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Expedia partners with Perplexity for Comet launch

By Morgan Hines October 6, 2025

Expedia is offering Silver status in its OneKey loyalty program in exchange for users downloading Comet’s recently launched browser. Read More

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Plusgrade acquires Oaky, plans unified upsell platform

By Linda Fox October 6, 2025

Plusgrade's deal to acquire Oaky is its third in recent years following its acquisition of UpStay and Points.com. Read More

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Momentum and bottlenecks: India’s aviation in focus

By Phocuswright Research October 6, 2025

India has now emerged as the world's third-largest aviation market by passenger traffic.... Read More

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Amex GBT, Concur partner for integrated travel and expense offering

By Michael B. Baker - BTN October 3, 2025

The offering, dubbed Complete, is a combined effort of both companies that will be available to joint clients later this month.... Read More

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Pacaso secures $72.5M for luxury rentals co-ownership platform

By Linda Fox October 3, 2025

The funding comes on top of a recent $100 million credit facility with Texas Capital which is being put towards a mortgage initiative for co-ownership.... Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Booking.com, HBX, Travelport and more...

By PhocusWire October 3, 2025

Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.... Read More

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Hotel chains struggle with AI strategy, independents see fast ROI

Separate studies from H2c and TakeUp capture perspectives on artificial intelligence usage from more... Read more

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From SEO to GEO, hotels confront the future of digital discovery

Hospitality brands and independent properties are trying to figure out how best to appear directly in... Read more

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Tracking Q3 travel startup funding

PhocusWire tracks the large and small travel startup funding rounds in Q3 as well as M&A activity in... Read more

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Senior travel trends - adapting to technology and finding community

Trip.com Group has devised special programs for senior travelers and sees a potential $1 trillion... Read more

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In the age of AI, experience is the real product

According to Ixigo group co-CEO, the frontier of AI is shifting, and experience is a sustainable... Read more

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PROS chief AI strategist Michael Wu talks AI and airlines

Michael Wu works cross-functionally with the PROS research team to prototype the company’s advanced... Read more

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Cellpoint Digital, Dida, Rome2Rio and more...

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