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Sep 28Mon
  1. Skift Feed

    Cleartrip Enters India's Fragmented Holiday Package Market

    Cleartrip, the Flipkart-owned online travel platform, announced its entry into holiday packages, bundling flights, hotels, activities and transfers into customizable itineraries. Gaurav Patwari, Chief Business Officer — Air, told Skift that India's overall travel booking market is worth $75 billion-$80 billion, with holidays and packages accounting for about $20 billion. More than 90% of the holiday market remains fragmented, with online penetration even lower. Travelers can start from an expert-curated package and then change hotels, flights, transfers and activities.

Sep 24Thu
  1. Skift Feed

    Booking Holdings Builds Long-Term Advantage With Five Parallel AI Bets

    Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel said at Skift Global Forum that the company is running five simultaneous AI bets in a venture-capital style, including consumer agents for Priceline, Agoda and Booking.com plus two native AI startups. He said the technology itself is becoming easy to build, so the real advantage lies in what AI alone cannot provide. Fogel said AI referral traffic currently drives fewer than 1% of room nights at Booking.com, though he expects commerce through AI agents to grow. He also said Airbnb's move into hotels was inevitable and could push home-rental hosts who rely on a single platform to seek additional demand sources.

Sep 17Thu
  1. Skift Feed

    Cleartrip Launches Elite Loyalty Program Aimed at Reducing Travel Anxiety

    Indian online travel agency Cleartrip has launched its new Elite loyalty program, designed around pre-transaction problems rather than post-transaction rewards. Chief Growth and Business Officer Manjari Singhal said customers often hesitate when unsure whether their plans will hold. The program includes domestic flight date changes for just INR 9 (about 9.4 cents) to encourage earlier booking, plus discounts of up to 20% on three eligible hotel bookings and an INR 5,000 (about $52) benefit.

  2. TravelDaily China

    Meituan Releases Mid-Autumn and National Day Travel Trends: Long-Haul and Multi-City Trips Rise

    Meituan data shows Mid-Autumn and National Day flight bookings rose 44% year-on-year, with long-haul flights over 2,000 km up 76% and accounting for more than a quarter of bookings. Users booking two or more destinations rose 70%. Over half of travellers chose to depart before September 30. Shanghai-Urumqi flight bookings rose 235%, while Shanghai-Kunming and Beijing-Kunming rose 91% and 67% respectively. Connecting flights and air-rail transfers gained popularity for cost savings, with Beijing-Yuncheng air-rail transfers saving up to 70%.

Sep 16Wed
  1. Web in Travel

    AirAsia MOVE Launches Event-Plus-Flight Bundles, Betting on Event Tourism

    AirAsia MOVE has launched MOVETIX, bundling flights with official event tickets into a single booking, starting with the 2026 Djakarta Warehouse Project festival in partnership with organiser Ismaya Group. A general admission ticket plus return flight from Kuala Lumpur starts from MYR 1,300, with savings of up to 20% versus separate bookings. AirAsia MOVE says its data shows travel intent around major concerts and festivals in the region rising 10-20%. The company plans to expand into sports and cultural events.

Sep 1Tue
  1. Skift Feed

    Vrbo Brings Sponsored Listings to Vacation Rental Search

    Expedia Group is rolling out Sponsored Listings globally on Vrbo vacation rental searches, allowing property managers and hosts to pay for premium placement at the top of results via an auction-based, bid-per-night model with no upfront cost. In the pilot, participating hosts saw 40% booking growth and 39% revenue gains on average. The product will extend to Expedia.com. This deepens Expedia's advertising business, which generated $197 million in Q1 revenue, up 13% year over year.

Aug 29Sat
  1. Skift Feed

    BTIG Estimate: Booking Leads Expedia in B2B Room Nights

    BTIG analyst Jake Fuller estimates Booking Holdings' B2B business booked ~196 million room nights over the past 12 months, about 15% more than Expedia's ~170 million. Since Booking doesn't disclose B2B financials, the industry assumed Expedia led. However, the estimate is sensitive to assumptions; minor changes could put Booking below Expedia. Expedia's B2B is growing faster (high-teens vs. high-single digits) and offers more robust white-label products. Booking plans to consolidate its three B2B units in early 2027, potentially leading to clearer disclosure.

Aug 19Wed
  1. Skift Feed

    Travel Has Started Weighing AI’s Worth

    Travel's AI race is entering a more disciplined phase, with companies increasingly explicit about AI's value. Booking and Airbnb demonstrate measurable ROI: Airbnb's support cost per booking fell ~16% YoY, with ~45% of issues resolved without a human. Expedia's recommendations and search ranking boost conversions, while natural-language search yields 60%+ more traveler-intent data but not yet direct conversions. Sabre and Amadeus invest in AI infrastructure ahead of clear payoff, viewing consumer agentic travel as medium-to-long-term.

Jul 2Thu
Jun 5Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Travel tech news briefs: Airbnb, Yotel, IHG and more

    This week's travel tech news: Eviivo integrates with Mr & Mrs Smith, Yotel appoints new COO and plans to triple portfolio by 2031, OwlTing launches AI booking engine, IHG launches ChatGPT app, D-edge appoints CRO, Shiji partners with Omniboost, Airbnb launches Earnings Protection, Intuitive launches Universal API, Entravel acquires Moca Traveltech, Phunware appoints CEO, InterLnkd launches Nexora, 123Compare.me launches hotel rate report, Geneva Airport partners with Smartvel, Sensible Weather expands guarantees, Agoda partners with KakaoBank.

