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Priceline's Brett Keller on OTA's evolution and growth in packaging
By Marisa Garcia | January 7, 2025
CEO of Priceline, Brett Keller, discussed his 25-year tenure and the evolution of Priceline at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More
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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
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Wall Street talk: AI's opportunities for online travel agencies
By Morgan Hines | January 6, 2025
A trio of Wall Street veterans touched on AI and stocks, regulatory changes and consumer behavior and more in a wide-ranging conversation at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More
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Why AI agents will supercharge, not bypass, OTAs
By Mario Gavira | January 6, 2025
Mario Gavira discusses how established online travel intermediaries could thrive in the era of agentic AI as they leverage the tech foundations and financial models they have spent years developing. Read More
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Opportunity rising in tours, activities as interest in experiences continues
By Morgan Hines | January 3, 2025
The desire to make ensure the experiences a traveler wants are available to book continues to be a priority. Read More
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The importance of using data to empower travelers
By Linda Fox | January 2, 2025
Filip Filipov, a former vice president of Skyscanner, left travel more than four years ago, and is now back as chief operations officer of airline data specialist OAG.  Read More
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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
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Travel industry leaders' predictions for 2025
By Morgan Hines | January 2, 2025
Executives from Travelport, Klook, Cloudbeds, Spotnana, Mews and more share their predictions for the year ahead, including their takes on artificial intelligence, search, funding and more.   Read More
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Corporate travel executives discuss AI hype and efficiency gains
By Linda Fox | December 30, 2024
Amex GBT's vice president of AI strategy and the founder of business travel AI startup Otto discuss the rapid pace of development with AI and where the real potential lies. Read More
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The top 10 news stories on PhocusWire in 2024
By PhocusWire | December 19, 2024
Travel industry mergers, hot startups and news about online giants such as Airbnb and Expedia all made the list of top 10 most popular news stories on PhocusWire in 2024. Read More
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Kayak's Steve Hafner on strategies for weighing opportunity and risk
By Morgan Hines | December 19, 2024
The Kayak co-founder gambles in his own life but is a bit more careful with business decisions, as he explained on Center Stage at The Phocuswright Conference.  Read More
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Not just a 2025 trend – genAI is the catalyst for a golden age of travel tech innovation
By Chris Hemmeter, Thayer Investment Partners | December 18, 2024
This wave of genAI acceptance is so disruptive and absolute that it will unlock the cleansing of the tech stack, lead to the retirement of technical debt and give innovators the opportunity to build... Read More
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AI agents in development demonstrate the potential for travel
By Mark Frary | December 18, 2024
Michael Gulmann, Mark Losey, Noreen Henry and Terry Jones discuss AI agents and their impact on the travel industry at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More
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Travel's movers, shakers and newsmakers in 2024
By PhocusWire | December 18, 2024
These are the trends and topics in travel that have made headlines in 2024 and that we expect to hear more about in 2025. Read More
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Hostaway raises $365M for AI, product development and expansion
By Linda Fox | December 17, 2024
The property management technology company has landed the funding from General Atlantic and previous investor PSG at a valuation of $925 million. Read More
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