Travel Planning

News / Startups

AI event planning platform BoomPop lands $25M

By Abby Crotty | November 14, 2025

The funding round includes an additional $16 million of debt and credit via Silicon Valley Bank. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: BCD Travel, Cloudbeds, Klook and more...

By PhocusWire | November 14, 2025

Here's our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week. Read More

News / Technology

Amex GBT to unveil upgraded Egencia with agentic search

By Michael B. Baker - Business Travel News | November 13, 2025

Amex GBT's total transaction value increased 23% year over year to $9.5 billion. Excluding CWT, the increase was 9%. Read More

News / Technology

Grab to invest $60M in remote driving tech company Vay

By Abby Crotty | November 11, 2025

Grab has existing partnerships with autonomous vehicle companies May Mobility and WeRide. Read More

News / Distribution

Hotels and OTAs shift focus from channels to guests

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | November 11, 2025

At WiT Singapore, hotels and OTAs found common ground in a new battleground: trust, experience and emotion. Read More

News / Online

Rapid Fire with David Hoctor of TikTok

By Abby Crotty | November 11, 2025

As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As. Read More

News / Technology

The future of agentic payments in travel

By Morgan Hines | November 11, 2025

Agentic commerce is becoming a reality—how far is the travel industry from moving to AI-powered payments? Read More

News / Distribution

Klook takes first public step toward US IPO

By Abby Crotty | November 10, 2025

The company filed an F-1 registration statement with the U.S. SEC to list under the symbol "KLK." Read More

News

Marriott ends Sonder licensing agreement over default

By Linda Fox | November 10, 2025

Marriott said Sonder "is no longer affiliated with Marriott Bonvoy and Sonder properties are not available for new bookings on Marriott’s channels." Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Bonafide

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025

Bonafide is an alignment platform that helps travel brands make their content understandable, discoverable and actionable for generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT, Gemini and... Read More

News / Online

The supplier shift powering Latin America’s travel growth

By Phocuswright Research | November 10, 2025

Across airlines, hotels, car rentals and intermediaries, the post-pandemic reset is giving way to a new phase of consolidation and innovation in Latin America. Read More