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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: PKFare, AC Group, UATP, Amadeus and more
By PhocusWire | September 13, 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
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Interview / Technology
CEO Spotlight: Jeff Kim of Yanolja Cloud
By Mitra Sorrells | September 13, 2024
Yanolja Cloud is the hotel tech arm of Yanolja, a leading travel app in South Korea, and provides hotel management software, booking engines, inventory distribution systems and more, with operations in... Read More
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Alliants, Hospiria partner to launch flexible rental platform
By Linda Fox | September 12, 2024
1LiVNG aims to provide the combined strengths of Alliants and Hospiria technology to the residential real estate market including branded residences owned by hotels, timeshare owners and serviced... Read More
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Google fined €2.4B after losing appeal in EU antitrust shopping case
By Morgan Hines | September 10, 2024
The fine, initially announced in 2017 and then appealed by Google, is being imposed against the internet giant for abusing its “dominant position” in a number of online search markets as it favored its... Read More
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Trip.Biz, Hospitable, Outpayce and more
By PhocusWire | September 6, 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
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How airlines can build a future-proof strategy powered by offers and orders
By PhocusWire | September 5, 2024
PROS' Justin Jander explained what airlines should consider as they transition to a strategy of offer and order management to both maximize revenue and drive a better customer experience. Read More
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Life House spins out revenue management tech as Diamo
By Linda Fox | September 4, 2024
Diamo is focusing on providing revenue management technology for small independent hotels and will continue to be supported by Life House initially. Read More
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Interview / Technology
CEO Spotlight: Steve Singh of Spotnana
By Linda Fox | August 29, 2024
Steve Singh was announced as CEO of Spotnana in June, adding to his existing roles of executive chairman of Direct Travel, Troop, Spotnana and Center as well as other technology companies. He is also... Read More
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Klook taps TikTok for experiences booking via social app
By Linda Fox | August 21, 2024
The move is part of the Asia-based company's drive to attract Gen Z and millennial travelers.   Read More
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Interview / Technology
CEO Spotlight: David Woolenberg of Duetto
By Mitra Sorrells | August 21, 2024
Duetto provides a suite of cloud applications for more than 6,000 hotels to help them increase efficiency, revenue, and profitability. David Woolenberg has been Duetto's CEO since January 2020. Read More
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Sonder writes new chapter with Marriott licensing deal, new funding
By Linda Fox | August 19, 2024
Sonder, which has faced challenges recently including a delisting from the Nasdaq and job cuts, will have access to $146 million to drive growth as well as help with the integration of its... Read More
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Latin America super app Rappi on using its travel products to drive loyalty
By Mitra Sorrells | August 15, 2024
 About a year after Rappi partnered with Marriott in Mexico, the integration has extended to the super app’s users in Colombia, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.    Read More
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Priorities, challenges and next steps for Lufthansa Innovation Hub
By Linda Fox | August 13, 2024
Travel startups including Squake, Navit, Swifty and Uptrip have come out of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub. Now, at 10 years old, the corporate venture unit is looking at how it scales further, does more... Read More
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AA's former commercial chief Vasu Raja sees a simpler future for airline retailing
By Linda Fox | August 12, 2024
American Airlines former CCO Vasu Raja discussed his views on the internet as a sales and distribution channel as well as future innovation in airline distribution with Cory Garner, a former sales and... Read More
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Q&A: Travelport's Greg Webb talks future of NDC, IT outage, more
By Morgan Hines | August 12, 2024
At the Global Business Travel Association conference in Atlanta late last month, Greg Webb sat down with PhocusWire for a wide-ranging interview on the travel industry, Travelport and more. Read More