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Interview / Distribution

By Linda Fox | January 22, 2025

Luis Maroto's career at Amadeus spans 25 years and two IPOs. He joined the company in 2000 as director of marketing finance, became CFO in 2003 and was appointed president and CEO in 2011. Read More

News / Online

U.S. DOJ moves to block Amex GBT’s acquisition of CWT

By Morgan Hines | January 10, 2025

The proposed deal would mark Amex GBT’s fifth acquisition of another travel management company since 2018. Read More

News

Aerticket acquires Servivuelo to boost presence in Spain

By Linda Fox | January 9, 2025

Aerticket continues to roll up consolidator companies with its latest acquisition of Servivuelo in Spain. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

AWS on using technology to drive customer-centricity in travel

By PhocusWire | January 8, 2025

AWSprovides cloud computing technology to companies around the world, including many in travel and hospitality such as United Airlines, Air Canada, Trip.com, Booking.com, Choice Hotels and many... Read More

News / Online

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

News / Distribution

Troop founder on travel tech disruption and group travel growth

By Linda Fox | December 17, 2024

Dennis Vilovic, founder and co-CEO of Troop, believes group travel could increase by 30% next year despite pressure from some large corporations for employees to return to the office full time. Read More

News / Technology

Travel industry collaboration needed to reduce friction

By Morgan Hines | December 16, 2024

For the travel industry as a whole, removing friction and leaving customers satisfied is the real goal, according to Decius Valmorbida, president of travel at Amadeus. Read More

News / Distribution

Sabre CEO Kurt Ekert talks intermediary opportunity and company growth

By Mark Frary | December 12, 2024

Sabre CEO and president Kurt Ekert doesn't believe AI is a threat to the global distribution system and can't see the demise of traditional airline distribution any time soon. Read More

News / Technology

Steve Singh on evolution from archaic systems to perfect trip

By Linda Fox | December 10, 2024

Steve Singh, an investor in Center, Otto, Troop and Spotnana, discusses how AI, cloud technology and open architecture will modernize business travel booking and why he feels "energized" by emerging... Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: SITA, Sabre, Amadeus and more

By PhocusWire | December 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

News / Distribution

Garner on the continuing evolution of airline distribution

By Morgan Hines | December 4, 2024

In a keynote at The Beat Live, Cory Garner explained why airlines' interest in customer loyalty will help to boost their efforts to grow distribution through direct channels. Read More

News / Distribution

Airline tech experts on retailing and distribution trends

By Linda Fox | December 4, 2024

Airline technology executives from CitizenPlane and Dohop discuss the adoption of NDC as airlines look to the next phase of their retailing journeys and ongoing challenges. Read More

News / Online

CDS Groupe acquires enterprise resource planning provider SIAP

By Morgan Hines | November 27, 2024

SIAP is an Italy-based provider of software for travel management companies and tour operators, with more than 1,000 clients across the country. Read More

News / Startups

Acai Travel helps Hopper boost customer service with AI tools

By Linda Fox | November 20, 2024

Hopper is the latest partner for Acai Travel, a PhocusWire Hot 25 Travel Startup for 2024 that is using AI to improve internal operations for travel companies. Read More