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News / Technology
61% of travel brands are testing or scaling agentic AI
By Phocuswright Research February 10, 2026
After developments in 2025, agentic AI use is likely to increase for travelers and businesses. Read More
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News / Startups
Naboo secures $70M to expand beyond events, scale in US
By Abby Crotty February 10, 2026
Naboo said the additional capital will be used to expand beyond events to become a “global ‘tail-spend’ procurement platform.” Read More
News / Distribution
OTAs gain share of experiences bookings as direct declines
By Abby Crotty February 9, 2026
According to the State of Experiences report from Arival, 37% of bookings were attributed to OTAs in 2025.... Read More
News / Online
Travel platforms face cost and compliance impact of changing regulations
By Linda Fox February 9, 2026
The regulatory environment in Europe is changing, with significant implications for travel platforms facing growing scrutiny.... Read More
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Mount, Popfly merge to support travel brands, creators
By Morgan Hines February 6, 2026
Adventure content company Popfly will integrate Mount’s network into its own.... Read More
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Vietnam’s online travel market set to double to $8B by 2030
By WiT February 6, 2026
Explore data from WiT's "Online Travel Tracker Volume 1: Vietnam Revealed."... Read More

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New rules for ‘good’ listings: How guests, algorithms are raising the bar for STRs
PriceLabs co-founder Richie Khandelwal describes what makes a "bad" STR listing and why hosts and... Read more
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Using cloud to power innovation in travel
AWS' Tedd Evers discusses current cloud use cases and how it will impact travel innovation moving... Read more
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CEO Spotlight: Bryan Batista of Skyscanner
Skycanner CEO Bryan Batista talks about travel's uncomfortable truths and what needs to be started... Read more
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OpenClaw may be the 'Napster moment' for agentic e-commerce: What that means for travel
Mario Gavira explains why OpenClaw could mark a definitive pivot from conversation to autonomous,... Read more
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Hotel direct bookings remain stable despite rise of AI
SiteMinder's annual Hotel Booking Trends report found that direct booking remained largely unchanged... Read more
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AI’s ongoing evolution in corporate travel
Mat Orrego of Cornerstone Information Systems and Marilyn Markham of American Express GBT discuss AI... Read more

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