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AI drives cost savings in corporate travel, despite implementation challenges
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AI drives cost savings in corporate travel, despite implementation challenges
By Abby Crotty | April 1, 2025
A new report from Serko and Sabre surveyed 300 travel managers from U.S. organizations to evaluate the current state of artificial intelligence in the corporate travel sector. Read More
Expedia Group’s recipe for loyalty: supply, tech and customer service
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Expedia Group’s recipe for loyalty: supply, tech and customer service
By PhocusWire | February 24, 2025
 The company provides travel distribution services to more than 60,000 partners including Walmart, SoFi and Chase Travel, and last year those partnerships brought in $4.1 billion, a 21% increase... Read More
Logitix - Launch pitch at The Phocuswright Conference 2024
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Logitix - Launch pitch at The Phocuswright Conference 2024
By PhocusWire | January 10, 2025
Logitix, a Victory Live company, provides a live event ticketing solution for the travel industry through partnerships with sports organizations, performing arts venues and music events.  Read More
AI, algorithms and Uber's potential acquisitions: PhocusWire's top opinion stories of 2024
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AI, algorithms and Uber's potential acquisitions: PhocusWire's top opinion stories of 2024
By PhocusWire | December 13, 2024
This year's most popular op-eds were heavy on AI and also covered algorithms, the possible acquisition of Expedia and major incidences like the CrowdStrike outage. Read More
Airpaz’s journey from local flight booking platform to global online travel agency
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Airpaz’s journey from local flight booking platform to global online travel agency
By Howard James | December 9, 2024
Since Airpaz’s launch, over 16 million customers have booked their flights with the OTA. More than three million people have installed the Airpaz app on their smartphone via Google Play and Apple’s App... Read More
Snowflake/Hightouch - Travel Innovator of the Year award winner at The Phocuswright Conference 2024
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Snowflake/Hightouch - Travel Innovator of the Year award winner at The Phocuswright Conference 2024
By PhocusWire | December 6, 2024
Snowflake offers a cloud-based data platform that enables companies to share data, build applications and effectively use AI. Hightouch is a platform to sync data into tools for marketing, advertising,... Read More
How online travel companies in Asia use livestreaming to drive engagement - and bookings
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How online travel companies in Asia use livestreaming to drive engagement - and bookings
By Mark Frary | November 27, 2024
Livestreaming in travel has become one of the marketing success stories of the past decade, driving billions in sales for companies like Trip.com and Alibaba.  Read More
Rappi Travel adds experiences vertical with Civitatis partnership
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Rappi Travel adds experiences vertical with Civitatis partnership
By Morgan Hines | November 14, 2024
Rappi Travel already offers hotels, packages, flights and car rentals and with the addition of experiences from Civitatis, it is aiming to provide a “complete travel solution.” Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Obvlo
Interview / Startups
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Obvlo
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
Obvlo is an AI solution for producing and maintaining personalized local content for any destination on earth. Read More
Expedia Group B2B revenue jumps 18% in Q3, far outpacing B2C
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Expedia Group B2B revenue jumps 18% in Q3, far outpacing B2C
By Mitra Sorrells | November 7, 2024
Total revenue in the quarter was up 3% year over year to $4.1 billion, but along with strength in the B2B business the company noted an acceleration in B2C bookings and a return to growth for Vrbo. Read More
Report: From bucket list to booking — How TikTok is shaping travel decisions today
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Report: From bucket list to booking — How TikTok is shaping travel decisions today
By Martin Cowen and Madeline List | November 6, 2024
TikTok is at the forefront of e-commerce and can offer a route to market for travel brands looking to raise awareness and foster evangelism, backed by strong conversion rates. Read More
STARTUP STAGE: Travly connects brands through targeted engagement
Interview / Startups
STARTUP STAGE: Travly connects brands through targeted engagement
By Mileva Sapic | October 28, 2024
Travly offers brands the opportunity for custom content creation, made by real travelers, and enhanced distribution across its owned channels to drive engagement. Read More
Cloudbeds unveils AI-driven tech to improve hotel decision making
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Cloudbeds unveils AI-driven tech to improve hotel decision making
By Linda Fox | October 23, 2024
Cloudbeds has developed an AI-powered forecasting engine combing hotel operational data with external data to improve decision making and boost revenue. Read More
Travel creators and the power to drive conversion
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Travel creators and the power to drive conversion
By PhocusWright Research | October 21, 2024
According to Phocuswright research, 67% of followers deem creators helpful for travel advice, ranking third behind the accounts of online travel agencies (70%) and friends and family (72%).  Read More
Could the latest tech turn social influencers into kings and queens of travel?
Opinion / Online
Could the latest tech turn social influencers into kings and queens of travel?
By Craig Everett - Holibob | October 8, 2024
Holibob's CEO and co-founder, Craig Everett, speaks on influencers' potential impact on the travel industry if they begin selling products through social media posts. Read More