Here's our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week.
This roundup was created with the help of ChatGPT.
SuiteOp, Smily
SuiteOp has integrated with Smily, a French rental software provider.
The move will give Smily users direct access to SuiteOp’s automation tools, enabling them to streamline operations from booking to check-out without third-party connectors.
SuiteOp aims to deepen its presence in France’s competitive short-term rental market. With the integration live, property managers can automate cleans, guest communications and more through a unified dashboard. Together, Smily and SuiteOp aim to act as a fully connected operational solution for hospitality professionals across Europe.
Core Optimisation launches Wheresight
Core Optimisation has launched Wheresight, a new platform and consultancy aimed at boosting digital maturity for destination management organizations and tourism bodies worldwide.
Wheresight will leverage proprietary software and the Core Optimisation’s team to assess digital maturity. The goal: help tourism organizations enhance digital performance, improve marketing return on investment and grow visitor numbers.
Atiom, Minor Hotels
Atiom, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered behavioral change platform, has partnered with Minor Hotels, a global hospitality group with more than 560 properties across six continents.
The collaboration will deliver personalized, gamified training and communication tools to 17,000 employees across brands such as Anantara, Avani, NH Collection and Oaks. Through daily quests, role-play simulations and AI tutor modules, Atiom aims to boost operational efficiency, staff engagement and service quality.
Concur Travel, GeoSure
Concur Travel, part of the SAP Concur portfolio, has integrated GeoSure safety data into its mobile app and booking dashboard, giving users access to real-time neighborhood-level risk insights.
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The partnership brings GeoSafeScores to the hotel booking interface, enabling travelers to assess safety across categories such as health, physical harm and women’s safety. GeoSure’s standardized risk data spans 400,000 global neighborhoods.
Mendel names Laura Madriñán head of travel
Mendel, Latin America’s leading enterprise spend management platform, has named Laura Madriñán as its new head of travel.
Based in Santiago, Chile, Madriñán brings more than 15 years of experience including time in senior roles at Latam Airlines and Mercado Libre. Her appointment is meant to support Mendel’s expansion of its integrated travel and expense platform, which aims to tackle regional complexities.
With active operations in Mexico and Argentina and plans to enter four more markets, Mendel said it is doubling down on growth and leadership in the Latin American corporate travel space.
Engine, The Knot
Engine, a group travel platform, has partnered with wedding planning website The Knot to streamline hotel bookings for couples and wedding guests.
The integration will allow more than 1.6 million couples annually to digitally secure room blocks, avoiding calls and negotiations. Hotels respond in real time via Engine’s Partner Hub, which the companies said could offer savings of up to 22%. The partnership is meant to help reduce planning stress and enhance the guest experience through tech-driven convenience and a wide hotel network.
First Rail, SilverRail
First Rail has partnered with SilverRail to upgrade digital ticketing across three of its operators: Great Western Railway, Hull Trains and Lumo.
The deal will see SilverRail’s cloud-based e-commerce platform handle retail, journey planning and after-sales support, aiming to streamline the booking process and improve the passenger experience.
The rollout, expected later this year, is part of First Rail’s broader effort to modernize its services with faster, more intuitive digital tools. SilverRail already powers systems for major global rail operators and said the collaboration will help bring smarter, more reliable rail journeys to millions of United Kingdom passengers.
GO7’s partnerships
GO7 has integrated agentic analytics platform ThoughtSpot to modernize its data strategy and accelerate decision-making across its airline tech platform.
The move aims to streamline internal analytics, allowing teams to uncover insights and track performance without traditional business intelligence bottlenecks. GO7 said the long-term goal is to extend these capabilities to airline partners through more intuitive dashboards and real-time intelligence. The integration reflects GO7’s broader push to embed analytics at the core of its operations and product development.
FlexFlight, the W2-coded carrier supported by GO7’s WorldTicket platform, has joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Multilateral Interline Traffic Agreement (MITA), enabling streamlined interline partnerships with other airlines.
The move follows FlexFlight’s IATA membership and IATA Operational Safety Audit certification and allows it to interline with carriers globally without bilateral agreements. GO7 says the milestone boosts its W2 distribution ecosystem by simplifying commercial integration and expanding sales reach.
SITA, Urban-Air Port
SITA and Urban-Air Port have partnered to develop the first fully integrated software-defined vertiport, aiming to support the rise of electric air taxis in cities.
