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OpenAI’s “Operator” and its impact on travel search and marketing

By Morgan Hines | February 3, 2025

OpenAI's new Operator agent shows how an autonomous agent could work — and raises questions about travel marketing's future. Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Savvy, Accelya, Travel Ledger and more...

By PhocusWire | January 31, 2025

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

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Smartify adds £1.5M to boost visitor engagement at museums and galleries

By Linda Fox | January 30, 2025

The company offers museums, galleries and other attractions apps that are tailored and branded to their venue and helps to drive engagement through augmented and virtual reality and artificial... Read More

News / Startups

Luxury B2B travel platform The Luxurist launches in U.S., Europe

By Morgan Hines | January 29, 2025

The Luxurist is a platform to connect travel advisors with luxury hotels around the world, backed by Hotelbeds' parent company HBX Group. Read More

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Naboo lands €20M for corporate events platform

By Linda Fox | January 29, 2025

The France-based company plans to expand beyond Europe and provide a customizable, white-label platform events booking solution for larger companies. Read More

News / Online

Business travel tech still not meeting employee expectations

By Linda Fox | January 28, 2025

The survey from Center found that while 88% of respondents reported having a written travel policy, employees are either unaware of them or ignore them, which makes compliance challenging. Read More

News / Distribution

“Self-destruction” to successful exit: How Brett Henry turned MG Group around

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - Web In Travel | January 28, 2025

Brett Henry is enthused about a singular goal of building the best B2B hospitality marketplace in a region that’s booming. Read More

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TravelPerk secures $200M, acquires expense management tech Yokoy

By Linda Fox | January 28, 2025

TravelPerk said its latest funding will go towards accelerating growth, including in the U.S. where it acquired AmTrav last year. Read More

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OpenAI debuts "Operator" agent that can book travel

By Mitra Sorrells | January 24, 2025

While still very early days, the development of agents is moving fast and raises questions about the evolution of marketing strategies and search optimization, such as whether site design should change. Read More

News / Startups

Landfolk expands into Italy with acquisition of Danitalia

By Linda Fox | January 24, 2025

Landfolk, launched by former Airbnb executives in 2021, said Danitalia was a good fit for the company. Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: IBS Software, Smartvel, Spotnana and more

By PhocusWire | January 24, 2025

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

News / Startups

Tryp.com looks to U.K. and Germany for expansion

By Linda Fox | January 23, 2025

Denmark-based Tryp.com has forged media partnerships with U.K. and German television outlets to help build reach new audiences and build its brand. Read More

News / Online

Strong demand boosts MakeMyTrip in final quarter of 2024

By Linda Fox | January 23, 2025

MakeMyTrip attributed gains across its air ticketing, hotels and packages and bus ticketing business units to an increase in gross bookings and strong demand at home and outbound. Read More

News / Online

Does Reddit have a serious role to play in trip planning?

By Matthew Parsons | January 23, 2025

Reddit's r/travel community boasts 12-million members and screen views grew nearly 33% in the past year, making the platform an increasingly important consideration for travel planners. Read More

News / Distribution

Hotels saw average booking value increase through direct channels in '24

By Linda Fox | January 22, 2025

Hotels continue to broaden their distribution mix with new B2B and B2C partners entering the rankings of top booking sources in SiteMinder's annual trends report. Read More

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