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From Our Partners / Online
How travel brands can leverage first-party data to activate customers
By PhocusWire | March 11, 2024
Founded in 2010, performance marketing solution Wunderkind works with brands in a variety of verticals, including travel, to strengthen customer relationships and drive revenue. Read More
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Opinion / Technology
How AI can prepare travel and tourism’s workforce for the green transition
By James Lever - Weeva | March 6, 2024
AI has the potential to catalyze a skills revolution that could help address one of the travel’s most pressing challenges — reaching net-zero targets.   Read More
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News / Distribution
Lighthouse expands into distribution by acquiring Stardekk
By Derek Catron | February 15, 2024
Lighthouse said the acquisition enables it to offer dynamic distribution management capabilities focused on improving booking conversion and revenue optimization for independent hotels.   Read More
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News / Startups
Jeff Katz is shutting down Journera, his startup that tried to create a connected trip
By Mitra Sorrells | February 8, 2024
The founder of Orbitz created Journera in 2016 with the goal of creating a secure, real-time data exchange for creating more seamless travel journeys. Read More
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News / Technology
Airline tech bosses prioritize artificial intelligence investment
By Linda Fox | February 7, 2024
Airline technology spend has been increasing since 2020 and was expected to hit approximately $35 billion in 2023, up from 2022’s figure of $30 billion, according to the SITA Air Transport IT 2023... Read More
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News / Startups
CitySwift receives €7 million in funding
By Morgan Hines | February 1, 2024
The funding was led by Gresham House Ventures. The round was backed by existing investors Irelandia Aviation, Western Development Commission, Act Venture Capital and Mike McGearty.  Read More
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News / Technology
Google will update flight emissions calculations in its Travel Impact Model
By Mitra Sorrells | January 31, 2024
Along with three updates, the advisory committee for Google's Travel Impact Model has agreed to prioritize research on contrails to provide consumers with clear information on their impact on the... Read More
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News / Technology
How travel and financial institutions are tapping into the experiences trend
By Linda Fox | January 17, 2024
Senior executives from Capital One, Choice and Hilton share perspectives on providing consumers with the experiences they want and how technology is increasingly playing a role. Read More
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Opinion / Technology
Travel's journey through the generative AI platform shift
By Mario Gavira | January 16, 2024
Mario Gavira discusses whether we're in the midst of a pivotal moment that will see the rise of a new platform allowing us to interact and harness artificial intelligence. Read More
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News / Technology
Record online direct bookings are driving innovation in hospitality, survey finds
By Morgan Hines & Derek Catron | January 11, 2024
The hotel industry is making strides when it comes to digitalization, but there's still plenty of room to grow, according to a recent report from H2c. Read More
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News / Technology
Travel insiders swap insights on push for better data
By PhocusWire | December 22, 2023
The Phocuswright Bridge Series brought together experts from Trip.com, Despegar and the Saudi Tourism Authority. Read More
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News / Technology
Were travel experts right with their 2023 predictions?
By PhocusWire | December 19, 2023
Every year we ask industry executives and pundits to forecast what might happen across travel technology and distribution in the months to come. Here we look back on what was predicted for 2023 and what... Read More
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News / Technology
Three ways generative AI is improving the travel industry
By Morgan Hines | December 18, 2023
In a wide-ranging conversation at The Phocuswright Conference, leaders from Microsoft, Priceline and Amadeus discussed opportunities generative AI presents to the travel industry and how it's changing... Read More
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News / Startups
Smartpricing secures €13M to expand team, launch new products
By Linda Fox | December 15, 2023
Smartpricing uses its proprietary algorithm to process data on market, price as well as hotel historic data to help hoteliers increase turnover. Read More
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Interview / Startups
TourReview - Launch pitch at The Phocuswright Conference 2023
By PhocusWire | December 11, 2023
TourReview helps tour operators manage their online reviews from all major platforms in one place so they can use customer feedback to improve their services and increase sales.   Read More