Travel Planning

News / Technology

DerbySoft launches flight technology solution

By Morgan Hines | June 17, 2025

Jason Sui, who co-founded PKFare which was acquired by DerbySoft last year, will take the reins as divisional CEO for flights at DerbySoft. Read More

News / Online

Greg O'Hara on AI freeing up time and wishing NDC would happen

By Abby Crotty | June 17, 2025

Certares founder and senior managing director Greg O'Hara shared his candid opinions on the travel industry in an executive interview at Phocuswright Europe 2025. Read More

Interview / Technology

Allianz—EMEA People’s Choice winner at Phocuswright Europe 2025

By PhocusWire | June 16, 2025

Allianz took the stage to present its product Allyz, its free app, which aims to reinvent the end-to-end traveler journey. Read More

News / Technology

Mary Meeker AI Trends Report: 7 takeaways for the travel industry

By Matthew Parsons | June 16, 2025

The lengthy report offers crucial takeaways for the travel industry, including insights into hospitality automation, autonomous cars and an agentic future. Read More

News / Online

FareHarbor founder to lead Rezdy-Checkfront-Regiondo

By Janelle Visser - Arival | June 13, 2025

FareHarbor co-founder and former CEO Lawrence Hester is taking the reins of the group of booking system companies. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Amex GBT, Sabre, Accelya and more...

By PhocusWire | June 13, 2025

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

News / Online

Breaking down experiences in the travel sector

By Abby Crotty | June 13, 2025

Industry leaders from Amadeus, Booking.com and Hyatt weighed in on strategies, challenges and best practices surrounding experience sales. Read More

News / Online

Canary Technologies secures $80M to scale AI capabilities

By Abby Crotty | June 12, 2025

The latest round of funding brings the company's total valuation to $600 million. Read More

Interview / Startups

Apaleo—EMEA Travel Innovation Award Winner at Phocuswright Europe 2025

By PhocusWire | June 12, 2025

As of February, 662 innovators had taken the stage at Phocuswright, raising a combined total of $12.4 billion. Read More

News / Online

Virgin Australia partners with HTS Stays to offer hotel booking portal

By Abby Crotty | June 12, 2025

Virgin Australia is the first HTS Stays partnership to launch, offering a hotel booking portal for travelers. Read More

News / Online

Tripadvisor execs on AI strategy, brand trust and memberships

By Abby Crotty | June 12, 2025

Tripadvisor Group CEO Matt Goldberg and new Viator president Pepijn Rijvers sat down to discuss the changing travel landscape and its evolving strategy. Read More

News / Technology

Top investors in travel tech 2025

By Linda Fox | June 11, 2025

For the second year in a row, we have compiled data on the top venture capital investors in travel technology and asked some of those investors to share details on their strategies and outlook. Read More

News / Online

CRM platform Tern acquires travel advisor services provider Lucia

By Morgan Hines | June 11, 2025

Lucia’s team will become part of Tern, with Grace Van Hollebeke, founder and CEO of Lucia, becoming the company's head of marketing and services. Read More