Dida's Daryl Lee on B2B’s AI moment and impact on rate parity and value
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Dida's Daryl Lee on B2B’s AI moment and impact on rate parity and value
By WiT December 3, 2025
Daryl Lee, who was appointed group CEO of Dida in late September, outlined different factors impacting the B2B travel landscape. Read More
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OTAs squeezed as airlines push for distribution control
By Gulce Karsli Rozenveld - Oojo.com December 3, 2025
Oojo.com CEO Gulce Karsli Rozenveld outlines potential ramifications of airlines' "quest for total control" of distribution. Read More
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The Phocuswright Conference 2025 Launch Innovator: Wenrix
By PhocusWire December 3, 2025
During a presentation at The Phocuswright Conference, CEO Amir Balaish said Wenrix's DeepFlow product "closes the execution gap."... Read More
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Travel's new front door: AI discovery surges as search slips
By Phocuswright Research December 2, 2025
While general search still leads all other research tools, its share is dropping as AI usage grows, raising the question of whether gen AI platforms could eventually overtake traditional search.... Read More
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Expedia Group appoints first chief AI and data officer
By Abby Crotty December 1, 2025
Xavier Amatriain is the former VP of AI and compute enablement at Google.... Read More
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Wayve acquires Quality Match to expand AI data capabilities
By Abby Crotty December 1, 2025
The acquisition also bolsters Wayve’s presence in Germany, where it opened its Testing and Development Hub earlier this year.... Read More

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3 key shifts happening in the corporate travel landscape
Executives from Amex GBT, Festive Road and Spotnana discussed how travel search, content distribution... Read more
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Agoda's Omri Morgenshtern on OTAs moving up the funnel
Agoda CEO Omri Morgenshtern discussed AI's impact on trip planning as well as behind the scenes. Read more
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Pulse check: Industry stakeholders' top concerns and sources of optimism
At The Phocuswright Conference, PhocusWire spoke to industry leaders to get a sense of what they’re... Read more
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Google's agentic booking commercial model to be 'similar' to current model
Google's James Byers spoke about user trust, LLM differentiation and evolving advertising models in an... Read more
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Barry Diller on Google, AI and the future of travel search
The chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group said that Google's search monopoly is... Read more
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How social search is influencing the future of travel
During an executive panel at The Phocuswright Conference, leaders from TikTok, Reddit and YouTube... Read more

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