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Accor's chief digital officer talks distribution, direct bookings and loyalty
By Linda Fox
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March 20, 2025
Alix Boulnois, chief business, digital and tech officer of Accor, discusses the hotel group's priorities across distribution, direct bookings and loyalty.
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Concur to get generative AI assistant from SAP
By Morgan Hines
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March 19, 2025
SAP Concur also revealed it has expanded its partnership with American Express to launch real-time authorization data capability, alongside a number of other announcements.
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New laws drive hotels to explore digital ID solutions
By Marisa Garcia
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March 19, 2025
As the European Union prepares to widely roll out digital identity wallets, experts say hotels should act now to adopt these solutions to smooth guest experiences.
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Lufthansa's AI assistant Swifty pilots with SWISS, plots next steps
By Linda Fox
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March 18, 2025
The pilot offers website users the option to book their flight using AI alongside traditional search.
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Profiling generative AI’s connection with traveler preferences
By Chris Hemmeter, Thayer Investment Partners
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March 18, 2025
Thayer Investment Partners' Chris Hemmeter explains why infrastructure and data are critical elements in the ongoing disruption of travel search and discovery.
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2025 is the year AI agents will transform airline shopping
By Rick Seaney - 3Victors
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March 18, 2025
Consumers, not companies, will be the real drivers of the agent change as they quickly embrace readily available free online tools more quickly than any airline can.
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Tripadvisor brings in Booking.com veteran as president of Viator
By Linda Fox
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March 17, 2025
Almost a year since Ben Drew stepped down, Tripadvisor Group is bringing in former Booking.com executive Pepijn Rijvers to lead Viator's next phase of growth.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sihot, HiJiffy, Magpie, Visit Group and more...
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March 14, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.
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AI trip planner Mindtrip acquires travel guide platform Thatch
By Morgan Hines
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March 12, 2025
In a post addressed to creators and travelers Monday, Thatch said its content has migrated to Mindtrip.
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Air France-KLM partners with Accenture for cloud move
By Linda Fox
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March 12, 2025
The multi-year initiative sees the airline group move applications from its three existing data centers in a bid to improve operations and increase agility.
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CEO Spotlight: Pere Vallès of Exoticca
By Linda Fox
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March 12, 2025
Exoticca's CEO Pere Valles discusses the company's strategy to play in the connected trip space, its technology investment and keeping investors happy.
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STARTUP STAGE: Arcube helps fliers convert loyalty points to ancillaries
By Morgan Hines
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March 11, 2025
Arcube's platform also works to analyze a passenger’s travel history, market data and other factors to predict and increase the likelihood of a passenger returning to an airline.
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Generative AI: What’s on the horizon for airlines?
By Matthew Parsons
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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.
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Autonomous AI agent Manus joins the fray
By Linda Fox
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March 10, 2025
China-based AI agent Manus is in early preview and attracting mixed reaction from the technology industry.
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Is an "app-ocalypse" nigh for hospitality tech as AI agents advance?
By Florian Montag - Apaleo
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March 10, 2025
Instead of relying on humans as connective tissue, AI agents acting as self-learning, adaptive digital assistants will manage the entire hospitality tech ecosystem autonomously in the future.
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