Travel Planning

News / Technology

Generative AI: What’s on the horizon for airlines?

By Matthew Parsons | March 11, 2025

For airlines exploring AI, much of the focus is on Large Language Models—machine learning that can comprehend and generate human language text. Read More

News / Technology

Autonomous AI agent Manus joins the fray

By Linda Fox | March 10, 2025

China-based AI agent Manus is in early preview and attracting mixed reaction from the technology industry. Read More

News / Technology

Corsair Capital acquires majority share of IDnow

By Morgan Hines | March 7, 2025

IDnow, which was founded in 2014, creates artificial intelligence-powered identification verification technologies that cater to brands across sectors including the travel sector. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Cendyn, Daytrip, Shiji, TUI and more...

By PhocusWire | March 7, 2025

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

News / Technology

Booking.com shares progress on AI initiatives

By Linda Fox | March 7, 2025

Booking.com's senior vice president of accommodations shared details of the company's strategy for using AI and what is has planned for the future. Read More

News / Online

Travel websites littered with accessibility issues

By Morgan Hines | March 6, 2025

The 2025 Digital Accessibility Index found an average of 297 accessibility issues per webpage during Q4 of 2024 across 400,000 pages on 15,000 websites in different industries including hospitality. Read More

News / Technology

Will metasearch remain relevant with agentic AI's rise?

By Morgan Hines | March 6, 2025

With OpenAI’s January launch of Operator, a tool that can book travel, questions have emerged on what changes will come and what industry sectors will be most affected. Read More

News / Technology

Trip.com Group, WTTC provide glimpse of future technology game changers

By Linda Fox | March 5, 2025

The Trip.com Group/WTTC study is divided into four trend areas-digital technologies, financial technologies, future of mobility and breakthrough innovations- and evaluates why the trends are important... Read More

News / Technology

Alexa+ could earn “top-of-the-funnel” spot in travel research

By Morgan Hines | March 4, 2025

Travel brands including Tripadvisor and Uber have partnered with Amazon for the debut of its reimagined voice assistant. Read More

News / Technology

Phocuswright and WiT return to the Middle East as the region's tourism grows

By PhocusWire | March 3, 2025

Phocuswright and WiT Middle East is returning to the Grand Plaza Movenpick Media City in Dubai on April 25. Read More

Interview / Startups

Startup Stage: Walkway helps activity providers grow through its AI-powered platform

By Linda Fox | March 3, 2025

Walkway helps experience providers price with confidence, track competitors, understand the market and uncover new ways to increase revenue. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Revolutionary travel management companies do exist

By Riaan van Schoor - Agentivity | March 3, 2025

Agentivity's co-founder Riaan van Schoor gives his response to a viewpoint published last week suggesting that the world of TMCs is broken and only a revolution will fix it. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus delivers double-digit growth in 2024

By Linda Fox | February 28, 2025

Highlights for the company in 2024 include a partnership to provide a central reservations system to Accor and the acquisitions of biometrics tech company Vision-Box and payments specialist Voxel. Read More

News / Technology

DerbySoft acquires Arise to boost travel agent-hotel relationship

By Linda Fox | February 28, 2025

DerbySoft said the deal supports its strategy around streamlining and automating elements of the supplier-distribution relationship in business travel. Read More