Travel Planning

News / Startups

Travaras raises $1.54M in pre-seed funding

By Morgan Hines | May 21, 2025

Startup Travaras seeks to make sustainable and regenerative travel "the norm, not the exception.” Read More

News / Online

Expedia Group’s Ariane Gorin opens up about first year as CEO

By Morgan Hines | May 21, 2025

Ariane Gorin, CEO of Expedia Group, looks back on her first year in the role in an interview with PhocusWire. Read More

News / Online

28% of travel managers considering switching TMCs

By Abby Crotty | May 20, 2025

Travel managers cited issues such as inconsistent service and poor tech functionality in a survey conducted in March by GBTA, Direct Travel, Spotnana and Troop Travel. Read More

News / Online

Amadeus acquires travel intelligence company ForwardKeys

By Morgan Hines | May 20, 2025

Amadeus will share more information regarding the acquisition “in due course,” a spokesperson said. Read More

News / Startups

Fly Fairly acquires travel discovery engine LFG

By Abby Crotty | May 20, 2025

Fly Fairly said the acquisition supports its mission to become the "most flexible" online travel agency. Read More

News / Online

Apartment network Landing receives $180M

By Morgan Hines | May 20, 2025

The debt financing will support adoption of the company’s flexible stay program for multifamily accommodations. Read More

News / Online

Trip.com Group increases Q1 revenue, inbound travel bookings surge 100%

By Linda Fox | May 20, 2025

Trip.com Group said South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are some of the fastest growing source markets as it reported Q1 2025 earnings. Read More

News / Online

Travel’s persistent cybersecurity problem, and why it could get worse

By Matthew Parsons | May 20, 2025

Rapid advances in travel technology and distribution are emboldening hackers and leading to more sophisticated attacks. Read More

News / Distribution

Experiences can increase hotel RevPAR by 55%

By Abby Crotty | May 19, 2025

Turneo, an e-commerce platform for hotels, evaluated publicly available data from 136,000 hotels worldwide. Read More

Interview / Startups

Startup Stage: VanityPass aims to redesign loyalty rewards for younger travelers

By Morgan Hines | May 19, 2025

VanityPass is working to revolutionize the travel perks that often come as part of a credit card loyalty program. Read More

News / Distribution

Ancillaries in the vacation rentals sector: 'The new frontier'?

By Abby Crotty | May 19, 2025

Guests are looking for more from their vacations—what will it take for the STR sector to fully embrace alternative revenue streams? Read More

News / Online

Prosus completes acquisition of Despegar

By Linda Fox | May 16, 2025

Terms of the deal include a subsidiary of Prosus merging with Despegar with the Latin America-based OTA become a private company and delisting from the New York Stock Exchange. Read More

News / Startups

Meet the 19 finalists of the 2025 Global Startup Pitch

By PhocusWire | May 16, 2025

Winners for each region will be chosen at Phocuswright Europe and then travel to WiT Singapore to pitch their companies to the audience there. Read More