  2. PhocusWire All News

    Inside the Philippines' most overlooked $36B digital market

    The Philippines' digital economy reached $36 billion in 2025 and is forecast to nearly double by 2030. 94% of Filipino consumers are willing to share data with AI agents, and 74% interact with AI tools daily. Despite rapid digital growth, international OTAs like Agoda and Booking.com dominate online bookings, with no homegrown heavyweight. Startups like Barkota, BookTickets.ph are tackling the fragmented ferry network, and Cocotel absorbs revenue risk to help small island properties accept digital payments. VC funding is thin, but the market is wide open.

Jun 3Wed
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Priceline updates Penny AI assistant with Claude

    Priceline has enhanced its AI assistant Penny with Anthropic's Claude to support multi-step reasoning. Penny is now a coordinated system of over 10 specialized agents, offering recommendations for hotels, flights, and car rentals, with a 'Penny's Take' feature for property insights. Priceline reports that travelers engaging with Penny show stronger engagement and higher conversion.

May 14Thu
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Ixigo launches AI-powered travel app with conversational booking and agentic AI

    India-based OTA Ixigo launched a rebuilt AI-native mobile app at its Ixigo NEXT event, featuring an upgraded TARA assistant supporting voice, text, or tap interactions in English, Hindi, and Hinglish. New features include Trip Mode consolidating boarding passes, gate/terminal details, baggage claim info, and travel alerts, plus Agentic Travel Flows that automate tasks like sending boarding passes via WhatsApp, updating Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes on flight changes, monitoring delays/cancellations, and coordinating with hotels for room readiness. Most agentic features are permission-based and opt-in.

May 13Wed
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Trip.com plans digital ID pilot using Google and Apple wallets

    Online travel agency Trip.com announced a pilot with IATA to use digital identities stored in Google Wallet and Apple Wallet to autofill booking details, reducing friction and errors. The pilot was announced at IATA's Airline Global Conference in Amsterdam, with Air Canada, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, and digital identity platform Hopae expected to participate. Future rollout may include U.S. and U.K. users. IATA says digital identity is key to seamless travel and plans a new PoC in China.

May 12Tue
  1. PhocusWire All News

    TikTok formalizes in-app travel bookings with Booking.com, Expedia, Trip.com among partners

    TikTok formally announced TikTok GO, allowing U.S. users to discover and book lodging and experiences through in-app search, video, and location pages. Partners include Booking.com, Expedia, Trip.com, Viator, GetYourGuide, and Tiqets. TikTok GO is available to 200 million U.S. users, with users 18 and older able to complete bookings. Partners set their own pricing, and creators can connect content to bookings and earn commissions. TikTok tested accommodation booking with Booking.com last year.

Apr 14Tue
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Losing control, data privacy top concerns around AI travel booking

    Expedia Group's AI Trust Gap study found that only 8% of consumers rely on AI chatbots for trip planning, compared to 59% using search engines. Phocuswright research shows 39% of U.S. travelers use AI for travel research and planning, while search engine usage dropped from 51% in late 2024 to 36% in H2 2025. The survey found 53% are comfortable with AI suggesting options, but 66% don't trust AI to book for them, and 57% worry about loss of control and data/payment privacy.

Apr 10Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Almosafer adds AI travel planning with ChatGPT app

    Saudi Arabia-based Almosafer has launched a ChatGPT app offering AI-powered conversational travel planning. Travelers can access the OTA's inventory of over 1.5 million hotels, with the app supporting Arabic and English, allowing users to search properties, receive personalized recommendations, and build itineraries. The CEO says the move aims to simplify travel through innovation.

Apr 1Wed
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Dreamlines CEO on cruise packaging and AI-driven efficiency

    Dreamlines CEO Nishank Gopalkrishnan, six months into the role, plans to expand through packaging travel services alongside cruise, forging B2B partnerships, and driving efficiency using AI. He views the cruise sector as only 4-5% of the global tourism market and in need of digitalization, with significant innovation opportunities. The company is rebuilding parts of its technology stack to enable AI-driven cruise packaging and highlights AI's role in personalizing loyalty programs.

Mar 10Tue
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Mar 6Fri
Nov 13Thu
  1. Almosafer Corporate News

    Almosafer and Amadeus Deepen Partnership on AI, Payments and NDC

    Saudi travel company Almosafer and Amadeus announced an expanded partnership at the TOURISE Summit in Riyadh, focusing on AI and data analytics for hyper-personalized offers, enriched content distribution, machine-learning-driven hotel curation via Amadeus Value Hotels, AI-enabled airport services, and virtual card payments through Amadeus Outpayce. The partners will also scale NDC retailing, with Almosafer aiming to create a flagship regional use case supporting Saudi Vision 2030.

Nov 12Wed
  1. Booking Holdings IR News

    Brigit Zimmerman Named CEO of Priceline

    Booking Holdings announced that Brigit Zimmerman will become CEO of Priceline effective January 1, 2026. Zimmerman has served as Priceline's Chief Commercial Officer since 2022 and previously held senior vice president roles in flights, packages and hotels. Current CEO Brett Keller, who has been at Priceline for 26 years and CEO since 2016, will continue as Special Advisor to the CEO until May 1, 2026.

Nov 6Thu
  1. Almosafer Corporate News

    Almosafer and VisitBritain Expand Partnership to Boost Saudi Travel to Britain

    Almosafer and VisitBritain expanded their strategic partnership at WTM London to promote Britain as a top destination for Saudi travelers. The collaboration will develop high-value packages showcasing Britain's nations and regions. VisitBritain forecasts 404,000 visits from Saudi Arabia to the UK this year, with spending of £975 million in 2025, up 26% on 2024. Britain remains a premium destination for Almosafer across leisure and business segments.