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Opinion / Technology

How AI bridges the gap between insight and action

By Markus Stumpe - AIntensify | April 7, 2025

AIntensify CEO Markus Stumpe explores the importance of a specialist approach to AI adoption.... Read More

Opinion / Technology

The never-ending growth of flight search traffic: From travel agents to AI operators

By Sebastien Gibergues | March 31, 2025

Sebastien Gibergues, an independent travel consult and former Amadeus executive, details the exponential growth of flight search transactions.... Read More

Opinion / Online

How hospitality operators can combat payment fraud

By Andrew Buttigieg - RMS | March 24, 2025

Andrew Buttigieg, chief technology officer at RMS, discusses how hospitality operators can ensure safer bookings amid a rise in fraud attempts.... Read More

Opinion / Technology

2025 is the year AI agents will transform airline shopping

By Rick Seaney - 3Victors | 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.... Read More

News / Technology

Is an "app-ocalypse" nigh for hospitality tech as AI agents advance?

By Florian Montag - Apaleo | 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.... Read More

Opinion / Technology

Revolutionary travel management companies do exist

By Riaan van Schoor - Agentivity | March 3, 2025

Agentivity's co-founder Riaan van Schoor gives his response to a viewpoint published last week suggesting that the world of TMCs is broken and only a revolution will fix it.... Read More

Opinion / Online

Why travel marketers can (and should) expect more from their affiliate strategy

By Joshua Heller - Rakuten Advertising | February 27, 2025

A sophisticated affiliate strategy can ensure you’re reaching the right person, at the right time, with the right message according to Josh Heller of Rakuten Advertising.... Read More

Opinion / Technology

Can a revolution fix the travel management world?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne - T2Impact | February 24, 2025

Many TMCs are no longer fit for purpose. They are drowning in data, fighting archaic processes and stuck in a business model optimized more for survival than service delivery.... Read More

Opinion / Technology

Is 2025 the year of payments transformation?

By David Doctor - Outpayce from Amadeus | February 18, 2025

Predictions from Outpayce CEO David Doctor who believes many travel companies will put payments at the top of their priority list in 2025.... Read More

Opinion / Distribution

If NDC is a first building block in airline retailing, what comes next?

By Tye Radcliffe - Accelya | February 10, 2025

Accelya's Tye Radcliffe argues that NDC is here stay and presents potential next steps as the airline industry's journey to retailing matures.... Read More

Opinion / Online

How "Operator" changed the travel shopping game

By Christian Watts - Magpie | February 6, 2025

OpenAI's "Operator" has the potential to remove much of the manual work from travel search and booking as well as enable deeper research and more flexibility.... Read More

Opinion / Online

Cybersecurity wake-up call: New risks and vulnerabilities in hospitality

By Josh Jacobson - HackerOne | February 3, 2025

As the hospitality industry settles into 2025, cybercriminals are just heating up.... Read More

Opinion / Startups

Whether to seek venture capital or private equity for your STR startup

By Shahar Goldboim - Boom | January 24, 2025

CEO of Boom, Shahar Goldboim, finds that the best decisions when it comes to funding come from listening to all perspectives, learning from peers and staying true to your vision.... 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

Opinion / Online

Why AI agents will supercharge, not bypass, OTAs

By Mario Gavira | January 6, 2025

Mario Gavira discusses how established online travel intermediaries could thrive in the era of agentic AI as they leverage the tech foundations and financial models they have spent years developing.... Read More

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