The collaboration combines Urban-Air Port’s compact, modular infrastructure with SITA’s aviation technology to manage operations, passenger flow and air-to-ground communications. A prototype “AirOne” vertiport will serve as the global debut. The system includes a cloud-based vertiport management system to coordinate planning, safety and performance.
CaptainBook’s AI assistant
CaptainBook has launched an AI assistant integrated directly into its booking platform for tour operators and activity providers.
The assistant connects with live inventory to offer real-time customer support in multiple languages, helping automate the booking process from inquiry to payment. It aims to increase direct sales, capture leads smoothly and reduce manual work by managing bookings and scheduling through one dashboard. Operating 24/7, the tool helps improve efficiency and customer experience without needing extra staff, CaptainBook said.
WeTravel, Group Travel Odyssey
WeTravel has partnered with Group Travel Odyssey (GTO) to integrate GTO’s group-rate pricing from 26,000 U.S. suppliers into its platform.
The move gives WeTravel PRO users direct access to preferred group rates via API, speeding up quoting and trip planning. This builds on WeTravel’s recent platform update aimed at streamlining bookings, payments and supplier management for multi-day travel operators.
The partnership targets student and group travel organizers by improving supplier transparency and efficiency within a single system. WeTravel said the integration will help travel companies save time and operate more competitively.
Headout, Bertrand Hospitality
Headout has partnered with Bertrand Hospitality to offer bookable dining experiences at high-profile Paris locations including the Palace of Versailles, Disneyland Paris and the Opéra Garnier. The agreement makes Headout the sole global distributor of these experiences, combining cultural landmarks with premium gastronomy, the company said.
The deal supports Headout’s European expansion and gives users access to venues operated by one of France’s top hospitality groups. The pilot includes a curated set of restaurants, with plans to expand in the future. Headout says the partnership aims to make immersive, location-based dining easier to access for travelers.
EDreams Odigeo's hiring plans
EDreams Odigeo is hiring 150 new roles, mostly in tech, as it works toward its target of 1,850 employees by March 2026.
The expansion supports the company’s AI-driven travel subscription model, Prime, which has grown to over 7.25 million members, the company said, adding that the new roles will support continued innovation across its European tech hubs, including Barcelona, Porto, Milan and Budapest.
Uber for Business’ U.K. head of enterprise
Uber for Business has appointed Andrew Laughlan as head of enterprise for the U.K. Formerly with Gett UK and Aon’s mobility unit, Laughlan will focus on helping large businesses manage ground transportation more efficiently through Uber’s platform.
The hire supports Uber’s effort to expand its corporate travel footprint in the U.K. Laughlan called ground transport for corporate travel “complex” and said he is “excited to show more businesses how they can take control of this—using an app that their teams will already know and use in their personal lives.”
Dohop, Travelfusion
Dohop and Travelfusion have announced a partnership to expand access to alternative interline travel options. The agreement combines Dohop’s technology, which enables airlines to connect itineraries without traditional interline agreements, with Travelfusion’s global content aggregation network.
The collaboration aims to make it easier for travel sellers to offer multi-airline bookings, especially with low-cost and New Distribution Capability carriers. All bookings will include Dohop’s ConnectSure protection, which covers disruptions in self-connecting itineraries. The move supports the growing demand for flexible, tech-driven airline partnerships outside legacy systems.
RoomRaccoon’s AI-powered RMS
RoomRaccoon is rolling out RaccoonRev Plus, an AI-powered revenue management tool designed to help independent hotels optimize pricing.
Integrated into RoomRaccoon’s hotel management system, the new tool offers predictive pricing recommendations up to 90 days in advance based on factors such as competitor rates, booking trends, and weather. It aims to bridge the gap between manual pricing and complex revenue management system (RMS) platforms, offering hoteliers AI-driven suggestions with the option for full automation in future updates. The product is now in beta with wider release expected later this year.
MiStay, HyperGuest
MiStay, an India-based platform for hourly hotels and day-use stays, has parterned with B2B hospitality distribution platform HyperGuest. The integration will eliminate the need for multiple channel manager connections, MiStay said, allowing it to scale its booking model through HyperGuest’s API. Additionally, HyperGuest’s network of over 40,000 hotels can now list on MiStay without additional extranet management.
Sandeep Jaiswal, co-founder of MiStay said the partnership “removes friction and unlocks new hourly and day-use demand through the connections hotels already use.”