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Travel Technology

DerbySoft Acquires Pkfare and Expands into Airline Industry

DerbySoft is one of those companies that lives in the background of the travel industry but plays an important role. It's behind the online sales for many hotels, and now it is for airlines, too.

Justin Dawes | 3 weeks ago

DerbySoft Acquires Pkfare and Expands into Airline Industry

Short-Term Rentals

Guesty Raises $130 Million for Global Expansion, Acquisitions, and AI

Guesty is determined to continue riding the wave of short-term rental growth, with plans for expansion in geography, products, and technology.

Justin Dawes | 3 weeks ago

Guesty Raises $130 Million for Global Expansion, Acquisitions, and AI

Travel Technology

IHG Hotels Partners with Google to Build AI Trip Planner

IHG Hotels & Resorts sees a future in helping travelers plan their entire trip, not just where to stay.

Justin Dawes | 4 weeks ago

IHG Hotels Partners with Google to Build AI Trip Planner

Startups

AI Trip Planning, Luggage, Payments: Startup Funding Roundup

Assembly has found customers for a new luggage brand and travel gear, while Stippl wants to expand the use of its social media app for travel planning.

Justin Dawes | 4 weeks ago

AI Trip Planning, Luggage, Payments: Startup Funding Roundup

Skift Originals

Marriott Bonvoy’s New AI Search Tool: 4 Tests Show How It Works — and Doesn’t

Marriott Bonvoy's new AI tool probably isn’t sharp enough yet to be reliable. But as one of the first tools like it by a major hotel brand, it offers an early glimpse at how lodging search could look in the future.

Justin Dawes | 4 weeks ago

Marriott Bonvoy’s New AI Search Tool: 4 Tests Show How It Works — and Doesn’t

Business Travel

Concur Founder Steve Singh and Firms Acquire Direct Travel

Steve Singh believes corporate travel is ready for new technology, and he believes the right company can displace the old ones.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Concur Founder Steve Singh and Firms Acquire Direct Travel

Startups

TCab Tech Raises $20 Million for Flying Taxi: Startup Funding Roundup

There's a lot of money going into the development of flying taxis. The one featured this week has its eyes set on the Middle East and Asia.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

TCab Tech Raises $20 Million for Flying Taxi: Startup Funding Roundup

Airlines

Southwest Airlines Acquires Jet Fuel Startup Saffire Renewables

Southwest Airlines is developing its own ecosystem for renewable jet fuel, meant to provide more guaranteed access as production is scaled.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Southwest Airlines Acquires Jet Fuel Startup Saffire Renewables

Online Travel

Google’s New Travel AI Tools Want to Plan Customer Trips

Google is the among the tech giants investing in a reimagined, AI-powered future of travel planning and booking. How can the smaller companies compete?

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Google’s New Travel AI Tools Want to Plan Customer Trips

Business Travel

Amex GBT Execs Explain Biz Travel Mega-Merger With CWT: Size, Costs and AI

Two of the largest corporate travel agencies want to join forces to create a single giant.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Amex GBT Execs Explain Biz Travel Mega-Merger With CWT: Size, Costs and AI