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By Morgan Hines | April 11, 2025

Conduit, which started out calling itself “Shopify for Travel,” has grown from a tool for automated guest messaging for STRs “into something much bigger.” Read More

News / Distribution

The path to growing alternative revenue for short-term rentals

By Phocuswright Research | April 10, 2025

For companies that serve short-term rentals, it is critical to understand what type of technological and ancillary tools operators are turning to. Read More

News / Startups

Hospitality tech platform SuiteOp raises $3M to fund expansion

By Abby Crotty | April 7, 2025

Guest operations platform SuiteOp said it will use the seed funding to "accelerate development" and invest in automation tools. Read More

News / Startups

AI property management platform Jurny receives “substantial” investment

By Morgan Hines | April 1, 2025

The deal brings the startup’s total funding to $16 million and includes the deployment of Jurny’s platform to hotels managed by property management company AD1 Global. Read More

News / Startups

Travel startup funding and M&A activity in Q1 2025

By Abby Crotty | March 28, 2025

As the quarter comes to a close, we review funding rounds and M&A activity—and learn what travel executives believe is on the horizon for the rest of the year. Read More

News / Online

Gaiarooms raises €10M to continue growing its tech-enabled property portfolio

By Abby Crotty | March 24, 2025

Gaiarooms currently operates in eight Spanish cities with more than 900 units and plans to grow to 4,000 rooms by 2028. Read More

News / Technology

Accor's chief digital officer talks distribution, direct bookings and loyalty

By Linda Fox | 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. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sihot, HiJiffy, Magpie, Visit Group and more...

By PhocusWire | March 14, 2025

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

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Mews raises $75M to expand in U.S., Europe

By Morgan Hines | March 4, 2025

The funding was led by Tiger Global, with input from existing investors including Kinnevik, Battery Ventures and Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Read More

News / Technology

Summer launches asset management for short-term rentals

By Morgan Hines | March 4, 2025

SummerOS centralizes revenue forecasting, underwriting, market intelligence and portfolio insights for short-term rentals in one place. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: TravelPerk, Airbnb, Expedia Group, SWA, Hostaway and more...

By PhocusWire | February 28, 2025

Here's our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week. Read More

News / Technology

Technology and politics reshape the travel deals landscape

By Matthew Parsons | February 27, 2025

When it comes to the merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape, technology and political issues appear to be playing more of a role in the decisions being made by authorities. Read More

News / Technology

Property management provider Apaleo creates marketplace for hospitality AI agents

By Morgan Hines | February 26, 2025

Apaleo said it has created Agent Hub to help hoteliers and tech developers share, adopt, discover and build solutions based on AI. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Boom wants to revolutionize property management with AI

By Morgan Hines | February 19, 2025

Boom alleviates the burden of manual operations for property managers by automating guest communications, task management, reporting and more. Read More

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