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News / Technology

Bolt introduces flight tracking for airport pickup

By Morgan Hines | March 26, 2025

Bolt has added the capability for users to input their flight details so airport pickups can be automatically adjusted if arrival times change. Read More

News / Technology

Autonomous AI agent Manus joins the fray

By Linda Fox | March 10, 2025

China-based AI agent Manus is in early preview and attracting mixed reaction from the technology industry. Read More

News / Technology

Alexa+ could earn “top-of-the-funnel” spot in travel research

By Morgan Hines | March 4, 2025

Travel brands including Tripadvisor and Uber have partnered with Amazon for the debut of its reimagined voice assistant. Read More

News / Technology

OpenAI’s “Operator” and its impact on travel search and marketing

By Morgan Hines | February 3, 2025

OpenAI's new Operator agent shows how an autonomous agent could work — and raises questions about travel marketing's future. Read More

News / Startups

Moove acquires urban mobility provider Kovi

By Morgan Hines | January 29, 2025

Moove launched in Nigeria in 2020 and is now headquarted in Dubai, with operations in 19 cities across six continents and more than 36,000 vehicles in its fleet. Read More

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Delta provides glimpse at future with digital assistant

By Morgan Hines | January 8, 2025

Delta Air Lines is rolling out capabilities of its new Delta Concierge, which will provide "contextual insights" for travelers and link with partners including Joby and Uber to enable a multimodal,... Read More

News / Online

Ground transportation experts confront connected trip challenges

By Morgan Hines | January 8, 2025

As travel companies seek interconnectedness that could make processes smoother for travelers, plenty of friction points remain, according to experts. Read More

News / Technology

Travel veterans discuss mega deal potential, AI fatigue and technical deficit

By Linda Fox | January 7, 2025

Predicting travel's future isn't easy with so many external factors impacting the industry, but executives including SilverRail Technologies' Aaron Gowell, Phocuswright's Lorraine Sileo and T2Impact's... Read More

News / Online

Phocuswright analysts share their travel predictions for 2025

By Morgan Hines | January 2, 2025

AI agents, luxury travel, developments in APAC, short-term rentals, digital ID and eVTOLS are some of the topics Phocuswright analysts are watching for 2025. Read More

News / Online

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

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sabre, Uber Business, Accelya, Concur and more

By PhocusWire | November 1, 2024

Keep up with all the latest people, product and partner news from around the global travel industry in PhocusWire's weekly roundup. Read More

Opinion / Online

How an Uber-Expedia merger could redefine the travel experience

By Aaron Gowell - SilverRail | October 22, 2024

The rumored tie-up would mix Uber’s high-frequency, low-cost engagement with Expedia’s low-frequency, high-value transactions - layered with AI and a massive customer base. Read More

Opinion / Online

Why Uber isn't buying Expedia, but I still think Amazon should

By Clayton Reid | October 17, 2024

Word that Uber has considered acquiring Expedia Group - first reported by the Financial Times - has generated quite a bit of reaction from industry leaders, including this opinion from the former CEO of... Read More

News / Online

How commerce media is catching on in travel

By Linda Fox | October 17, 2024

United, Expedia, Booking.com, Agoda, Priceline, Marriott and Uber have all established media networks in recent years and are earning significant revenue from them. Read More