travel

By Mario Gavira | February 4, 2026

Mario Gavira explains why OpenClaw could mark a definitive pivot from conversation to autonomous, local-first action. Read More

News / Online

Trivago turns a corner with strong 2025 results

By Morgan Hines | February 3, 2026

Trivago credited its revenue growth to a rise in referral revenue in Q4 2025, its fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in this metric. Read More

News / Online

Home-swapping network Kindred lands $125M

By Abby Crotty | February 3, 2026

The funding includes a $40 million Series B round and an $85 million Series C round. Read More

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