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Opinion / Online

The dream of a travel one-stop-shop: what comes next?

By Gulce Karsli Rozenveld - Oojo | September 17, 2024

CEO of Oojo, Gulce Karsli Rozenveld, discusses the dream of an all-in-one travel platform and all of its possibilities. Read More

News / Technology

Expedia Group expands Travel Shops to brand, celebrity, media partners

By Morgan Hines | September 16, 2024

The shoppable storefronts, built for creators, launched in May at Expedia Explore in Las Vegas. At the time, the launch included a select few influencers. Soon, every traveler will be able to join. Read More

News / Startups

Mayfair invests €35M in BizAway

By Mileva Sapic | September 16, 2024

BizAway plans to implement new AI and data strategies and develop additional products that will help solve the challenges experienced by corporate travelers. Read More

News / Technology

Unpacking airline disruption challenges - data, communication, personalization

By Linda Fox | September 16, 2024

With the global IT outage in July and a summer of strikes fresh on their minds, airline executives discussed how disruptions are managed, the importance of data and informing passengers at the... Read More

News / Online

Hotel tech start-up Userguest secures $2.2M in seed funding

By Mileva Sapic | September 13, 2024

Userguest operates in over 30 countries and said it has generated more than $100M in direct revenue for hotels in 2019. Read More

News / Technology

Sabre, Google address challenges in AI implementation 4 years into partnership

By Morgan Hines | September 13, 2024

Sabre has taken a deep dive into the AI space with Google as part of a decade-long partnership that began in 2020. Read More

News / Distribution

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: PKFare, AC Group, UATP, Amadeus and more

By PhocusWire | September 13, 2024

Keep up with all the latest people, product and partner news from around the global travel industry in PhocusWire's weekly roundup. Read More

News / Technology

Alliants, Hospiria partner to launch flexible rental platform

By Linda Fox | September 12, 2024

1LiVNG aims to provide the combined strengths of Alliants and Hospiria technology to the residential real estate market including branded residences owned by hotels, timeshare owners and serviced... Read More

Opinion / Online

Racing toward tomorrow's travel experience

By Stephanie Meltzer-Paul - Mastercard | September 11, 2024

Stephanie Meltzer-Paul, executive vice president of global loyalty at Mastercard, explores what's possible when the right mix of personalization, loyalty and technology are activated. Read More

News / Online

Travel platforms, topics and influencers: Who's using what?

By PhocusWire Research | September 10, 2024

Through a better understanding of demographics that embrace social media and the psychology of why people engage with the medium, travel brands can better position themselves and improve the... Read More

News / Online

Booking Holdings' new CFO expects connected trip "is really there" in 3 to 5 years

By Morgan Hines | September 10, 2024

Ewout Steenbergen, chief financial officer at Bookings Holdings since March, called out the company's work in alternative accommodations and artificial intelligence and strong demand in Asia as key... Read More

News / Online

Reiwa Travel raises $33M for travel packaging tech development and expansion

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - Web in Travel | September 9, 2024

Reiwa founder Takaya Shinozuka said earlier this year that he planned to take Newt, his travel packaging startup, global and that he was in the midst of raising funding to power the expansion. Read More

News / Online

Uber and Turo partner to integrate car rentals into uber app

By Mileva Sapic | September 6, 2024

Uber customers in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and France will soon be able to rent from Turo's selection of vehicles directly through the Uber platform. Read More

News / Online

Thomas Cook finds new home with Poland's eSky Group

By Linda Fox | September 5, 2024

The Poland-based travel company that operates the eSky and eDestino brands has acquired Thomas Cook from Fosun Tourism Group. Read More

News / Technology

Mobi brings intent driven search to travel

By Linda Fox | September 4, 2024

The search and discovery technology is combining natural language search with generative AI and its content store of points of interest around the world to present users with a “best match.” Read More

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