Business Travel

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News / Online

Phocuswright Europe 2025: New Age(nts) in the spotlight

By PhocusWire | February 7, 2025

Join the industry's leading thinkers at Phocuswright Europe in Barcelona from June 10-12 to debate and dissect the latest developments, share insights and help formulate strategy. Read More

News / Distribution

The future of the travel management company

By Phocuswright Research | February 4, 2025

In today’s competitive market for business travel services, the traditional travel management company is being challenged. Read More

News / Startups

Naboo lands €20M for corporate events platform

By Linda Fox | January 29, 2025

The France-based company plans to expand beyond Europe and provide a customizable, white-label platform events booking solution for larger companies. Read More

News / Online

Business travel tech still not meeting employee expectations

By Linda Fox | January 28, 2025

The survey from Center found that while 88% of respondents reported having a written travel policy, employees are either unaware of them or ignore them, which makes compliance challenging. Read More

News / Technology

TravelPerk secures $200M, acquires expense management tech Yokoy

By Linda Fox | January 28, 2025

TravelPerk said its latest funding will go towards accelerating growth, including in the U.S. where it acquired AmTrav last year. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: IBS Software, Smartvel, Spotnana and more

By PhocusWire | January 24, 2025

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

News / Distribution

Hotels saw average booking value increase through direct channels in '24

By Linda Fox | January 22, 2025

Hotels continue to broaden their distribution mix with new B2B and B2C partners entering the rankings of top booking sources in SiteMinder's annual trends report. Read More

Interview / Distribution

CEO Spotlight: Luis Maroto of Amadeus

By Linda Fox | January 22, 2025

Luis Maroto's career at Amadeus spans 25 years and two IPOs. He joined the company in 2000 as director of marketing finance, became CFO in 2003 and was appointed president and CEO in 2011. Read More

News / Startups

Amadeus Ventures invests in meetings tech startup Hivr.ai

By Linda Fox | January 21, 2025

Germany-based hivr.ai, which was founded in 2020, uses artificial intelligence to help hotels automate more of the meetings and groups’ sales process and increase revenue. Read More

News / Startups

4 ways generative AI will impact travel startups

By Phocuswright Research | January 21, 2025

Generative artificial intelligence has the potential to be so disruptive in the coming years, which makes planning ahead increasingly difficult for startups and investors considering investment or... Read More

Opinion / Technology

What deregulation could mean for U.S. airlines and the payment industry

By Tom Randklev - CellPoint Digital | January 21, 2025

Tom Randklev of travel payments orchestration provider CellPoint Digital considers what Donald Trump's second term in office may mean for regulatory issues impacting airlines and the broader industry.... Read More

News / Technology

Marriott, AmexGBT, MakeMyTrip technologists on the potential for AI in travel

By Morgan Hines | January 17, 2025

Artificial intelligence has enjoyed a steady buzz of attention over the last few years and whether the hype has matched reality has been up for discussion. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Hostaway, Sabre, Serko and more

By PhocusWire | January 17, 2025

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

Google cloud enables AI conversations for drivers on what's nearby

By Linda Fox | January 13, 2025

The in-car artificial intelligence assistant draws on information from Google Maps to provide conversational responses to drivers. Read More

News / Online

What's the point? Finding new opportunities to earn loyalty in travel

By Marisa Garcia | January 13, 2025

A panel on loyalty in travel at The Phocuswright Conference featured executives from AirAsia Move, Capital One and Hilton who discussed what drives loyalty and the importance of understanding customer... Read More

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