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 alt="Expedia Group fills vacant CTO role with former Fanatics exec"  title="Expedia Group fills vacant CTO role with former Fanatics exec"
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Expedia Group fills vacant CTO role with former Fanatics exec
By Mitra Sorrells | October 17, 2024
Thumu will join the company in December after spending a decade at digital sports platform Fanatics Commerce, most recently as chief product and technology officer.... Read More
 alt="Dtravel integrates vacation rental AI agent into Fetch.ai marketplace"  title="Dtravel integrates vacation rental AI agent into Fetch.ai marketplace"
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Dtravel integrates vacation rental AI agent into Fetch.ai marketplace
By Mitra Sorrells | October 17, 2024
Dtravel has also joined the Fetch.ai Foundation, which is focused on research and development of AI, Web3 and multi-agent technologies.  ... Read More
 alt="Generative AI in travel - weighing the concerns versus the promise"  title="Generative AI in travel - weighing the concerns versus the promise"
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Generative AI in travel - weighing the concerns versus the promise
By Linda Fox | October 17, 2024
Travel experts discussed the most exciting applications of generative AI at WiT Singapore while research from Amadeus flagged concerns around the technology.... Read More
 alt="How commerce media is catching on in travel"  title="How commerce media is catching on in travel"
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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
 alt="Beacon AI raises $15M to improve flight deck efficiency"  title="Beacon AI raises $15M to improve flight deck efficiency"
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Beacon AI raises $15M to improve flight deck efficiency
By Linda Fox | October 16, 2024
Beacon AI offers artificial intelligence assistance to flight decks to improve flight safety and boost efficiency.... Read More
 alt="Could Airbnb’s new co-host marketplace challenge property management companies?"  title="Could Airbnb’s new co-host marketplace challenge property management companies?"
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Could Airbnb’s new co-host marketplace challenge property management companies?
By Mitra Sorrells | October 16, 2024
Hosts enter their address to find approved co-hosts nearby and then the two communicate directly to establish the scope of the partnership and the fee for the services – none of which goes to Airbnb.... Read More
 alt="Why Agoda's data strategy is more about the "science" than the data itself"  title="Why Agoda's data strategy is more about the "science" than the data itself"
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Why Agoda's data strategy is more about the "science" than the data itself
By Linda Fox | October 16, 2024
Agoda's CTO and CPO discuss how they apply data science to improve processes and the knowledge gaps generative artificial intelligence has revealed for the OTA.... Read More
 alt="Hilton partners with Be My Eyes to assist blind and low-vision guests"  title="Hilton partners with Be My Eyes to assist blind and low-vision guests"
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Hilton partners with Be My Eyes to assist blind and low-vision guests
By Mileva Sapic | October 15, 2024
The Be My Eyes app directly connects Hilton guests who are blind or have low vision with a team of trained agents who can view the guest's surrounding through the mobile device's camera.... Read More
 alt="Avilabs lands €8M for airline disruption management technology"  title="Avilabs lands €8M for airline disruption management technology"
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Avilabs lands €8M for airline disruption management technology
By Linda Fox | October 15, 2024
Iceland-based Avilabs has developed its Plan3 passenger disruption management system to help airlines when flights are hit by weather incidences and other irregular operations.... Read More
 alt="Assessing travel tech investment trends in Asia"  title="Assessing travel tech investment trends in Asia"
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Assessing travel tech investment trends in Asia
By Morgan Hines | October 15, 2024
Read what Tim Hughes at Agoda, Jeff Kim at Yanolja and Nicholas Cocks from Velocity Ventures have to say about investments in Asia.... Read More
 alt="Hotel tech provider RoomRaccoon acquires Lobbi PMS"  title="Hotel tech provider RoomRaccoon acquires Lobbi PMS"
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Hotel tech provider RoomRaccoon acquires Lobbi PMS
By Mitra Sorrells | October 14, 2024
RoomRaccoon said the acquisition will add more than 300 properties to its client base in the Benelux region.... Read More
 alt="GlobalTix closes $5M Series B funding led by Tin Men Capital"  title="GlobalTix closes $5M Series B funding led by Tin Men Capital"
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GlobalTix closes $5M Series B funding led by Tin Men Capital
By Mitra Sorrells | October 14, 2024
The Singapore-based provides of solutions for attractions, tours and activities said the funding will be used to fuel its expansion plans and to implement artificial intelligence solutions.  ... Read More
 alt="The cost of payments in the travel industry"  title="The cost of payments in the travel industry"
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The cost of payments in the travel industry
By PhocusWright Research | October 14, 2024
Payments are a critical topic across the travel industry. Read a preview of what Phocuswright has uncovered in its latest research on the topic, The State of Global Travel Payments.... Read More
 alt="Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021"  title="Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021"
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Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021
By Mileva Sapic | October 14, 2024
Beachy, Chekin, Kyte, Vouch and Zartico update PhocusWire on what they've been up to since they were named part of PhocusWire's Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021.... Read More
 alt="How Goldjoy Travel found its sweet spot in the online cruise market"  title="How Goldjoy Travel found its sweet spot in the online cruise market"
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How Goldjoy Travel found its sweet spot in the online cruise market
By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | October 11, 2024
A panel discussion at Cruise World Asia tackled “how to bulletproof your travel agency business with technology” with speakers from Goldjoy Travel and GlobalTix.... Read More