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How Goldjoy Travel found its sweet spot in the online cruise market

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT October 11, 2024

A panel discussion at Cruise World Asia tackled “how to bulletproof your travel agency business with technology” with speakers from Goldjoy Travel and GlobalTix. Read More

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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Guesty, FCM Meetings and Events, Holibob, Civitatis and more

By PhocusWire October 11, 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

Opinion / Technology

By Arden Agopyan - HotelRunner October 10, 2024

The founder of HotelRunner explains why differentiation and problem-solving are key in an investment landscape where there is an over-supply of GenAI startups, not unlike SaaS more than a decade ago.... Read More

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New hospitality certification taps into wellness travel trend

By Mitra Sorrells October 9, 2024

The certification is based on a 100-point evaluation that considers properties based on five categories: healthy eating, holistic healing, nature, movement and local impact.... Read More

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Uber adds AI chat powered by OpenAI’s GPT4o to help drivers embrace electric vehicles

By Mitra Sorrells October 8, 2024

The rideshare platform said it also has enough electric vehicles in more than 40 cities to enable EV-only option in its app. ... Read More

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GetYourGuide adds influencer videos, AI content creation tool

By Morgan Hines October 8, 2024

The toolkit includes a pairing of artificial intelligence-powered features and human-powered features.... Read More

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Marriott agrees to pay $52M, improve cybersecurity to settle multiple data breaches

The three data breaches, dating back to 2014, affected hundreds of millions of customers of both... Read more

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How AI search platforms may change travel marketing

Natural language capabilities are changing how consumers search for answers to their travel queries -... Read more

Opinion / Online

Could the latest tech turn social influencers into kings and queens of travel?

Holibob's CEO and co-founder, Craig Everett, speaks on influencers' potential impact on the travel... Read more

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What Google's cookie reversal means for travel

Google in July abandoned plans to deprecate third-party cookies and while that may be welcome... Read more

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Flexible living drives hospitality and residential technology convergence

The growing number of mixed-use properties creates gaps for a new breed of tech-enabled hospitality... Read more

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STARTUP STAGE: B0arding is a booking site that rewards users for video reviews

B0arding invites travelers to submit video reviews of hotels and short-term rentals they've stayed in... Read more

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