Interviews

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CEO Spotlight: Ethan Lin of Klook
By Linda Fox | November 1, 2024
CEO Spotlight: Ethan Lin of Klook false Brought to you by https://bit.ly/3QE6but 19389 0 74 Interview Klook Ethan Lin and co-founders Eric Gnock Fah and Bernie Xiong launched tours and activities marketplace Klook 10 years ago in Asia. Now it is poise... Read More
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Interview / Startups
STARTUP STAGE: Travly connects brands through targeted engagement
By Mileva Sapic | October 28, 2024
Travly offers brands the opportunity for custom content creation, made by real travelers, and enhanced distribution across its owned channels to drive engagement.... Read More
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STARTUP STAGE: B0arding is a booking site that rewards users for video reviews
By Mileva Sapic | October 7, 2024
B0arding invites travelers to submit video reviews of hotels and short-term rentals they've stayed in and rewards them with a $20 travel credit for a future trip booked on its platform. ... Read More
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STARTUP STAGE: Trotter wants to connect individuals through travel
By Mileva Sapic | September 30, 2024
Using the Trotter app, consumers can share experiences, discover hidden gems and get personalized recommendations based on their preferences and interests.... Read More
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Q&A: Amadeus CTO on tech priorities, cloud and generative AI
By Linda Fox | September 24, 2024
PhocusWire talks to Sylvain Roy, CTO of Amadeus, about prioritizing technology projects and implementing generative AI internally and externally.... Read More
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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 more than 200 countries.  ... Read More
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Agoda’s human approach to learning and growing with AI
By D.J. Catron | September 5, 2024
Idan Zalzberg, Agoda’s chief technology officer, details how the company uses technology and especially generative AI in its pursuit to become a virtual “travel companion.”... Read More
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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 managing director at Madrona Venture Group.... Read More
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MultiOn targets travel use cases for its AI agent
By Mitra Sorrells | August 26, 2024
Backed by General Catalyst, Amazon Alexa Fund, Maven Ventures, Samsung Next and individuals from OpenAI, MultiOn is rapidly developing its AI agent technology for travel and other applications.... Read More
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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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STARTUP STAGE: JrnyOn empowers creators to travel with their audiences
By Mileva Sapic | August 20, 2024
JrnyOn empowers creators to travel with their audiences without the logistical burden and provide customers with a seamless experience from beginning to end.... Read More
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Experience industry leaders still see room to grow in changing landscape
By D.J. Catron | August 19, 2024
At Phocuswright Europe, leaders from Viator, Tiquets and TourRadar spoke about how travel experiences could continue thriving even as Google and others play bigger roles in the sector.  ... 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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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
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Winners, wipeouts and travel tech bets
By Linda Fox | August 6, 2024
The increased M&A activity in travel is seeing companies such as Juniper Group, Mews and Lighthouse scoop up smaller travel technology providers and startups.... Read More